Fr. Charbel Abernethy ☦️
@philokalia_min
Catholic Priest - Aggregate Monk of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Philokalia Ministries, Desert Fathers, Psychoanalytic Studies
Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 4 paragraphs 6-10: Renunciation: The word has certain connotations that are often tied to deprivation or unhappiness. What we find in the writings of the great ascetics, St. Isaac especially, is…
O Mary, you who are called the Cedar of Lebanon, look down upon your children who today and always beg your guiding hand. Grant us the faith to withstand the sweeping blows of life as the cedar stands strong against the wind. Develop in us the hope of the resurrection.
Many have accomplished mighty acts, raised the dead, toiled for the conversion of the erring, and have wrought great wonders; and by their hands they have led many to the knowledge of God. Yet after these things, these same men who quickened others, fell into vile and abominable…
“It is a good thing to speak concerning the things of God for God's sake, but it is better for a man to make himself pure for God.” St. Gregory the Theologian
TONIGHT at 7:30pm EDT via Zoom! “On the Love of God and renunciation and the rest which is in God”. Subscribe to receive the weekly link for the Zoom group at mailchi.mp/b6b0d2d6036c/i…
City a Desert Episode 737 Evagrios of Pontus from The Philokalia Volume One: Texts on prayer 37. If you long for prayer, renounce all to gain all.
In times of aridity arouse your spirit gently, by acts of love ; then rest in the will of God. It is thus that the soul gives the strongest proof of her fidelity to God. Make a bouquet of the sufferings of Jesus, and place it on the bosom of your soul, as I have told you. You can…
Blessed Feast of St. John Cassian - Feast July 23 in the West and Feb. 29 in the East Having cleansed yourself through fasting, You attained the understanding of wisdom, And from the desert fathers You learned the restraint of the passions. To this end through your prayers grant…
When the soul is found in accord with her nature, her life is on high; when she is found outside her nature, she is below upon the earth. When she is on high, she is free from the passions; but as soon as nature descends from its own state, the passions are found in her. St.…
Purity of mind is one thing, and purity of heart is another, just as a limb differs from the whole body. Now the mind is one of the senses of the soul, but the heart is what contains and holds the inner senses: it is the sense of senses, that is, their root; but if the root is…
The passion of contentiousness results in all manner of evils and everything that God hates resides in the soul of a quarrelsome man. By virtue of cutting off your will, the virtues are at peace with one another and the governing principle of the soul becomes tranquil. This is…
Do not attempt to settle a difficult matter or a question in Scripture through contentiousness, but with those means prescribed by spiritual law: patience, prayer, and unwavering hope. The Evergetinos from Abba Mark
Some people call wise those who are capable of making distinctions between perceptible things; wise, however, are those who have control of their volitions. He who does not make his will subject to God becomes entangled in his own pursuits and becomes a pawn of his adversaries.…
Jul. 23 - Today we commemorate The holy martyrs Trophimus and Theophilus and their companions suffered martyrdom by beheading during the reign of the emperor Diocletian. (4th century) The holy martyrs Appolinaris and Vitalis, bishops of Ravenna. While spreading the unsearchable…
