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Season 7 Episode 112
Joy! Suddenly, as we read through the Ladder of Dive Ascent every cross, every struggle in the spiritual life, while still present, begins to fade in…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVIII, Part II
Season 6 Episode 157
No one is going to take up the practice of fasting or come to “love fasting” as we have often spoken of unless they are taught by those who have dee…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVIII, Part II
Season 7 Episode 111
There are some things that cannot be learned from books – prayer most of all! However, St. John, as so many of the Saints speaks to us from long expe…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XVIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 156
We picked up this evening with the beginning of hypothesis 18. For weeks now we have been reading about the essential practice of fasting. The cultiv…
2 years ago
The 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 …
2 years ago
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…
2 years 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 …
2 years 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 …
2 years 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 …
2 years 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…
2 years ago