PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

St. Isaac the Syrian on the Undivided Heart and the Poverty of True Love “He it is that possesses nothing upon the earth, who earns nothing for himself among material things, who in his mind clings to nothing visible.” — St. Isaac the Syrian, Homily 21 ⸻ Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 21 paragraph 17b-19a There is a poverty of the heart far more difficult to embrace than the renunciation of material possessions. It is the