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Season 8 Episode 51
“A heart that is broken and humbled, God will not despise.”
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A man begins in need.
Not in strength. Not in clarity. Not in light. He begins in th…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XLIX, Part III
Season 6 Episode 231
You think sin begins when you speak.
The Fathers say it begins when you listen.
The serpent did not force Eve. He spoke.
She inclined her ear.
And …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily VII, Part III and VIII, Part I
Season 8 Episode 50
After speaking in broad and sometimes severe lines about the struggle of the spiritual life, the holy elder begins to lower his voice.
He does not a…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Lenten Retreat: The Dismantling of the Religious Self, Session Four
Season 100 Episode 19
Lenten Retreat 2026 Fourth Reflection The Man Who Has Nothing Left But God
On the Life That Appears When the Self That Lived Has Died “I live, yet n…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily VII, Part II
Season 8 Episode 49
“Faith has need of labors also, and confidence in God is the good witness of the conscience born of undergoing hardship for the virtues.”
— St. Isaac…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XLIX, Part II
Season 6 Episode 230
A brother said to an elder,
“Father, what is calumny?”
The elder said,
“Death.”
The brother was troubled.
“I did not strike anyone.”
The elder said,
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Lenten Retreat: The Dismantling of the Religious Self, Session Three
Season 100 Episode 17
Third Reflection Lenten Retreat 2026 When God Begins to Take Everything
On the Delusion of Belonging to God While Still Belonging to Oneself “My God…
5 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily VII, Part I
Season 8 Episode 48
“Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”
Matthew 6:33
St. Isaac places hope after the fi…
5 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XLVIII and XLIX, Part I
Season 6 Episode 229
“The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.”
Psalm 13
A man stole two sheep and thought he could seal the theft with holy words.
He walked tow…
5 months, 1 week ago
Lenten Retreat: The Dismantling of the Religious Self, Session Two
Season 100 Episode 15
The Dismantling of the Religious Self
Four Lenten Reflections on Delusion, Abandonment, and the Life That Remains in God
“Unless a grain of wheat fa…
5 months, 1 week ago