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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…
1 year, 3 months ago
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 …
1 year, 3 months ago
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…
1 year, 3 months ago
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, 3 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily II, Part II
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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 4 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, 4 months ago