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Back to SearchLadder of Divine Ascent - Step 23 on Pride
Season 2 Episode 24
St. John says that pride flows out of our love of the praise of men (Vainglory). Its midpoint is "the shameless parading of our achievements, compl…
12 years, 9 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 22 on Vainglory
Season 2 Episode 23
I am sure that each one of us can easily relate to what St. John is describing in this step. Vainglory is the beginning of pride; it is the congratu…
12 years, 10 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step 21 On Fear
Season 2 Episode 22
St. John describes this spiritual danger in these words: "Fear is danger tasted in advance, a quiver as the heart takes fright before unnamed calam…
12 years, 10 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Steps 20 On Alertness
Season 2 Episode 21
As we labor to ascend to God (understanding that prayer is both the way of and the end of the ascent) we must prepare ourselves for the test of pray…
12 years, 10 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Steps 18 and 19 On Insensitivity and Sleep
Season 2 Episode 20
According to St. John, as we pursue the heavenly goal we need to be aware of the great danger of becoming desensitized to the importance of spiritual…
12 years, 11 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Steps 16 and 17 on Avarice and Poverty
Season 2 Episode 19
We will be looking at these two steps together because they represent opposite sides of the same coin. Step 16 describes the spiritual illness, whil…
12 years, 11 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Fifteen on Chastity Conclusion
Season 2 Episode 18
In this step, St. John writes about the struggle for chastity: "The man who decides to struggle against his flesh and to overcome it by his own effor…
12 years, 11 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Fifteen on Chastity
Season 2 Episode 17
In this step, St. John writes about the struggle for chastity: "The man who decides to struggle against his flesh and to overcome it by his own effor…
12 years, 11 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Step Fourteen On Gluttony
Season 2 Episode 16
We are all familiar enough with the urges of gluttony. But perhaps we have not stopped to fully consider the spiritual dangers of gluttony. This is…
12 years, 11 months ago
Ladder of Divine Ascent - Steps Twelve and Thirteen on Falsehood and Despondency (Acedia)
Season 2 Episode 15
FALSEHOOD
Throughout the Ladder John Climacus discusses the logical progression from one vice to another. And so it is with the vice of falsehood. …
13 years ago