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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis XI, Part II
Season 6 Episode 145
All that we do is to be touched by the grace of God, shaped by it, and perfected by it. This includes our virtues, and also the manner in which we pr…
2 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XIII
Season 7 Episode 100
Every week it is as if we are diving into living waters that renew and refresh the soul. This is particularly true of step 26 on Discernment and St. …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis X, Part III and Hypothesis XI, Part I
Season 6 Episode 144
The focus of the Evergetinos this evening was on praying the psalms. However, as always with the writings of the fathers, the focus isn’t simply on t…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XII
Season 7 Episode 99
As St. John draws us forward with these simple sayings about discernment and its fruit, we begin to see the immeasurable beauty of the ascetic life a…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XI
Season 7 Episode 98
We continued with St. John’s summary of discernment and its particular fruit in the spiritual life. However, it does not read like a summary. Each sa…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis X, Part II
Season 6 Episode 143
We continued our discussion of prayer and the things that often become an obstacle to it. Much of the discussion this evening focused upon the thing…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part X
Season 7 Episode 97
As we come toward the end of Step 26 on Discernment, St. John begins to offer us a summary of all that we have considered in the previous pages. In d…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis IX, Part II and Hypothesis X, Part I
Season 6 Episode 142
Breaking the night for prayer!! The very idea either never comes into the mind of modern Christians or it sends a shudder through the heart. The ide…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part IX
Season 7 Episode 96
With each passing week, as we read St. John’s thoughts on discernment, we begin to see how it touches every aspect of our life. So often we confuse t…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis VIII, Part II and Hypothesis IX, Part I
Season 6 Episode 141
The fathers continue to speak to us about service and work and the disposition that we are to have in doing it. Our understanding must move from a fu…
2 years, 2 months ago