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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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XIII
Season 7 Episode 95
Discernment, St. John tells us, arises out of humility. It also allows us to see the value of humility in the spiritual life. It is the virtue above …
2 years, 4 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis VIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 140
What a beautiful group! Beauty, however, is not only found in the things that are attractive or appeal to our sensibilities. What is beautiful is fou…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XII
Season 7 Episode 94
Discernment is so much more than our analyzing the realities and circumstances around us by the use of intellect and reason. These faculties, as wond…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis VI, Part II and Hypothesis VII
Season 6 Episode 139
We are drawn ever deeper into the subtle manifestations of Avarice and how the demons make use of this passion to draw us into other sins. Indeed, it…
2 years, 4 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part XI
Season 7 Episode 93
This evening we continued our discussion of discernment;
in particular, developing an awareness of the action of the demons and their attempts to lea…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis IV, Part III
Season 6 Episode 138
We take up this evening a new hypothesis (VI) dealing with the ownership of property. At the heart of it, however, is the temptation to avarice and …
2 years, 5 months ago