Purification of the Heart
The First Stage of the Spiritual Life
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The purification of the heart is the essential starting point of the Christian life. How do we identify the presence of the passions in our own lives, and what are the means, the medicine, that the Church gives us to overcome them?
Instructor
Rev. Thomas Moses
Rev. Thomas Moses lives in Upstate New York with his wife and two daughters. He serves as administrator and priest of St. Basil the Great Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Utica, NY. He and his wife Rebekah serve as co-directors of the National Association for Melkite Youth, and he is a frequent host and presenter for God With Us. He graduated from Sts. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2017 with a Master of Divinity degree. He served as a theology teacher at Bishop Guertin High School and a per diem chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, NH until he was ordained a priest in November of 2021.
Resources
- Purification of the Heart Powerpoint - Rev. Deacon Thomas Moses
- Orthodox Psychotherapy: The Science of the Fathers by Metropolitan Heirotheos of Nafpaktos
- Christian Perfection and Contemplation According to St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John of the Cross by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
- Philokalia Vol. I: Compiled by St. Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Markarios of Corinth
- St. John Cassian: On the Eight Vices
- St. Hesychios the Priest: On Watchfulness and Holiness
- The Way of a Pilgrim
- Turning the Heart to God by Saint Theophan the Recluse
- The Art of Prayer by Saint Theophan the Recluse
- A Beginner's Introduction to the Philokalia by Fr. Anthony M. Coniaris
- Liturgy: Model of Prayer - Icon of Life by Robert Taft