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Back to SearchConferences of St. John Cassian: Conference One Part V and Conference Two Part II on Discretion
Season 3 Episode 8
The Importance of Discretion in the Spiritual Life; Various Titles of Discretion; Necessity to attain and sustain virtue; examples of lack of discret…
12 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian: Conference One Part V and Conference Two Part I on Discretion
Season 3 Episode 7
At the end of the first Conference, Abbot Moses observes that they have passed naturally from purity of heart to a new subject - discretion. Throug…
12 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian: Conference One Part IV - Goal of the Spiritual life (Purity of Heart)
Season 3 Episode 6
Responsibility for guarding the heart and for improving the character of our thoughts; sources of thoughts; the skill of discernment; impact of cultu…
12 years, 4 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian: Conference One Part III - Goal of the Spiritual life (Purity of Heart)
Season 3 Episode 5
For just as the kingdom of the devil is gained by the conniving at the vices, so the kingdom of God is possessed in purity of heart and spiritual kno…
12 years, 5 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian: Conference One Part II - Goal of the Spiritual life (Purity of Heart)
Season 3 Episode 4
All Things Pass Away But Love
". . . fasting, vigils, scriptural meditation, nakedness, and total deprivation do not constitute perfection but are th…
12 years, 5 months ago
Conferences of St. John Cassian: Conference One Part I - Purity of Heart
Season 3 Episode 3
Therefore, we must follow completely anything that can bring us to this objective, to this purity of heart, and anything which pulls us away from it …
12 years, 5 months ago
Introduction to the Life, Times and Writings of St. John Cassian Part II
Season 3 Episode 2
II. Conquest of Sin:
Both eastern and western spirituality as a whole conceives of the ascetic life as a slow progress upward toward God, a climb of…
12 years, 5 months ago
Introduction to the Life, Times and Writings of St. John Cassian
Season 3 Episode 1
JOHN CASSIAN
How Cassian must be read
Cassian himself ceaselessly reiterated that you cannot understand the monastic life unless you are attempting…
12 years, 6 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 29 On Dispassion Part II and Step 30 on Love
Season 2 Episode 36
Dispassion:
St. John's words in this chapter are a wake-up call. They remind us of how far we are from spiritual perfection. They humble us. They …
12 years, 6 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 28 On Prayer Part II and Step 29 On Dispassion
Season 2 Episode 35
Prayer
For our prayer to lead to union with God, it is always necessary for it to be offered in a spirit of contrition. St. John notes: "Even if you…
12 years, 6 months ago