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Back to SearchThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part VI
Season 7 Episode 56
John continues to draw us ever deeper into the mysteries of the human mind and heart. We are in a constant state of receptivity as human beings. We a…
3 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part V
Season 7 Episode 55
The subtlety of Temptations! Again, and again the fathers show us the relentless work of the evil one in drawing the mind ans the heart of individual…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part IV
Season 6 Episode 104
Once again, we are presented with a kind of fickleness that can plague the human heart. We can be ever so changeable. This includes how we look upon …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part IV
Season 7 Episode 54
Piercing! The vision of a Saint becomes ever so sharp. Out of their own experience of the desert, and the spiritual warfare engaged in there, comes …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part III
Season 6 Episode 103
We returned to hypothesis 40 and found ourselves sitting at the feet of Saint Ephrem the Syrian. We are shown with frightening clarity how the evil o…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part III
Season 7 Episode 53
How does one begin to speak about purity and chastity in an age that hyper-sensualizes the human experience? When we define ourselves so tightly and…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part II
Season 6 Episode 102
Stability of place leads to and protects internal emotional and spiritual stability. One must not be tempted to change one’s external environment; th…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part II
Season 7 Episode 52
The depth of the fathers’ understanding of the workings of the mind and the heart, the appetites and desires, is staggering. One of the great fruits …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XIV: On Gluttony, Part IV, and Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part I
Season 7 Episode 51
Tonight we made the transition from St. John’s Step on Gluttony and its offspring to our discussion of Purity and Chastity in Step number 15. Again, …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part I
Season 6 Episode 101
We rarely think of the importance of stability; not only in our external environment, but the stability of thought and emotion. It is precisely this…
3 years, 2 months ago