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

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