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Season 4 Episode 108
Tonight we completed the homily 56. It was both challenging and beautiful. Every word of Isaac strikes to the heart and each example raises us up in …
7 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-six Part II
Season 4 Episode 107
Tonight we continued reading homily 56. Isaac begins to guide us through a reflection on the nature of affliction and how it leads to the perfection …
7 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-five Part II and Homily Fifty-six Part I
Season 4 Episode 106
Tonight we concluded homily 55. Isaac discusses the nature divine fear, which is not fear of God but rather fear of losing what is most precious - ou…
7 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-four Part VI and Homily Fifty-five
Season 4 Episode 105
Tonight we concluded homily 54 and began reading homily 55. Isaac finishes homily 54 by telling us of the intimate link between fasting and silence. …
7 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-four Part V
Season 4 Episode 104
We continued this evening with homily 54. Isaac confronts us with a simple question somewhat indirectly – how deep is our faith and confidence in God…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-four Part IV
Season 4 Episode 103
Tonight we continued our discussion of homily 54. Isaac begins to explain to us the importance of tears in the spiritual life as a reflection of true…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-four Part III
Season 4 Episode 102
We continued this evening with three very rich paragraphs from homily 54. St. Isaac begins by speaking about how we should approach psalmody. We read…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-four Part II
Season 4 Episode 101
We picked up this evening with homily 54. Isaac begins by discussing the impact of memories and recollections on both virtue and vice. Meditation upo…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-two Part VI, Homily 53 and Homily 54 Part I
Season 4 Episode 100
Tonight we continued following Isaac’s explication of the nature of faith in Homilies 52 and 53; how it brings us to a knowledge of God that transcen…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-two Part V
Season 4 Episode 99
We continued our consideration of homily 52 where St Isaac describes for us the various degrees of knowledge. Tonight he discussed the second degree …
7 years, 3 months ago