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Season 8 Episode 13
Orthodoxy and Orthopraxis (right belief and right practice) are intimately tied together. All of the fathers and, in particular, Saint Isaac the Syri…
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The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXXII, Part III
Season 6 Episode 191
The loss of the spirit of contrition can take place whenever our hearts become hardened; when we grow sluggish in the spiritual life or our attention…
1 year ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily III, Part I
Season 8 Episode 12
Upon reading the beginning of this homily, one clearly gets the sense that Saint Isaac the Syrian wants our understanding of the spiritual life, who …
1 year ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXXII, Part II
Season 6 Episode 190
At the end of many of these groups, my only thought is that the beauty of the writings of the fathers is exquisite. Often when reading them one is bo…
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The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily II, Part V
Season 8 Episode 11
What is it that forms and shapes us the most as human beings? What affects the way that we perceive reality and gives form to the thoughts that we ha…
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The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXXI, and XXXII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 189
In their discussion of the struggle with the passions and in particular those associated with the bodily appetites and what we experienced through th…
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The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily II, Part IV
Season 8 Episode 10
Life in Christ is not an abstraction and the gospel is not simply a set of teachings or an ideology. It is clarion call to “Follow Me” from He who is…
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The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXIX, Part IX and XXX
Season 6 Episode 188
The more that I read the fathers’ writings and about their spiritual struggles, the more I understand that what we need to see is the desire that is …
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The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily II, Part III
Season 8 Episode 9
The experience of reading Saint Isaac the Syrian is something like being caught up in a vortex; not a linear explanation of the spiritual life or spi…
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The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXIX, Part VIII
Season 6 Episode 187
What is the limit of our desire for God? What conditions do we set on our pursuit of virtue, constancy of prayer and the avoidance of sin? What emer…
1 year, 1 month ago