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HOLY SILENCE
Reflections on a Journey into God
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 19, 20191 min read
The Divine Cloud Transfigures Us
The Transfiguration of Jesus can be found in Matthew 17:1–8, Mark 9:2–8, Luke 9:28–36, John 1:14, and 2 Peter 1:16–18. In these accounts,...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 2, 20191 min read
Find Quiet, Carry Him With You
Look for places to reflect. Make time to breathe. In the silence, you will re-discover the Holy Spirit who loves and protects. In the...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 31, 20192 min read
Don't Forget to Thank God
It seems like we shouldn't need reminders to thank God for all He has given to us, but because we're so often focused on ourselves, it...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 29, 20191 min read
Pray for Your Guardian Angel to Help
"O angel of Christ, holy guardian and protector of my soul and body, forgive me everything wherein I have offended you every day of my...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 26, 20192 min read
Praying for Those Who have Died
For some, it seems odd that we should pray for the dead. "After all," they say, "the Lord will take care of them one way or another." But...
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 8, 20191 min read
Why is Praying So Hard?
Mainly because we run from God. At one level, we're comfortable in our delusions and we don't want to disavow ourselves of them. At...
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 25, 20194 min read
Addition to the Third Kneeling Prayer
This is a vocal prayer, which is added in after the reading of the Third Kneeling Prayer on Pentecost. It, too, gives us some passages on...
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