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The Place Beneath All Answers
A Dialogue for the Feast of Saint Silouan the Athonite “My soul yearns after the Lord, and I seek Him in tears.” — Saint Silouan the Athonite The disciple came to the elder before dawn. He had not slept. For many months he had prayed that God would make the path clear. Instead, one door after another had closed. Things that once seemed certain had become uncertain. Names by which he had known himself no longer seemed able to hold him. Even good desires had become painful beca
Father Charbel Abernethy
Sep 245 min read
We Are Adam and Eve
On the unity of our fall and the unity of our salvation “Adam, after his fall, became the image of all mankind.” — Isaac the Syrian A brother once asked an Elder, “Why do the Fathers say that we must love every man as ourselves?” The Elder answered, “Because every man is yourself.” We are Adam and Eve. Not only in the beginning, but now. Their story is not ancient history. It is the present condition of the human heart. Every day the same drama unfolds within us. God speaks a
Father Charbel Abernethy
Mar 82 min read
The Heart Wide as the World
A Dialogue on Embracing the Whole Adam in Prayer “A merciful heart is a heart burning for the whole creation… for men, for birds, for animals, for demons, and for every created thing.” — Isaac the Syrian The disciple came to the elder at the hour when the desert was turning toward evening. The wind had fallen. Silence lay over the rocks like a mantle. “Father,” he said, “I have been praying the prayer you gave me.” The elder nodded. “And what did you find?” The disciple hesit
Father Charbel Abernethy
Mar 73 min read
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