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Back to SearchThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part X
Season 7 Episode 92
As we read St. John Climacus, we begin to see discernment as rooted in our relationship with God; a relationship that is founded upon the revelation…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis IV, Part II and Hypothesis V
Season 6 Episode 137
Sometimes in the simplest teachings is found the greatest wisdom. Such is true in tonight‘s readings from The Evergetinos. The focus is on work, how…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part IX
Season 7 Episode 91
Discernment, as we have said, is the fruit of humility. Having removed the impediment of pride and having purified the heart of the passions, one co…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis III, Part IV and Hypothesis IV, Part I
Season 6 Episode 136
Everything about what it is to be a human being should be touched and shaped by the grace of God. Our identity and purpose comes through Christ. Whe…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part VIII
Season 7 Episode 90
In St. John’s discussion of discernment, he reveals to us the beauty of a human being transformed by the grace of God and living in communion with C…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis III, Part III
Season 6 Episode 135
We continued our discussion from The Evergetinos on idleness. What begins to emerge from the wisdom of the fathers is that everything that is part o…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part VII
Season 7 Episode 89
As we have discussed, the fruit of humility is discernment. But what is that? Is it simply private judgment, a human wisdom that has deepened over th…
2 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis III, Part II
Season 6 Episode 135
What a blessing it is to read slowly. It allows insights to unfold before our minds and imaginations that we often would not be attentive to due to o…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXVI: On Discernment, Part VI
Season 7 Episode 88
Where are we in the spiritual battle? Do we understand the virtues that are generally most necessary in the pursuit of virtue? So often in our day, w…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Hypothesis II, Part VII and Hypothesis III, Part I
Season 6 Episode 134
We turn now in the Evergetinos to consider the “avoidance of idleness”. With this, of course, we are compelled to consider the nature of work, and it…
2 years, 6 months ago