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Season 4 Episode 58
Our group began tonight with a very challenging question: what is it to deny oneself? It is here that we are confronted with the full force of the g…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part II
Season 4 Episode 57
Tonight‘s group was challenging as always. Saint Isaac begins to draw us into the heart of the gospel and the embrace of the cross. We must be willin…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-six and Homily Thirty-seven Part I
Season 4 Episode 56
We picked up this evening with Homilies 36 and 37. Once again Isaac speaks to us of the importance of the Ascetical life and how it is the foundation…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-four and Homily Thirty-five
Season 4 Episode 55
At tonight’s group we read two exquisite homilies from Saint Isaac the Syrian: Homilies 34 and 35. Both speak to us about the essential Ascetical nat…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-two Part III and Homily Thirty-three
Season 4 Episode 54
Tonight‘s discussion of homilies 32 and 33 focused upon Saint Isaac’s teaching that we should not approach the life of faith as if it were simply sel…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-two Part II
Season 4 Episode 53
We began our discussion of Homily 32 which places before us a stark truth - these are times of martyrdom. We must die to self and sin in order to liv…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty Part II, Homily Thirty-one and Homily Thirty-two Part I
Season 4 Episode 52
The group began by continuing to reflect upon the final paragraphs of Homily 30 wherein St Isaac emphasizes the uniqueness of man, in particular our …
8 years, 5 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-nine and Homily Thirty Part I
Season 4 Episode 51
In this session we picked up with two Homilies, 29 & 30, that presented us with two straightforward but stark truths. In regards to nature and our st…
8 years, 5 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-eight Part II
Season 4 Episode 50
Tonight we finished homily 28. It was also the conclusion of St Isaac‘s angelology. The impact of his thought on our experience of the life of faith…
8 years, 5 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-seven Part II and Homily Twenty-eight Part I
Season 4 Episode 49
Tonight we completed Homily 27 and began Homily 28. Both have as their main concern, “Theoria”, or contemplation. St Isaac continues to stress the pl…
8 years, 6 months ago