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Fifty Spiritual Homilies

Fifty Spiritual Homilies

Christina, Nun
The Great, Saint Makarios

Paperback

General Christianity

ISBN10: 1326428284
ISBN13: 9781326428280
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: May 24 2025
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
**Blurb (200 words): ** *The Fifty Spiritual Homilies of Saint Makarios the Egyptian* open a radiant window into the inner landscape of the Christian soul. Emerging from the depths of the fourth-century Egyptian desert, these profound teachings reflect the living voice of one of the Church's great ascetics. Saint Makarios, revered for his spiritual discernment and miraculous life, speaks not to the mind alone but to the very heart of the believer. With piercing clarity and compassionate authority, he guides the soul through the labyrinth of passions, revealing the hidden warfare within, and the surpassing peace of union with Christ. These homilies are not speculative theology or ecclesiastical polemic, but direct appeals to the conscience and the heart. They centre on purification, humility, noetic prayer, and the transfiguring presence of the Holy Spirit. With vivid allegories, scriptural insight, and practical exhortation, Makarios leads the Christian not merely to moral improvement, but to deification-the partaking of divine life. His voice is that of the desert: austere, burning, and tender.

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