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HOLY SILENCE
Reflections on a Journey into God
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Eastern Christian Contemplation and the
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 6, 20233 min read
Filled with the Holy Spirit!
This prayer to the Holy Spirit was written by St. Symeon the New Theologian (949–1022) who saw the Spirit before him. "Come, true light...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 28, 20231 min read
Transverse the Divide
While we await Our eternal return To fully live in God, It is our job and our joy to commune with Him By entering into the divine...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 10, 20231 min read
The Waters that Lie Between Us
An inestimable gulf exists Between what I am And what You made me to be. That is why I stare with longing Across the waters That lie...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 5, 20231 min read
Icons: Diaries of Divine Direction
Icons tell more than a story. They explain the faith As brought to us by God Who came in the flesh Himself. They illustrate the love of...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 3, 20231 min read
The Chaotic Maze
I pretend and pretend and pretend To want what others want. But the truth is I don't. I don't care about status or trends I don't care...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Release Their Pain
With eyes closed, Hands clasped, and On bended knee It rushes over me... The pain of others Reaching out For love and Forgiveness. How am...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 25, 20231 min read
Come Close to the Spirit
Inhumanity reigns Everyone, each and all Climbing and scraping Shouting and reacting! These words are tried, And they're never enough....
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Breathe the Breath of God
Ways shallow that Weigh down. Panes clouded that Pain all around. Minds confused and Mines that are fused. Traps that are lain and Slaps...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 19, 20213 min read
God is Faithful to Us
As persons and as a Church we have been challenged during these last two years to reach deep within ourselves to truly know, understand,...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Sound Familiar?
Society screams And people demand. I search for words And nothing is heard. But why try? There was a Word Filled with light. Given in...
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