Fr. Thomas ColyandroApr 12, 20191 min readWorldliness is a Tomb We Create"Being actively united with this entire world, every sinner falls into its broad nets, wraps himself in them, and is so deeply buried...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroApr 10, 20191 min readOthers Increase Our Sin"...this whirling is intensified and complicated a thousand times because the sinner is not alone. There is a whole world full of other...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroApr 5, 20191 min readObserve Yourself for a Day"So, a sinner persists incessantly in his troubles and anxieties, and in his search for excessive knowledge, many possessions, and...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroApr 3, 20191 min readEmptiness of the Heart"The emptiness of the heart - which has deprived itself of real delight in the One who is everything - generates a thirst for many and...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroApr 1, 20191 min readEmptiness of the Will"The emptiness of the will - which has deprived itself of the One who is everything - produces numerous desires" striving to possess many...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroMar 29, 20191 min readEmptiness of the Mind"The emptiness of the mind - which has forgotten about the One who is everything - gives birth to a concern for excessive knowledge: for...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroMar 27, 20191 min readThirsty, Anxious, and Troubled"He has fallen away from God, who is the fullness of everything. He is empty in himself. The only thing that remains is to spread himself...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroMar 25, 20191 min readThe Bottomless Abyss"A man becomes a bottomless abyss; he tries hard to fill this abyss, but he cannot. That is why for his whole life he is in sweat, toil,...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroMar 22, 20191 min readA Craving that Nothing Can Satisfy"These are the general features characteristic of a sinner. The particular features of a man who has deprived himself of grace are...
Fr. Thomas ColyandroMar 20, 20191 min readCold and Sleepy"The sinner who is to be renewed through repentance is often described in the Word of God as being submerged in a deep sleep. The...