Audiobook: The Hidden Man of the Heart
(1 Peter: 3:4) The Cultivation of the Heart in Orthodox Christian Anthropology
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Each human heart is fashioned ‘in a unique manner’4Ps. 32:15 LXX. by the Creator. It is the true temple where man can meet God and unite with Him. This is why the heart requires ‘a noetic and divine sensation’. However, man is now fallen, his mind scattered throughout all creation, and his heart in a state of lethargy. His tragedy lies in the fact that he lives, speaks, thinks, and even prays outside his own heart. To be healed, the heart must be awakened, the mind must return to its place, and unite with the heart. The heart must become a ‘tight knot’ that encompasses the entire being of man so that he may turn as one entity toward God and fulfil, as much as possible, the perfection of the two great commandments of love. Then he is ‘precious’ before God51 Pet. 3:4. and becomes a wondrous likeness of Him. The remembrance of death, the fear of God, the shame of confession are exercises that awaken the heart, while repentance and prayer cleanse and cultivate it to yield the fruit of the good gifts of the Holy Spirit: ‘love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance’6Gal. 5:22..
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‘In temptations and sufferings, it is not we who make the plans, we do not choose our cross, but we accept the cross that the all wise Providence of God allows in our life. God knows how big or small a cross we need. He will give us just that cross which is absolutely right and necessary for us to be disentangled from all our attachments in this transitory life, and to run after Christ with a free heart.’
The Hidden Man of the Heart consists of a series of presentations on the place of the heart in the spiritual life of the Christian. Reference is made to the Hesychast tradition of the Orthodox Church, including two of the most influential figures in contemporary Christianity: Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938) and Saint Sophrony the Athonite (1896-1993).
Delivered in Wichita, Kansas at the 2007 Clergy Brotherhood Retreat of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, each lecture (divided here into chapters) is published in full, together with its corresponding Questions & Answers.
| Chapter Title | Duration |
|---|---|
| Opening Credits | 00:31 |
| Foreword | 04:50 |
| The Mystery of Man's Heart - An Introduction | 55:59 |
| Chapter 1 - The Awakening of the Heart through Mindfulness of Death | 22:33 |
| Chapter 2 - The Hour of Death | 63:39 |
| Chapter 3 - The Awakening of the Heart through fear of Death | 13:35 |
| Chapter 4 - The Awakening of the Heart Through Bearing Shame in the Sacrament of Confession | 45:01 |
| Chapter 5 - The Building up of the Heart by Vigilance and Prayer | 15:49 |
| Chapter 6 - Prayer as Infinite Creation | 68:48 |
| Chapter 7 - The Building Up of the Heart by the Grace of Repentance | 15:51 |
| Chapter 8 - On Repentance | 51:21 |
| Chapter 9 - On Repentance and the Struggle Against the Passions | 37:07 |
| Chapter 10 - On Repentance Within the Body of the Church | 15:21 |
| Chapter 11 - The Building Up of the Heart by the Crucifixion of the Mind | 25:45 |
| Chapter 12 - Go In and You Will Find Rest | 47:09 |
| Chapter 13 - The Deep Heart, New Energies and True Humility | 38:54 |
| Chapter 14 - The Word of God, Divine Inspiration, and Prophetic Life | 29:14 |
| Chapter 15 - On the Gift of Speaking in Tongues | 40:16 |
| Chapter 16 - Sermon for the Leavetaking of the Feast of the Meeting of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in the Temple | 09:09 |
| Closing Credits | 00:40 |
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Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou
Father Zacharias studied theology at the Orthodox Theological Institute of Saint Sergius in Paris and at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has translated all the writings of Saint Silouan and Father Sophrony from the original Russian into Greek and he presents their rich theology to the Orthodox world by writing books and articles and taking part in conferences. Moreover, he serves as a spiritual Father and minister of the word of God to his brethren and the people that come to him. Read more…
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A gift from God! Through a man of God.
A valuable asset.
I had read the book (more than once, as it’s spiritually edifying, and helpful).
Now having the audiobook also meant I could listen to it when driving/when not able to have the book in hand.
Many thanks for contributing to getting us closer to God, with the eternal value that this entails. And the more we read or listen to it, the further the benefit, warmth, comfort, enlightenment, light, and Love.