The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian - Homily XVI, Part II

Podcast: Philokalia Ministries · Father David Abernethy

Opublikowano: 2026-07-07

The Christian life is not first the struggle to become better people, but the gradual unveiling of what we have already become through Christ. We have been fashioned to be the dwelling place of the living God. Every act of repentance, every hidden prayer, every battle against the passions, every tear shed in sincerity serves this one purpose: that the heart might become a temple in which God delights to dwell. For St. Isaac, holiness is never an end in itself. He does not call us to a perfection rooted in fear or spiritual achievement, but to...