Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part III
Season 7 Episode 85
Sometimes we are unaware of the treasure that we possess in and through the gift of faith; and also in the living witness and writing of the Saints. …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis II, Part IV
Season 6 Episode 131
Where is true freedom to be found? How do we recognize it within the human person? The fathers of The Evergetinos reveal it to us in a powerful fashi…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part II
Season 7 Episode 84
A glimmer of light begins to shine through the writing of St. John in regards to the perfection of virtue. John starts by putting before us list of t…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis II, Part III
Season 6 Episode 130
If reading the gospel or reading the Fathers speak to us about walking the path of humility does not turn our life upside down, does not agitate the…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part I
Season 7 Episode 83
The fruit of humility is the emergence of discernment. For beginners, it is a true knowledge of themselves. For intermediate souls, it is a spiritual…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXV: On Humility, Part V
Season 7 Episode 82
Tonight we concluded our reading of step 25 on humility. I have no other way to describe my experience of reading this step other than the fact that …
2 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis II, Part II
Season 7 Episode 129
The stories of the humility of the Saints and monks described in The Evergetinos can be hard to stomach. But if we consume them with the spirit of fa…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXV: On Humility, Part IV
Season 7 Episode 81
It is impossible to capture in words the joy that sweeps over the heart when one comes to understand what St. John Climacus is revealing to us about …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis I, Part III and Hypothesis II, Part I
Season 6 Episode 128
Once again, reading the fathers on humility is humbling. Gradually our eyes are opened to the nature and reality of virtue; not as human reason or un…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXV: On Humility, Part III
Season 7 Episode 80
The language that St. John Climacus uses to describe humility and its qualities is striking. In fact, in some ways it becomes unsettling. Unsettling …
2 years, 6 months ago