PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

On Temptation, Humility, and the Fierce Kindness of God “Unto Him be glory unto the ages. Amen.” ________ Synopsis of Tonight’s Group on The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian Homily 8 paragraphs 10-12 and Homily 9 paragraphs 1-4 There is a clarity in the Fathers that we often resist because it leaves us no place to hide. They do not flatter the human condition. They do not soften the reality of sin. They do not pretend that the spiritual life is anything other than a