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Back to SearchThe Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirteen, Homily Fourteen and Homily Fifteen Part I
Season 4 Episode 32
Last night we picked up with Homily 13 which focused on initial effects of Stillness on the soul. For a brief period of time she is deprived of spiri…
9 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Eleven and Homily Twelve
Season 4 Episode 31
Last night we discussed Homilies 11 and 12. Here St. Isaac holds up the monastic life as an exemplar which we are to emulate - monks illuminate the d…
9 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Ten
Season 4 Episode 30
Last night the group discussed homily 10 of St. Isaac. The fundamental theme was the importance of repentance and also the avoidance of presumption i…
9 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Nine
Season 4 Episode 29
Tonight's discussion was on Homily 9 and focused on the distinction between voluntary and involuntary sin, the effects of laxity and heedlessness in …
9 years, 1 month ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Eight
Season 4 Episode 28
The foundation of all that is good, St Isaac the Syrian tells us in Homily 8, is the knowledge of one's own weakness, realizing the need for God's he…
9 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Six Part V and Homily Seven
Season 4 Episode 27
We began last evening's discussion with the brief but powerful conclusion to St. Isaac's Sixth Homily. Worldly wisdom can become a stumbling block to…
9 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Six Part IV
Season 4 Episode 26
St. Isaac began his teaching with a few warnings last evening. The constancy of a soul and its purity is tested by the subtleties of vainglory. The m…
9 years, 2 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Six Part III
Season 4 Episode 25
Last evening we picked up midway through Homily Six where St. Isaac takes up the topic of the vision of the divine in the Kingdom. Such vision and it…
9 years, 3 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Six Part II
Season 4 Episode 24
St. Isaac presents us with the identity of the monk and his defining characteristics. Discussion ensued about interiorized monasticism and our embrac…
9 years, 3 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - End of Homily Five and Homily Six Part I
Season 4 Episode 23
In a wonderful discussion of the end of homily five and the beginning of homily six, we lingered over what St. Isaac describes as the aim of our cond…
9 years, 4 months ago