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The Sweetness of Those Who Breathe the Same Air
Not Information, but Communion “Take for yourself the remedy of life from the table of those who fast, keep vigil, and labor in the Lord, and so raise up the dead man in your soul. For the Beloved reclines in their midst, bestowing sanctification.” — St. Isaac the Syrian, Homily 15 Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on the Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 15 paragraphs 14-17 There are passages in St. Isaac that seem less like theology and more like glimpses through
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jun 173 min read
The Last Gift of the Desert
Purification, Transformation, and the Recovery of Sonship “Whoever has seen himself is greater than he who has seen angels.” — St. Isaac the Syrian The Fathers did not go into the desert to become elders. They went into the desert to die. They fled the world because they had discovered that the greatest obstacle to union with God was not the world itself but the false self that had been constructed from pride, self-love, fear, and the ceaseless demand to preserve and justify
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jun 133 min read
The Scroll That Must Be Eaten
Sweet to the mouth, bitter to the belly “Take it and eat it.” There are many who wish to hear the word of God, but few who wish to digest it. We love revelation when it flatters us. We welcome truth when it confirms our opinions, blesses our plans, or lets us feel superior to others. We want the scroll in our hands, not in our stomach. We want to quote it, post it, teach it, and weaponize it. But the angel does not say, Admire it. He does not say, Display it. He says, Eat it.
Father Charbel Abernethy
Apr 243 min read
The Violence of Holiness
The Life That Cannot Be Lived Casually “Be holy, for I am holy.” ⸻ Free your minds, then, of encumbrances. This is not gentle advice. It is a command that cuts to the bone. The apostles do not speak to us as those offering spiritual enrichment. They speak as men who have seen the Risen Christ and know that everything that is not of Him must be cast off as a lie. The mind weighed down by distraction, fantasy, resentment, self-justification, and endless interior noise cannot re
Father Charbel Abernethy
Apr 64 min read
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