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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVIII, Part III
Season 6 Episode 213
The Evergetinos sets the bar of freedom in a surprising place: anger without cause is not when we flare up over trifles, but whenever we react to any…
9 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily V, Part V
Season 8 Episode 33
God has no need of anything, yet St. Isaac tells us that He rejoices whenever a man comforts His image and honors it for His sake. The divine joy is …
9 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVIII, Part II
Season 6 Episode 212
The Evergetinos continues to unveil through the lives of the saints the beauty and power of a heart freed from anger and the desire for vengeance. In…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily V, Part IV
Season 8 Episode 32
St. Isaac writes with the clarity of one who has walked through the fire of trial and found the peace that follows surrender. His words do not flatte…
9 months, 1 week ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 211
The stories from the Evergetinos draw us into a vision of holiness that reaches far beyond passive endurance. The saints do not simply bear injustice…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily V, Part III
Season 8 Episode 31
In this section of Homily Five, St. Isaac draws deeply from the ancient well of ascetical wisdom, weaving together the practical counsel of St. Ephra…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVII, Part V
Season 6 Episode 210
This section of The Evergetinos is among the most luminous and convicting in its entire corpus. It speaks with the voice of a Father who has entered …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily V, Part II
Season 8 Episode 30
St. Isaac speaks with a stark honesty that strips away every illusion about the spiritual life. To choose the good is to summon the battle. Every tru…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVII, Part IV
Season 6 Episode 209
The teaching of the Fathers on vengeance and anger does not allow us to linger in the comfortable ambiguities of human justice. It tears at the fabri…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily IV, Part XI and Homily V, Part I
Season 8 Episode 29
St. Isaac’s words reveal that communion with God requires remoteness from distraction and a renunciation of whatever disquiets the heart. This is not…
10 months ago