Extraordinary and beautiful! We are currently reading Step 26 from The Ladder on discernment. As St. John begins to unpack things for us, that is, what discernment allows us to perceive about our intentions, our dispositions, how virtue and vice often get mixed together, why prayers sometimes go unanswered, and why demons often will cease their attack for a period of time - - St John also shows us the beauty and the mystery of the human person in relationship to God and as created by God.
God‘s loving care for us, when seen with the clarity of the fathers’ wisdom and experience is enough to make one weep for joy. And this joy fosters a desire for God that, if inflamed, can not only purify us of the passions but transform us in such a fashion that we are drawn into the life of the very Holy Trinity. May God grant us this desire!
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The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Sixteen
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifteen Part III
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifteen Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Thirteen, Homily Fourteen and Homily Fifteen Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Eleven and Homily Twelve
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Ten
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Nine
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Eight
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Six Part V and Homily Seven
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Six Part IV
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Six Part III
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Six Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - End of Homily Five and Homily Six Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Five Part IV
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Five Part III
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Five Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - End of Homily Four and Homily Five Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Four Part V
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Four Part IV
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Four Part III
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