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Season 4 Episode 62
We continued our discussion of Homily 37 and began with St. Isaac’s distinction between revelations and visions. Visions are concrete appearances of …
8 years, 4 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part VI
Season 4 Episode 61
We returned to homily 37 tonight where St Isaac instructs us on the meaning and value of tears. They both cleanse us from our sins and are an express…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part V
Season 4 Episode 60
We continued this evening with our reading of St. Isaac’s 37th Homily and his discussion of the essential practices of fasting and vigil that are the…
8 years, 5 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part IV
Season 4 Episode 59
We began our discussion of St Isaac’s 37th Homily with his teaching about the importance of separating ourselves from the things of the world so as t…
8 years, 5 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part III
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, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago