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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLI, Part III
Season 6 Episode 109
The conclusion of hypothesis 41 was as beautiful as it was convicting. The fathers speak of a stability of mind and heart that deepens through the as…
3 years ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XVI: On Avarice, Part II and Chapter XVII, On Non-Possessiveness, Part I
Season 7 Episode 62
Freedom! We often associate this word with our own rights in this world or our capacity to do as we will and go where we want. A kind of promise is p…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part XI and Chapter XVI: On Avarice, Part I
Season 7 Episode 61
The Mystery of the Human Person!
What comes forward in the ascetical writings of the fathers is not a moralistic or legalistic view of sin. Rather, …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XLI, Part II
Season 6 Episode 108
Avoidance: often this can be the fundamental reason that an individual gravitates towards solitude, religious, or otherwise. We do not want to be in …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part X
Season 7 Episode 60
The fathers have often been accused of having a negative anthropology; that is, a negative view of the human person and human nature. However, as we …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part VII and Hypothesis XLI, Part I
Season 6 Episode 107
In the advertisement for and description of this evening’s group, I wrote: “How does one deal with feelings of desolation in regards to one’s vocatio…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part IX
Season 7 Episode 59
Gustave Flaubert once wrote, “God is in the details.“ The truth of this statement is born out in this evening‘s writing from Saint John Climacus on t…
3 years, 1 month ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part VIII
Season 7 Episode 58
The beauty of virtue! So often we discuss the spiritual life as if the main goal or the end of it is simply the avoidance of sin. While avoiding sin …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XL, Part VI
Season 6 Episode 106
Stability of mind and heart: such are the characteristics of those who live the ascetic life. The mystery of the human person is such that we must su…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter XV: On Chastity, Part VII
Season 7 Episode 57
As we continue our reading of Step 15 on purity and chastity, gradually we are being shown a broader vision of what is offered to us through the asce…
3 years, 2 months ago