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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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-two Part IV
Season 4 Episode 98
Tonight we continued our reading of homily 52. Saint Isaac begins to speak to us about the various degrees of knowledge and starts in particular with…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-two Part III
Season 4 Episode 97
We continued our discussion tonight of homily 52 where St. Isaac again tells us that knowledge is perfected by faith and acquires the power to ascend…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-two Part II
Season 4 Episode 96
Tonight we continued reading homily number 52. St Isaac begins to unpack for us the difference between worldly knowledge and the knowledge that comes…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-two Part I
Season 4 Episode 95
Tonight we began a new homily, Homily 52, where St. Isaac expounds upon the various degrees of knowledge and in particular the distinction between ea…
7 years, 7 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part VIII
Season 4 Episode 94
Tonight we completed our reading of homily 51. It was both exquisitely beautiful and challenging. Saint Isaac brings us to the point of reflecting up…
7 years, 7 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part VII
Season 4 Episode 93
As we continue with homily 51, Isaac begins to speak to us about some of the more subtle challenges that we face along the way. At no time are we to …
7 years, 7 months ago