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Season 7 Episode 45
Tonight, we read Step number 11 on “talkativeness and silence.” Fittingly, it is very brief, if not the briefest of all of the steps of The Ladder. …
3 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXXV, Part I
Season 6 Episode 96
Obedience! The root of the word is to hear or to listen. What emerges in reading the fathers is that our capacity to hear the word of God is rooted …
3 years, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter X: On Slander or Calumny, Part II
Season 7 Episode 44
This evening we continued and completed Step number 10 on “slander and calumny.” Something very special emerges about John in the writing of this st…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXXIV
Season 6 Episode 95
Tonight we picked up with Hypothesis 34. Again we are introduced into the practice of asceticism; in particular, how it is embraced in the spirit of …
3 years, 5 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IX: On Remembrance of Wrongs, Part II and Chapter X: On Slander or Calumny, Part I
Season 7 Episode 43
The subtle movements of the human heart and mind stand revealed while reading the Ladder of Divine Ascent. As one makes one’s way through the text, i…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXXIII, Part IV
Season 6 Episode 94
Reading the fathers deeply is unsettling. It strikes against every sensibility that we have and calls into question our perception of reality itself…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IX: On Remembrance of Wrongs, Part I
Season 7 Episode 42
There are certain moments while reading the fathers when one trembles. The truth expressed is so vivid and pierces so deeply that the experience of i…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXXIII, Part III
Season 6 Episode 93
The further we get into the Evergetinos, the more we are poised to begin to understand something important: our pursuit of virtue, such as obedience,…
3 years, 6 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter VIII: On Freedom from Anger, Part III
Season 7 Episode 41
As we follow Saint John’s teaching on the passion of anger, we truly begin to get a sense of what a great spiritual teacher and physician he and the …
3 years, 6 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter VIII: On Freedom from Anger, Part II
Season 7 Episode 40
What is our standard of judgment? When we consider anything about life in this world, or our struggle with vice, or seeking to grow in virtue, where …
3 years, 6 months ago