PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

How St. Isaac Heals the Scattered Heart Before He Teaches It to Pray “This is the rule of life that is chaste and pleasing to God…” — Isaac the Syrian, Homily 17 Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 17 paragraphs 1-4 This passage can easily be misunderstood as a catalogue of monastic etiquette or a list of ancient customs that no longer matter. Yet St. Isaac is doing something far deeper. As we noted earlier, he is acting first