PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

St. Isaac the Syrian on humility, costly prayer, and the wisdom that refuses both pride and idleness “There is an order for every work, and for every discipline there is a fixed time.” — St. Isaac the Syrian, Homily XXI Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on the Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 21 paragraphs 7-13 There is something extraordinarily beautiful in the way the aged elders speak to Isaac. They do not flatter him. Neither do they crush his zeal. They recogn