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Season 6 Episode 124
We are drawing close to the end of the first volume of the Evergetinos. We’ve come to the end of a long journey; but in reality it’s just the beginni…
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXIV: On Meekness, Part II
Season 7 Episode 76
To be simple, guileless, and meek are described by St. John as a habit of soul. Habits form deeply over the course of time and those that we form thr…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLV, Part VIII
Season 6 Episode 123
What a privilege it is to read the fathers! As we are being drawn by them into a deeper understanding of the virtue of humility, their vision of its …
2 years, 9 months ago
Searching the Depths of the Unconscious: The Desert Fathers and Psychoanalysis
Season 100 Episode 10
A lecture presented at Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, October 24, 2023. Sponsored by the Department of Catholic Studie…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXIII: On Pride, Part V and Chapter XXIV: On Meekness, Part I
Season 7 Episode 75
“We are reading to fast!” This is typically something that we would never say about our study groups. However, as we sit at the feet of St. John Cl…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLV, Part VII
Season 6 Episode 122
Coming towards the end of the first volume of the Evergetinos, it is clear that we are being nourished upon solid food. During these many weeks, the …
2 years, 9 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXIII: On Pride, Part IV
Season 7 Episode 74
Pride destroys the one thing that the spiritual person should desire - the unfailing light in the eye of the heart. The ascetic life seeks to remove…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLV, Part VI
Season 6 Episode 121
Is it possible for us to let go of our private judgment - to let ourselves be led by the Spirit of God into the Truth? As we read the teachings and t…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XXIII: On Pride, Part III
Season 7 Episode 73
As we pour through the sayings of Saint John Climacus about pride and overcoming pride, what we see in the Evergetinos and its teaching on humility w…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLV, Part V
Season 6 Episode 120
We were turn once again to the most important of virtues - humility. Despite the repeated sayings about humility and the many illustrative stories, o…
2 years, 10 months ago