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HOLY SILENCE
Reflections on a Journey into God
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 17, 20191 min read
Silence Before God Breaks Scheming
Planning. Contriving. Scheming. This is what we do. Going before God in silence will break us of these habits. He will help us to know...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 13, 20191 min read
How can I stop, O Lord?
Forgive me, O Lord, for wanting to hear you. Forgive me, O Lord, for desiring to see you. Forgive me, O Lord, for yearning to feel you....
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...
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 22, 20192 min read
Addition to the Second Kneeling Prayer
This is a vocal prayer, which is added in after the reading of the Second Kneeling Prayer on Pentecost. It, too, gives us much to...
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...
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 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
May 7, 20192 min read
A New Laying-On of Hands
In the post-Resurrection Gospel (John 20:26-29) that is read on what is known as the Sunday of St. Thomas, God tells us a story of a new...
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