Tonight we concluded a brief section from Hypothesis Nine and began reading Hypothesis Ten. The subject matter of these readings is rather fierce; presenting us over and over again with the experience of death. What is the experience of the soul at the moment of death bearing within it its vices and virtues alone.?
We are presented with images and visions of the Saints who describe a malignant evil set upon the demise of those seeking to follow the narrow path that leads to the kingdom. Even at the moment of death the evil one is there to accuse and weigh in the balance individual’s vices and virtues. If anything these images stress for us the reality of evil and hostile powers set upon our demise and that the spiritual life and struggle has cosmological scope.
Such truths remind us of the necessity of constant vigilance in the spiritual warfare. We must desire to the kingdom above all things and seek it with purity of heart and intention. It is this alone that sets us upon the path to the kingdom with a holy boldness even when faced with these hostile powers in their most fearful form.
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The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-eight Part III
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-eight Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-seven Part II and Homily Forty-eight Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-six Part II and Homily Forty-seven Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-six Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-five
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-four
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-three
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-two Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-two Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-one
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty Part III
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-nine Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-eight and Homily Thirty-nine Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part VIII
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part VII
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part VI
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part V
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