Ascetical Homilies (Selected)
Orthodox
Twenty-eight homilies on repentance, the passions, watchfulness, and mercy — Isaac’s counsel for a heart at war with sin.
Kindle edition — on Amazon
Kindle edition sold by Amazon. This edition is for readers who want the work itself, not a summary.
Text from A. J. Wensinck’s Mystic Treatises by Isaac of Nineveh (1923), translated from Bedjan’s Syriac. We print twenty-eight Homilies in full, keeping Wensinck’s numbering.
Homilies included: 1–10, 30–33, 36–38, 45, 50, 62–63, 66, 72, 74, 76, 79, 83–84 — chosen for repentance, trust in God, the passions, guarding the heart, temptation, mercy, and humility.
Elsewhere, free PDFs give you the words. This edition is prepared for deep reading — so you can stay with the argument — and you keep the book.
Three companion volumes on the same question: How does the believer put sin to death?