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The Distant Lights
Learning to Remain Before What Still Calls to Us “My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning.” — Psalm 130:6 There are certain lights that continue to burn in our lives long after we can no longer walk toward them. A monastery where one once felt at home. A work that gave shape to our days. Friendships that remain dear to us but have changed. Strength that has faded. Possibilities that once seemed near and now seem uncertain. Ways of living that still stir
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jun 232 min read
The Things That Remain
On Waiting Between What Was and What May Never Be “The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” — Job 1:21 There are days when I do not feel like holding onto any identity at all. I have spent much of my life straining toward things that seemed beautiful and holy. Priesthood, religious life, study, prayer, ascetic labor, teaching, writing, spiritual friendship. There was always the sense that one could become something more faithful, more wort
Father Charbel Abernethy
Jun 223 min read
When the Word Falls to the Ground
The Death of the Need to Be Received “Go, and say to this people: Hear indeed, but do not understand…” — Isaiah 6:9 There is a hidden demand in the human heart that even the devout rarely recognize. It is not only the desire to speak the truth. It is the desire for that truth to be received. To be heard. To be met. To land. A man may tell himself that he speaks for God, but inwardly he watches for signs: Did they understand? Did it move them? Did it matter? And when the word
Father Charbel Abernethy
Mar 183 min read
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