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Season 8 Episode 8
Gratitude is placing ourselves into the hands of God, trusting in His providence and allowing Him to guide us where He wills (without asking us for p…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXIX, Part VII
Season 6 Episode 186
We see clearly within the struggles of the desert fathers how difficult it can be to avoid extremes in thought and action. We see in them those fille…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily I, Part VII and II, Part I
Season 8 Episode 7
After having spoken to us about the importance of being filled with wonder at the love and mercy of God revealed to us in Christ and desiring him abo…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXIX, Part VI
Season 6 Episode 185
Tonight‘s group consisted mostly of a monologue (out of necessity) about how it is that we are to read the Fathers. We have learned over these few ye…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily I, Part VI
Season 8 Episode 6
Saint Isaac the Syrian begins his teaching with a gentle reminder that liberation from material things, that is, our attachment to the things of this…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXIX, Part V
Season 6 Episode 184
In our ongoing discussions of the Desert Fathers’ writings, especially upon sexual desire and sensuality as a whole, one comes to the realization tha…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily I, Part V
Season 8 Episode 5
As one reads the thoughts of Saint Isaac the Syrian the experience is almost like that of the disciples on the road to Emmaus: “Did our hearts not bu…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXIX, Part IV
Season 6 Episode 184
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ENCOUNTERED TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE AUDIO IN THE RECORDING OF THIS EPISODE. AS A RESULT, IT DOES SOUND GLITCHY. WE APOLOG…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily I, Part IV
Season 8 Episode 4
Again, already in these first paragraphs of Homily One what comes forward most powerfully in Saint Isaac‘s writing is that the ascetic life is driven…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXIX, Part III
Season 6 Episode 182
“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.“ As we read through the stories of the desert fathers and the trials and temptations the…
1 year, 2 months ago