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☦ Homily Three of St. Isaac the Syrian explores the soul’s natural state, stillness, purity of mind and heart, the origin of the passions, and the wisdom that arises when the soul withdraws from worldly cares.

In this profound Orthodox homily, St. Isaac teaches that the soul is by nature passionless and luminous, created for divine understanding. Through stillness, affliction, humility, and patient endurance of temptations, the soul is restored to her proper state and lifted toward God. Fear prepares the way, love perfects the journey, and spiritual knowledge follows a life shaped by virtue.
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📖 Text source: Aesthetical Homilies of Saint Isaac the Syrian
Publisher: Holy Transfiguration Monastery

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This reading is suitable for prayerful listening, meditation, Orthodox study, and spiritual formation.

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00:00 - Start
00:57 - Homily 3
03:56 - Q: What is the nature of the soul?
05:32 - What is the natural state of the soul?
07:52 - The soul's natural desires
10:04 - Q: Bodily passions by accident or nature?
12:45 - Q: Fulfilling of the passions
15:17 - Q: What is the purity of the mind?
18:09 - Q: How does purity of the heart differ from the mind?
20:23 - On the senses and temptations
23:04 - Who is a martyr?
26:30 - Why your petition is not granted
28:47 - Within temptations lie precious things
33:34 - On our Master's tender compassions