As we move more deeply into the first volume of the Evergetinos - reading hypothesis 38 - we find ourselves also being drawn more deeply into the mystery of humility and obedience. The wisdom of God, revealed in our Lord through his incarnation and through the Paschal mystery, shows us the vulnerability of divine love and humility. For the love of us Christ empties himself, becomes a slave and obedient unto death on the cross. It is upon him that we must fix our gaze if we are not to be drawn into the illusions of pride.
Religious people are not above having their own delusions; including and especially the delusion of holiness. We hold on to the demands of our ego. Pride rules our will. Thus, we were given multiple stories this evening of God in his providence guiding souls along a path He desires and presenting them with circumstances that unexpectedly revealed to them these greater truths. There is so much of us that is prideful that we are often blind to the humble ways that God comes to us and reject those through whom He speaks to us.
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The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-two Part III
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-two Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-two Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part VIII
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part VII
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part VI
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part V
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part IV
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part III
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part II
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty-one Part I
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Fifty
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-nine
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-eight Part VIII
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-eight Part VII
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-eight Part VI
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-eight Part V
The Ascetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian - Homily Forty-eight Part IV
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
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