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Back to SearchThe Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVIII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 211
The stories from the Evergetinos draw us into a vision of holiness that reaches far beyond passive endurance. The saints do not simply bear injustice…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily V, Part III
Season 8 Episode 31
In this section of Homily Five, St. Isaac draws deeply from the ancient well of ascetical wisdom, weaving together the practical counsel of St. Ephra…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVII, Part V
Season 6 Episode 210
This section of The Evergetinos is among the most luminous and convicting in its entire corpus. It speaks with the voice of a Father who has entered …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily V, Part II
Season 8 Episode 30
St. Isaac speaks with a stark honesty that strips away every illusion about the spiritual life. To choose the good is to summon the battle. Every tru…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVII, Part IV
Season 6 Episode 209
The teaching of the Fathers on vengeance and anger does not allow us to linger in the comfortable ambiguities of human justice. It tears at the fabri…
8 months ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily IV, Part XI and Homily V, Part I
Season 8 Episode 29
St. Isaac’s words reveal that communion with God requires remoteness from distraction and a renunciation of whatever disquiets the heart. This is not…
8 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVII, Part III
Season 6 Episode 208
Abba Mark’s teaching pierces the heart because it strips away our worldly sense of “justice” and places us before the wisdom of the Cross. The lawyer…
8 months ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XXXVII, Part II
Season 6 Episode 207
The Gospel Without Varnish
The Desert Fathers present the Gospel in its rawest form. Their words strike the heart not because they soften Christ’s co…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily IV, Part X
Season 8 Episode 28
St. Isaac does not flatter us with easy consolations. He sets before the monk the radical alternative: almsgiving is like the rearing of children, bu…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Part XXXVI, Part II and XXXVII, Part I
Season 6 Episode 206
The Fathers in the Evergetinos remind us that the measure of our discipleship is often revealed in how we respond to insult and injury. The world tea…
8 months, 4 weeks ago