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Season 3 Episode 89
What do we seek? What do we long for the most? Can any of us truly say Theoria, or contemplation; to be drawn up into the eternal blessedness of Go…
10 years, 1 month ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty Three On Sinlessness Part II
Season 3 Episode 88
Abba Theonas begins to introduce Cassian and Germanus to a deeper understanding of Theoria, that is, contemplation. In particular, he makes it clear…
10 years, 1 month ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty Two On Nocturnal Illusions Part IV and Conference Twenty Three On Sinlessness Part I
Season 3 Episode 87
This evening we made a transition from Conference 22 to Conference 23, the last of Abba Theonas's three conferences. Our discussion began with clari…
10 years, 2 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty Two On Nocturnal Illusions Part III
Season 3 Episode 86
Abba Theonas continues to draw Cassian and Germanus into the greater vision of the Christian life - guided not by law but by grace. The measure of h…
10 years, 2 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty Two On Nocturnal Illusions Part II
Season 3 Episode 85
We pick up with Germanus and Cassian speaking with Abba Theonas about Nocturnal Illusions, or rather the emissions that sometimes occur at night, the…
10 years, 2 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty Two On Nocturnal Illusions
Season 3 Episode 84
The desert fathers are not shy when it comes to talking about the more intimate details of human sexuality and its interplay with the spiritual life.…
10 years, 3 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty One On the Relaxation at Pentecost Part V
Season 3 Episode 83
As we come to the end of Conference 21, Abba Theonas raises the bar for us in terms of how we understand our lives as Christian men and women. He pr…
10 years, 3 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty One On the Relaxation at Pentecost Part IV
Season 3 Episode 82
Germanus and Cassian finally begin to talk with Abba Theonas about the relaxation of Pentecost; that is, how one approaches a festal season and moder…
10 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty One On the Relaxation at Pentecost Part III
Season 3 Episode 81
After the introduction to the conference presented over the past two weeks revolving around the elder Theona's conversion and his choice of pursuing …
10 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Twenty One On the Relaxation at Pentecost Part II
Season 3 Episode 80
Nowhere is the universal call to holiness, the call to live in and embrace the grace of God radically, more fully and challengingly expressed than in…
10 years, 4 months ago