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Known for his numerous works on Christian spirituality, St. Isaac the Syrian’s Ascetical Homilies are treasured for his perspective on both the Christian life and the practice of “stillness” and quietude in prayer, or what the Orthodox Church calls “hesychasm.” This work is considered by many to be one of the most important writings on spirituality in the history of the Church.

soul against the works of the flesh which Paul describes. For the body that is mingled with sin, takes pleasure in the works of the flesh. And the spirit of God takes pleasure in its own fruits. When the body is weak by fasting and mortification, the soul is spiritually strong through prayer. When the body is vehemently oppressed by solitude and penury and its life is near its term, it will beseech thee: Leave me a while to behave with moderation’1). In other words: the spiritual part of man has
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