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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
Jul 24, 20192 min read
Pray for Your Own Blessed Death
Our modern culture seems to have an obsession with the macabre, but a serious aversion to understanding the dynamic link between life and...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 23, 20192 min read
Praying About Your Own Illness
The following is a vocal prayer that aids you in imploring God for your own healing. With themes such as life, death, suffering,...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 19, 20191 min read
Praying for Someone Who's Sick
The following is a straightforward vocal prayer asking for the healing of someone else. "O Lord our God, Physician of our souls and...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 17, 20192 min read
A Prayer for Change
We have a tendency to shy away from prayer when we feel bad about ourselves. Sometimes we think we can't talk to God or ask Mary and the...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 11, 20191 min read
Jesus' Prayer for St. Peter Offers Hope
When we go astray from Christ and ignore the work of the Holy Spirit there is still great hope for us. Consider what is happening in the...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Spiritual Things for the Spiritual
When God came as a man, He reminded us that we were created to be both human and divine. Christ showed our forefathers and mothers how to...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 28, 20192 min read
A Prayer of Preparation
There is a vocal prayer of preparation in the Christian East that forms a type of introduction to other prayers within particular...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 26, 20191 min read
The Pre-Eminent Prayer to the Holy Spirit
"Heavenly King" is a vocal prayer addressed specifically to the Holy Spirit. Not only does it affirm that the Third Person of the Most...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 24, 20194 min read
Third Kneeling Prayer of Pentecost
This is a vocal prayer read in the context of Vespers at Pentecost in anticipation of the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Along with the...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 21, 20194 min read
Second Kneeling Prayer of Pentecost
This is a vocal prayer read in the context of Vespers at Pentecost in anticipation of the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. It provides us...
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