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HOLY SILENCE
Reflections on a Journey into God
A Community Committed to
Eastern Christian Contemplation and the
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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

The Necessary Infinitude of Contemplation
Humans have a capacity for understanding, and living, within the infinitude of God now and into eternity. It is a fact and a desire deep...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 22, 20232 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 5, 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
Jan 20, 20231 min read


Thousands and Millions
Seeking heaven, the Sun the Moon the Clouds, and the Rain. Searching earth, the Mountains, the Oceans, the Desert, and the Ice. Seeing...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 8, 20221 min read

Spine-Chilling Mystery
How can this be? Pouring Your love into my heart? Filling my mind with Your knowledge? How can You want me before you in prayer? Such a...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 9, 20221 min read

Suffer the Middle Thing
You are the Alpha and the Omega. I trust you are behind me I trust you are ahead of me. It's this middle thing We call life That I don't...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 13, 20211 min read


Fire and Water that Breathes
You fill me With Divine Love You surround me With Divine Fire You sustain me With Divine Waters You lead me With Divine Light I am not...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 19, 20211 min read

The Divine Refuge
It is getting late and My head hangs low. It is darker now and My tears begin to flow. It is desperate all round so My hands grasp...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 3, 20211 min read


Praying in the Rain
Head bowed And hair soaked, My fingers grasp The woolen rope on my hand. Ebb of sin Flow of prayer, My mind in heart The knots move my...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 23, 20211 min read

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