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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
May 29, 20191 min read
Inward Presentation of Divine Reality
"Our spirit, as we have seen, is closed and stifled by many coverings. But by its nature, the human spirit is a spectator of the divine...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 24, 20191 min read
Visible Presentation of Divine Reality 3
"Sometimes the other world itself, and particularly its order and main principles, is vividly portrayed in some striking manner in the...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 22, 20191 min read
Visible Presentation of Divine Reality 2
"Sometimes the Lord wishes to send somebody from the other world: either in reality or in dreams, in their own appearance or under some...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 15, 20191 min read
Awakening Can Come in Two Ways
God will sometimes grant a person external manifestations of the Divine Order, which are quite often visions that are revealed while...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 13, 20191 min read
Fear Can Accompany Awakening
"It is remarkable that this grace-given awakening is always accompanied by a startling and by some kind of fright. This startling and...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 10, 20191 min read
Awakening to the One, True Order
"When a grace-given awakening takes place in the consciousness of a man... there is an instantaneous destruction of the whole order of...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 9, 20191 min read
New Ways of Understanding
Even though we can never truly grasp God's brilliant complexity and awestriking luminosity, He is always inviting us onto a pathway of...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 24, 20191 min read
Help Us to Put Away the Old Self
We pray, Most Holy Trinity, that you help us to die to our old self. Help us to escape from desperation, desolation, dysfunction, sin,...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 22, 20191 min read
Let us Dine with You, O Lord
We beg you, O Lord, to let us dine with you at the Mystical Supper; not because we are worthy, but because we love you and desire to...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 19, 20191 min read
Resuscitate Us, O Lord
Resuscitate us, O Lord, from our spiritual death. Lift us out of our obstructed, dark, and decayed tombs. Wash us, hold us, and awaken...
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