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Back to SearchConferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Ten on Prayer Part IV & Conference Eleven Intro.
Season 3 Episode 44
Our discussion of Cassian's magnificent conference on prayer came to a close with Germanus asking how, now that they have learned of this formula for…
11 years, 2 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Ten on Prayer Part III
Season 3 Episode 43
After having considered the formula that the mind is to hold to ceaselessly, "O God, incline unto my aid, O Lord, make haste to help me", the group l…
11 years, 3 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Ten on Prayer Part II
Season 3 Episode 42
We found ourselves quite suddenly at the denouement of Cassian's Conferences - Abba Isaac's beautiful description of how to engage in unceasing praye…
11 years, 3 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Ten on Prayer Part I
Season 3 Episode 41
The group began Conference Ten, the high point of Cassian teaching on imageless and unceasing prayer. Cassian sets the stage by seeking to put the n…
11 years, 3 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nine On Prayer, Part VI
Season 3 Episode 40
Along with Cassian and Germanus, we came to the end of the first conference on prayer with Abba Issac, where discussion focussed on the different ori…
11 years, 3 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nine On Prayer, Part V
Season 3 Episode 39
Continuing our discussion of Conference Nine, we picked up with Abba Isaac's exposition of the final petitions of the Our Father: "And subject us not…
11 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nine On Prayer, Part IV
Season 3 Episode 38
The group continued to discuss Abba Isaac's breathtaking exposition of the "Our Father"; considering the third, fourth and fifth petitions. The beaut…
11 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nine On Prayer, Part III
Season 3 Episode 1
Germanus, Cassian's traveling companion, begins this section by talking about the mind's inconstancy and seeming inability to hold on to holy thought…
11 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nine On Prayer, Part II
Season 3 Episode 36
Picking up with Cassian's Conference 9 on Prayer, we continue to focus on the necessary dispositions for unceasing and pure prayer. We must not let …
11 years, 5 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian - Conference Nine On Prayer, Part I
Season 3 Episode 35
Prayer is the subject of conferences 9 and 10 and its importance is underlined at the very beginning of the 9th: "The end of every monk and the perfe…
11 years, 5 months ago