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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Text of chat during the group:
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part IV
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part III
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-seven Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-six and Homily Thirty-seven Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-four and Homily Thirty-five
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-two Part III and Homily Thirty-three
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty-two Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirty Part II, Homily Thirty-one and Homily Thirty-two Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-nine and Homily Thirty Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-eight Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-seven Part II and Homily Twenty-eight Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-six and Homily Twenty-seven Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-five Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-four and Homily Twenty-five Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-three Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-two and Homily Twenty-three Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-one Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty-one Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Twenty Part I
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