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Back to SearchThe Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part XV
Season 7 Episode 27
The unvarnished truth is not easy to hear or see. This is especially true when it reveals that which is within our own heart or what is lacking in ou…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXVI, Part III
Season 6 Episode 79
Scrutinizing the movements of the mind and the heart is never an easy thing to do. In fact we find ever more clever ways to avoid doing so. Truthful …
3 years, 8 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part XIV
Season 7 Episode 26
“Put out into the deep.”As we picked up with the Saint John’s writing on the spirit and practice of obedience the path set before us becomes ever so …
3 years, 8 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXVI, Part II
Season 6 Episode 78
It is as if we are sitting at the well, drinking deeply of that life-giving water. The fathers’ writings on the spiritual life speak to the soul in s…
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part XIII
Season 7 Episode 25
One participant in this evening‘s group commented that the counsel that St. John gives is eminently practical. This is true of the writings of the fa…
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The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXVI
Season 6 Episode 77
We began by considering how the fathers of the desert would scrutinize individuals who would come to the monastery seeking entrance. They would put m…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXV, Part II
Season 6 Episode 76
What emerges in reading the fathers is the subtle and yet intense interior battle that takes place within the human heart. We are often men and women…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part XII
Season 7 Episode 24
I’ve often thought the Desert Fathers were the first and truest of depth psychologists. Their understanding of the human person, the workings of the …
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The Evergetinos - Hypothesis XXV, Part II
Season 6 Episode 75
VWhere do we live our lives? Who is God and how do we see ourselves and our own identity in light of the Incarnation? The writings of the Fathers hav…
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent - Chapter IV: On Obedience, Part XI
Season 7 Episode 23
As we allow ourselves to be drawn deeper into the meaning of obedience by St. John’s writing, we begin to see the beauty of the virtue itself and the…
3 years, 9 months ago