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Back to SearchLadder of Divine Ascent - Step 28 On Prayer Part I
Season 2 Episode 34
As we noted in the beginning of our study of The Ladder, the goal of all spiritual labors is communion with God. We do not seek an abstract vision o…
12 years, 7 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 27 On Stillness Part II
Season 2 Episode 33
St. John in the final section of this step begins to describe the struggle for stillness. First, St. John details those things that threaten to dest…
12 years, 7 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 27 On Stillness
Season 2 Episode 32
Stillness may be equated to peace of soul; the absence of spiritual warfare and the presence of calm. We beginners in the spiritual life cannot ima…
12 years, 8 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 26 On Discernment Part III
Season 2 Episode 31
St. John then discusses more advanced forms of discernment and how such a gift may be fostered in a persons' soul. (a) He speaks of the necessity of…
12 years, 8 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 26 On Discernment Part II
Season 2 Episode 30
St. John begins to discuss what discernment allows us to see and how it must be used. (a) Discernment, he states, helps us to understand the capita…
12 years, 8 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 26 On Discernment Part I
Season 2 Episode 29
How many times do we struggle to know God's will for our lives. As St. John notes: There are many roads to holiness - - and to Hell. A path wrong f…
12 years, 8 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 25 on Humility Part II
Season 2 Episode 28
35-64 St. John then describes how to cultivate the presence of humility within our hearts. The truly humble, he teaches, will never trust in himself…
12 years, 8 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 25 on Humility
Season 2 Episode 27
There is something very misleading about "reading about humility" as if one could learn about true humility from a book. In fact, St. John says this…
12 years, 9 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 24 on Meekness, Simplicity and Guilelessness
Season 2 Episode 26
Having shown us the danger of pride, St. John wishes to lead us step by step to the virtue of humility (Step 25). Before we consider humility, how…
12 years, 9 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 23 on Pride part II
Season 2 Episode 25
Pride Part II
St. John says that pride flows out of our love of the praise of men (Vainglory). Its midpoint is "the shameless parading of our achie…
12 years, 9 months ago