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HOLY SILENCE
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 15, 20191 min read
Awakening Can Come in Two Ways
God will sometimes grant a person external manifestations of the Divine Order, which are quite often visions that are revealed while...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 8, 20191 min read
He Will Lift You Up from Hell
God wants you to know He will not abandon you in your sorrow. Meditate on this irmos (a miniature hymn), from Ode 6 of The Great Canon of...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 6, 20191 min read
Enlighten, Guide and Teach Me
The Great Canon of St. Andrew, Bishop of Crete, is a long hymn used over the first few days of Great Lent. St. Andrew himself composed...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 7, 20191 min read
How, O Lord?
How, O Lord, do we draw closer to you? How do we teach others to grow in you? How do we fight their fear and anguish? Teach us to pray...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 1, 20191 min read
Receive His Peace
Lay aside your earthly cares and receive what Christ came to give so willingly. "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 30, 20191 min read
Do this...
Meditate on the Most Holy Trinity every day. Sleep, eat, and exercise well. Study Sacred Scripture and the writings of the spiritual...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 28, 20191 min read
Know this...
You are an interior being. Your body is God's temple. Your mind was made for God's wisdom, not mankind's reason. You were made to seek...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 25, 20193 min read
A Ladder Rising Wondrously to Heaven
"The first step is that of purest prayer. From this there comes a warmth of heart, And then a strange, a holy energy, Then tears wrung...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 23, 20191 min read
St. Gregory of Nyssa, Pray for Us
St. Gregory of Nyssa, good shepherd of Cappadocia and teacher of mystical theology, pray that we give ourselves over to a true search for...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 9, 20191 min read
Try Withdrawing to Pray
"Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed" (Luke 5:16). Do as He did. Don't wait. Reality is found in the eternal darkness....
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