EPISODE · Jun 26, 2025 · 1H 27M
Thirst for God
from Philokalia Ministries · host Father David Abernethy
Text of chat during the group: 00:15:43 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: https://mcusercontent.com/c38acab568d650f7ef65f39df/files/7dc24fb1-6e46-0667-4ec1-01790064a60b/Thirst_for_God_Zacharou.pdf 00:16:31 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: https://mcusercontent.com/c38acab568d650f7ef65f39df/files/7dc24fb1-6e46-0667-4ec1-01790064a60b/Thirst_for_God_Zacharou.pdf 00:16:48 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: https://mcusercontent.com/c38acab568d650f7ef65f39df/files/506f6085-0052-3e6d-7e04-806ca4478091/Thirst_for_God_handout_of_quotes.pdf 00:17:35 Lou Judd: Thank you so much for offering this talk, Father. Gd bless you! 01:19:17 Suzanne Romano: Does not this thirst presuppose a willingness to suffer? 01:21:45 Michael Rosteet: A Willingness to Sacrifice in order to satisfy thirst 01:21:50 Mark Kelly: Reacted to "A Willingness to Sac..." with 👍 01:28:39 Anne: Reacted to A Willingness to Sac... with "👍" 01:32:34 Suzanne Romano: I just heard that St. Francis de Sales said that suffering is the 8th Sacrament! 01:34:08 Mark Kelly: "To them that long for the presence of the living God, the thought of Him is sweetest itself: but there is no satiety, rather an ever-increasing appetite...” ― Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God 01:40:09 Naina: Thank you so much Father🙏☦️❤️ Needed this 🙏 01:40:51 Jade: Reacted to "Thank you so much Fa…" with ❤️ 01:41:55 Suzanne Romano: Great topic! 01:42:09 Una: Profound! Thank you! 01:42:15 paulmccloskey: Thank you. Yes, this has been very helpful. 01:42:23 Julie: Beautiful 01:42:42 John Sullivan: Excellent, will there access to the recording afterwards? 01:42:50 Art: This was wonderful! Thank you! 01:43:15 Lou Judd: I still don’t understand replace satisfaction with expectation 01:43:37 Karine: Very helpful Father, God bless you 01:43:45 Craig Klampe: Thank you. Yes. Will this be a podcast? 01:43:59 Eric Ewanco: Will this recording be posted? 01:44:03 Jade: Thank you Father, Beautiful! I have felt the closest to God in my suffering. I can’t remember who said this maybe Saint Anthony the great, but it was something along the lines of “The devil taught me how to pray, The demons would tempt me and I would run to God in prayer, the further they would tempt me the more I would run to prayer, therefore the devil taught me how to pray”. I’ve never related so deeply to something. 01:44:12 Andrew Adams: Thanks be to God! Thank you, father! 01:44:15 cameron: Thank you. 01:44:17 Rebecca Thérèse: Thank you, have a good retreat🙂 01:44:20 Una: Where is this library? 01:44:22 Adam Paige: Thank you so much Father !!!! 01:45:27 Una: Thank you
What this episode covers
Text of chat during the group: 00:15:43 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: https://mcusercontent.com/c38acab568d650f7ef65f39df/files/7dc24fb1-6e46-0667-4ec1-01790064a60b/Thirst_for_God_Zacharou.pdf 00:16:31 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: https://mcusercontent.com/c38acab568d650f7ef65f39df/files/7dc24fb1-6e46-0667-4ec1-01790064a60b/Thirst_for_God_Zacharou.pdf 00:16:48 Fr. Charbel Abernethy: https://mcusercontent.com/c38acab568d650f7ef65f39df/files/506f6085-0052-3e6d-7e04-806ca4478091/Thirst_for_God_handout_of_quotes.pdf 00:17:35 Lou Judd: Thank you so much for offering this talk, Father. Gd bless you! 01:19:17 Suzanne Romano: Does not this thirst presuppose a willingness to suffer? 01:21:45 Michael Rosteet: A Willingness to Sacrifice in order to satisfy thirst 01:21:50 Mark Kelly: Reacted to "A Willingness to Sac..." with 👍 01:28:39 Anne: Reacted to A Willingness to Sac... with "👍" 01:32:34 Suzanne Romano: I just heard that St. Francis de Sales said that suffering is the 8th Sacrament! 01:34:08 Mark Kelly: "To them that long for the presence of the living God, the thought of Him is sweetest itself: but there is no satiety, rather an ever-increasing appetite...” ― Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God 01:40:09 Naina: Thank you so much Father🙏☦️❤️ Needed this 🙏 01:40:51 Jade: Reacted to "Thank you so much Fa…" with ❤️ 01:41:55 Suzanne Romano: Great topic! 01:42:09 Una: Profound! Thank you! 01:42:15 paulmccloskey: Thank you. Yes, this has been very helpful. 01:42:23 Julie: Beautiful 01:42:42 John Sullivan: Excellent, will there access to the recording afterwards? 01:42:50 Art: This was wonderful! Thank you! 01:43:15 Lou Judd: I still don’t understand replace satisfaction with expectation 01:43:37 Karine: Very helpful Father, God bless you 01:43:45 Craig Klampe: Thank you. Yes. Will this be a podcast? 01:43:59 Eric Ewanco: Will this recording be posted? 01:44:03 Jade: Thank you Father, Beautiful! I have felt the closest to God in my suffering. I can’t remember who said this maybe Saint Anthony the great, but it was something along the lines of “The devil taught me how to pray, The demons would tempt me and I would run to God in prayer, the further they would tempt me the more I would run to prayer, therefore the devil taught me how to pray”. I’ve never related so deeply to something. 01:44:12 Andrew Adams: Thanks be to God! Thank you, father! 01:44:15 cameron: Thank you. 01:44:17 Rebecca Thérèse: Thank you, have a good retreat🙂 01:44:20 Una: Where is this library? 01:44:22 Adam Paige: Thank you so much Father !!!! 01:45:27 Una: Thank you
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