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Back to SearchThe Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-seven Part I
Season 4 Episode 134
Tonight we began reading homily 67. Isaac lays out for us how it is that we are to labor for stillness fruitfully. He speaks to us of the many pitfal…
6 years, 5 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-six Part IV
Season 4 Episode 133
Tonight we concluded homily 66. Isaac focuses on the virtue of chastity and its beauty. It is to be prized and fostered through the gift of fasting. …
6 years, 5 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-six Part III
Season 4 Episode 132
We continued tonight with homily 66. St. Isaac lays out for us the path to prayer and reveals to us its deeper meaning. It involves self-denial; a se…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-six Part II
Season 4 Episode 131
We picked up again this week with homily 66. Saint Isaac presents us with perhaps the most formative part of his book. While this might seem to be an…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-five Part IV and Homily Sixty-six Part I
Season 4 Episode 130
Tonight we concluded Homily 65. Isaac closes his discussion on the value of silence and the work that surrounds it and allows it to develop and bear …
6 years, 6 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-five Part III
Season 4 Episode 129
Tonight we continued our reading of homily 65. Isaac begins to speak with us about the fruit of stillness. One of the primary gifts of stillness is t…
6 years, 6 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-five Part II
Season 4 Episode 128
Tonight we continued reading Homily 65. St. Isaac begins to speak about how one prepares oneself to enter into the life of stillness. One must invest…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-four Part XII and Homily Sixty-five Part I
Season 4 Episode 127
Tonight we concluded homily 64 and began homily 65. Isaac, with supreme confidence, speaks to us of the value of the solitary life and its beauty. On…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-four Part XI
Season 4 Episode 126
Isaac’s thoughts take a turn as we approach the end of Homily 64. He moves from the love of silence to the Remembrance of Death. These are not discon…
6 years, 7 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-four Part X
Season 4 Episode 125
After having spoken to us in great detail about the ineffable consolation of faith and the experience of God‘s love in prayer, Isaac begins to teach …
6 years, 7 months ago