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HOLY SILENCE
Reflections on a Journey into God
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 41 min read
Tears that Watered a Desert
My dear St. Theoctistus of Sicily, you served God and His people by raising up a monastery that became a place of refuge, rest, and...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 31 min read
Deliver those Abused in Marriage, St. Thomais of Lesvos
My Dear St. Thomais of Lesvos, you were pressured by your parents to marry and brutalized by your husband every day for 13 years (she...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 31, 20241 min read
Life is too Cheap: Come, Be Healed, and Filled with Hope! (Homily)
In this homily from 29 December 2024, Fr. Thomas compares the biblical account of Herod's slaughter of the 14,000 innocent children in...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 9, 20241 min read
Jesus Heals by Laying on of Hands (Homily)
In this homily of 8 December 2024, Fr. Thomas speaks about the woman who had been bent over for 18 years. In Luke 13:10-17, we learn that...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 16, 20241 min read
A Patron for the Sick and Silent
My dearest St. Hugh of Lincoln (1140-1200), you who witnessed my baptism and helped to guide me along the dual paths of silence and...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Comfort Those in Pain
It's easy to think that everyone around us has it better. Very often, though, other people suffer in the same ways, and in similar...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 9, 20242 min read
Are you Hurting?
Life can be difficult. There's no doubt about it. One day you can feel like things are going your way. And the next day you can feel like...
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