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Part II: St Paul the Hermit on “The Modern Ascetic in a Secular Age”
A Discourse from the Desert The cave is quiet after the seeker departs. Night gathers over the sands. St Paul sits in prayer for a long time, then slowly opens his eyes, as if perceiving someone unseen before him. His voice becomes both a whisper and a flame, carrying the weight of ancient wisdom into the age to come. St Paul the Hermit Speaks: Children of this age, listen with sobriety, for the path of asceticism has never been more necessary, nor more obscured, than it is i
Father Charbel Abernethy
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Father Charbel Abernethy
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A Dialogue on the Burning Heart
In the dim cell of a mountain hermit, a single oil lamp flickers. The night has been long, filled with psalms and tears. St. Isaac sits near the wall, weakened from illness but watchful. His disciple, a young monk trembling from what he has seen, kneels nearby, unable to find words. ⸻ Disciple: Father, my heart trembles at what my eyes have witnessed. That brother, how can flesh endure such fire? He struck the ground again and again as though his bones were not his own, as t
Father Charbel Abernethy
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