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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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily I, Part III
Season 8 Episode 3
Holy inebriation! We are to become drunk with faith. For those inebriated with alcohol there is often a loss of the capacity to think about things o…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXIX, Part II
Season 7 Episode 181
Fear and hope! These are the two realities that are put before us by the writings of the fathers on the struggle with lust and fornication. They are …
1 year, 4 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily I, Part II
Season 8 Episode 2
How we begin something often determines how it will develop in later stages and the fruit that it will bear. Thus, Saint Isaac tells us, that the beg…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXIX, Part I
Season 6 Episode 180
As we are drawn more deeply into the spiritual warfare of the Desert fathers and learn from their stories of how the demons will provoke a soul and l…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily I, Part I
Season 8 Episode 1
It bears saying that we find ourselves upon a privileged path as we begin this new journey with Saint Isaac the Syrian. To have access to his writing…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - XXVIII, Part VI
Season 6 Episode 179
Once again, we are blessed by the practical counsel of the fathers in regard to the struggle with the passion of lust and fornication. What becomes e…
1 year, 5 months ago