The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily V, Part III
In this section of Homily Five, St. Isaac draws deeply from the ancient well of ascetical wisdom, weaving together the practical counsel of St. Ephraim with his own luminous vision of divine providence. His teaching moves with precision from the diagnosis of sin to the healing of the soul, from the…
The Evergetinos: Book Two - Chapter XL, II
There is a single thread running through these lives and sayings, like a hidden vein of gold through rough stone. It is the fierce and terrifying command of Christ to love those who wrong us, to turn every injury into an open door to the Kingdom, and to see in every enemy the physician of our soul.…
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily VI, Part VII
Here Isaac is not giving us a technique for moral improvement. He is unveiling an icon.
Behind his austere language of toil and Scripture and withdrawal stands a single, luminous vision: the human heart being slowly remade into the dwelling place of God. Asceticism is not a set of behaviors aimed …
Lenten Retreat: The Dismantling of the Religious Self, Session Four
Lenten Retreat 2026 Fourth Reflection The Man Who Has Nothing Left But God
On the Life That Appears When the Self That Lived Has Died “I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me.”
Galatians 2:20
There comes a moment that the man cannot perceive directly, because the one who would perceive it is n…
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily VIII, Part III
There is a humility that we speak about.
And there is a humility that is given.
The first is clean.
Understandable.
Manageable.
The second is devastating.
Saint Isaac does not speak of an idea.
He speaks of a man who has seen something in himself, not once, but repeatedly, until illusion col…
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily X
Many will read this homily of St. Isaac the Syrian and hear only threat. They will imagine that he is merely moralizing, merely warning, merely trying to frighten men into behaving. They will hear law where he is speaking mystery. They will hear rules where he is unveiling consecration.
Isaac is n…
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily XV, Part I
There are moments in the writings of St. Isaac the Syrian where one realizes that what he is speaking about is not “religion” as we commonly understand it at all.
He is not concerned with external religiosity, spiritual image, theological sophistication, emotional experiences, or moral performance…
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily XVII, Part II
“One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.”
— Psalm 27:4
Few passages in St. Isaac the Syrian can be as easily misunderstood as this one. Read superficially, it can sound severe, even offensive to modern ears. …
The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily XVIII, Part II & XIX, Part I
There is a temptation in every generation to believe that the spiritual life consists primarily in learning new methods, acquiring hidden knowledge, or discovering techniques that promise quick access to God. St. Isaac the Syrian gently dismantles this illusion. When he speaks of the deeper forms o…
The Evergetinos: Book Three - Chapter IX, Part II
There is a great mercy hidden within these unsettling sayings from the Evergetinos. The Desert Fathers do not speak to us about spiritual warfare in order to make us preoccupied with the devil. They speak about it so that we might become sober, humble, and utterly dependent upon Christ.
This is on…
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