The Forgotten Way

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Lawn Lessons

Keep mowers and marriages moving forward.

Passion 39 Sinfulness

Sinfulness according to the Way of the Pilgrim is to have no love for God, no love for my neighbor, to have no religious belief, and to be filled with pride and sensual self-love

Passion 38 Wrongdoing

Wrongdoing is improper or evil behavior.

Passion 37 Breaking of Faith

Breaking of faith is a breach of loyalty, a betrayal of trust, or failure to keep a promise.

Passion 36 Idle Chatter

Talking that is unnecessary and excessive. It often leads to gossip, lying, and vanity. 

Passion 35 Slothfulness

Slothfulness is a failure to fulfill one's duty to God to exert oneself in the pursuit of virtue due to an emptiness of soul, a lack of zeal, or evil sadness.

Passion 34 A Conscienceless Soul

A conscienceless soul is one that has lost the ability to make sound judgments between what is good and evil.

Passion 33 Evil Intention

Evil intention is a desire to act against God's will and corrupt a good action or can be blameworthy even if no action is completed. 

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete-Mortal Stench

Cleaning out the car and cleaning out the soul.

Passion 32 Injustice

Injustice is to fail to give God or our neighbor what is due to them.

Passion 31 Obduracy

Obduracy is invincible hardness of heart, impenitence that cannot be subdued, and inflexible persistence in sin.  

Passion 30 Lack of Discrimination

Lack of discrimination is the failure to walk along the spiritual way without falling into extremes.

Passion 29 Forgetfulness

Forgetfulness is the loss of recollection and concentration on God resulting in poor attention over our heart and mind.

Passion 28 Spurious Knowledge

Spurious knowledge is knowledge that is unprofitable for salvation. 

Passion 27 Folly

Folly is to act without wisdom.

Passion 26 Ignorance

Ignorance is the failure to apply due diligence to acquire the needed knowledge for salvation.

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Bird Funeral

Simple lessons on keeping the last things first.

Passion 25 Over-frugality

Over-frugality is stinginess that comes from smallness of heart and ignores the needs of others.

Passion 24 Avarice

Avarice is the love of money and possessions. 

Passion 23 Moral Errors

Moral errors occur when we deviate from what is objectively good from a lack of knowledge or poorly formed conscience. 

Passion 22 Dearth of Good Actions

Dearth of good actions is a scarcity and lack of good works that spring forth from a living faith.

Passion 21 Lethargy

Lethargy is drowsiness, apathy, and boredom about our work of salvation.

Passion 20 Cowardice

Cowardice is a lack of bravery stemming from vanity and lack of faith.

Passion 19 Rashness

Rashness is a lack of deliberation and prudence. 

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete- Slips and Falls

We should never trust ourselves even in the small things. 

Passion 18 Coarseness

Coarseness is language and behavior that is crude, gross, and obscene. 

Passion 17 Derangement

Derangement is hatred stemming from pride and paranoia.

Passion 16 Madness

Madness is a state of irrationality and a loss of judgment.

Passion 15 Idiocy

Idiocy is utterly senseless and foolish behavior. Idiocy is a lack of wisdom.

Passion 14 Silliness

Silliness is a lack of common sense and sound judgement.

Passion 13 Flattery

Flattery is false and excessive praise

Passion 12 Stupidity

Stupidity is ignorance of the highest principles. 

Saturday Afternoon at St. John's Skete-Inspirations from the Swiss Guard

Trying to learn self-control as a family.

Passion 11 Sluggishness

Sluggishness is a slowness in soul due to a lack of diligence and zeal.

Passion 10 Idleness

Idleness is a waste of the time that God has blessed you with.

Passion 9 Lack of Understanding

Lack of understanding is the failure to be able to grasp the truth needed for salvation.

Passion 8 Dullness

Dullness is a deadening of the soul that leaves it unresponsive to truth and grace.

Passion 7 Enticement

Enticement is to tempt our neighbor into sin.

Passion 6 Licentiousness

Licentiousness is the disregard of moral standards.

Passion 5 Mindlessness

Mindlessness is a scattered life.

Passion 4 Perversity

Perversity is the deliberate desire to behave in a morally unacceptable way. It is contrary to what is righteous and just. It is a stubborn opposition to what is right. 

Passion 3 Malice

Malice is a deliberate transgression of the law of God.

Passion 2 Trickery

The deliberate effort in speech, writing, or action to conceal the truth.

Passion 1 Harshness

Harshness is the abruptness in manner and speech towards our neighbor due to our impatience with their faults, defects, and limitations.

Introduction to the Passions

An overview of the spiritual warfare each Christian must undertake in their struggle against the 298 passions as outline by Saint Peter of Damaskos.