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. Deacon Thomas Moses
Rev. Deacon Thomas Moses serves as a deacon at Our Lady of the Cedars Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Manchester, NH, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He is a graduate of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary and now works as a full time high school theology teacher at Bishop Guertin High School and a per diem chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital, both in nearby Nashua, NH. Some of his written work can be found on Catholic Exchange.
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