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Season 4 Episode 72
Tonight we were able to read homily 43 in its entirety. St. Isaac describes the various modes of discipline in the spiritual life - the purification …
8 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-two Part II
Season 4 Episode 71
Tonight we concluded Homily number 42 of St. Isaac the Syrian which focuses on the trials and afflictions that come both to the humble and the proud.…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-two Part I
Season 4 Episode 70
We began reading Saint Isaac’s 42nd homily this evening. He presents us with the challenging topic of affliction in the spiritual life. It is such af…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-one
Season 4 Episode 69
Tonight we read Saint Isaac’s homily 41. It is a rich explication of the workings of the human mind and heart. St. Isaac shows us how it is that we a…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty Part III
Season 4 Episode 68
Tonight we concluded Homily 40. Saint Isaac speaks to us of the tactics of the enemy to pull us away from unceasing prayer and to lead us into every …
8 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty Part II
Season 4 Episode 67
We continued our discussion of Homily 40 and St Isaac’s teaching on the practice of regular fasting. Without fasting and abstinence we are easily del…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty Part I
Season 4 Episode 66
We began Homily 40 and it has proven like so many before it to be challenging and beautiful. St. Issac captures not only the foundational and essenti…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-nine Part II
Season 4 Episode 65
St Isaac led us through a wonderful study of the methods the devil uses to war against those who seek to live for God and walk by the narrow way. …
8 years, 3 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-eight and Homily Thirty-nine Part I
Season 4 Episode 64
Beginning with Homily 38 and moving into Homily 39, St. Isaac treats of the struggle with sin and temptation and the methods of the devil. The starti…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part VIII
Season 4 Episode 63
In tonight’s conclusion of Homily 37, St. Isaac set before us the end that the hesychast seeks and meditates upon - the life of the Kingdom and the v…
8 years, 4 months ago