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Back to SearchThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII, Part IX, and XXVIII, Part I
Season 7 Episode 110
As St. John Climacus comes to the end of the step on stillness and segues into the step on prayer, it is as if he is beckoning us with every word to …
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part VIII
Season 7 Episode 109
One of the most wonderful things that someone said in the group tonight was: “I am amazed at how simple it all is!” And they are absolutely right in…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 155
The desert was a laboratory. The monks went into its depths precisely to push the limits of what they needed in order to sustain themselves; whether …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part VII
Season 7 Episode 108
St. John draws us into the experience of stillness and its many fruits. It is a precious gift that comes to us by the grace of God and takes root in …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVI, Part II
Season 6 Episode 154
We picked up once again with the theme of “loving fasting.” The severity of the desert father’s practice of this discipline reveals that love. They …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part IV and XVI, Part I
Season 6 Episode 153
We continued our discussion of the fathers’ love for abstinence and fasting. While their feats seem amazing to us as well as how little food they nee…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part III
Season 6 Episode 152
The fathers often draw us along this mysterious path, the narrow path, that leads to the kingdom. They lead us, as it were, “where angels fear to tre…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part VI
Season 7 Episode 107
St. John Climacus once again gives us powerful images to help us understand the meaning of stillness and how it is to be protected. One such image is…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XV, Part II
Season 6 Episode 151
What is it that we are hungry for in this world? So many of the writings of the fathers can be reduced to this very question. What is the deepest des…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVII: On Stillness of Mind and Body, Part V
Season 7 Episode 106
There is a beautiful movement created in the heart by St. John’s writing; it is almost a dance. We move back-and-forth with St. John by simultaneousl…
1 year, 11 months ago