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HOLY SILENCE
Reflections on a Journey into God
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 20, 20191 min read
Mary's Birth Allowed Freedom
"By Your Nativity, O Most Pure Virgin, Joachim and Anna are freed from barrenness; Adam and Eve, from the corruption of death. And we,...
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 15, 20192 min read
Ask for Mary's Protection
There are parts of Christianity, which tend to diminish - if not completely deny - the role of the Mother of God in the salvation of the...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 26, 20181 min read
Find Your Cave
The Savior was offered a cave in which He was born. This is scandalous, of course, because the child Christ, His Mother Mary, and His...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 24, 20181 min read
Your Nativity Shows Us the Kingdom!
"Today the Virgin gives birth to the Transcendent One, And the earth offers a cave to the Unapproachable One! Angels with shepherds...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 21, 20181 min read
St. Ambrose, Pray for Us
St. Ambrose, good shepherd of Milan and doctor of the Church, please pray for us so we have the courage to defend the Most Holy Trinity,...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 17, 20181 min read
Strangers to the Word of Life
"The Virgin's gift to us of 'the Word of God' was different from that of the prophets, and the relationship that was formed and endured...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 14, 20181 min read
Embody Christ, Don't Merely Teach
There is a great difference between teaching about Christ and embodying Him. This is the difference between Mary and the rest of us. She...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 7, 20181 min read
Let Your Heart Beat for God Alone
"According to this covenant that she took upon herself, she became, as far as she herself was concerned, committed to virginity, and as...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 5, 20181 min read
Commit Totally
Mary "gave herself to God as His handmaid, or slave, in the sense that she committed herself totally to Him, body, soul, and spirit. By...
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