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Back to SearchThe 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-four Part IX
Season 4 Episode 124
Tonight‘s reading of homily 64 was something of a labor of love. Following Isaac’s train of thought was more difficult simply because language fails …
6 years, 10 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-four Part VIII
Season 4 Episode 123
“Love silence above all things”, St. Isaac tells us. However, this is not a mere pious expression but rather one of the deepest truths of human exist…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-four Part VII
Season 4 Episode 122
Continuing our reading of Homily 64, a great deal of our attention was directed to how Isaac addresses discerning whether thoughts are from God or fr…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-four Part VI
Season 4 Episode 121
We continued our discussion tonight of homily 64. The group only considered two paragraphs over the course of the hour. But the discussion was eminen…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-four Part V
Season 4 Episode 120
We continued our journey with Isaac tonight discussing homily 64. While the subject matter seems varied, it is clearly connected in Isaac’s mind. All…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixty-four Part IV
Season 4 Episode 119
Tonight we continued with our reading of homily 64. Isaac begins to open up our understanding of prayer through discussing the practical elements of …
6 years, 11 months ago