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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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Reflect, Heal, Love
Lent is the time to reflect, to discern, to forgive, and to be forgiven. To be healed and to help others heal. Lent is the time to pray...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 141 min read


What do you treasure? (Homily)
Now that Great Lent is upon us, let us learn to love God with complete abandon. Let us focus on God's will for our lives. Let us put an...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 21 min read

Your Warmth Will Carry Me
We whisper before I sleep And embrace as I awake. We walk hand in hand along the wooded paths And sip the cool breezes bathed in the sun....
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 261 min read


St. Nicholas is the Image of Faith and Gentleness (Homily)
In this homily, Fr. Thomas speaks about the goodness and generosity of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra, whose feast is...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 7, 20241 min read


Give me Strength to Carry Your Love to Others
My Lord and my God I wake up each day Praising You Loving You Asking forgiveness from You. Today, as every other day before and after, I...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 21, 20241 min read

An Elegy to My Father
I was 26 when you died and Today marks 26 years since. It's surreal. Almost unbelievable. Half my life with you and half my life without...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 16, 20242 min read

Disappointing People
I am human. I sin. I disappoint people. And I hate that reality. I am human. I live. I fail me. And I hate that reality. I am human. I...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 22, 20231 min read

Forgiven Like Peter
No doubt you had doubts Dear Fisherman and Apostle Peter. It is clear you had fear When accused by crowds, Leader of Twelve. You could...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 14, 20231 min read

Loved Like Lazarus
When you were ill, Lazarus, Jesus said it would not end you. He transformed your misery, So the Glory of God could be revealed. Pray that...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 9, 20231 min read

To Love and Be Loved
To love and be loved is The greatest gift In Heaven and on Earth. It's like this... Looking at someone Looking at you with Eyes that see...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 31, 20231 min read

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