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HOLY SILENCE
Reflections on a Journey into God
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 12, 20191 min read
Worldliness 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 Colyandro
Apr 10, 20191 min read
Others 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 Colyandro
Apr 5, 20191 min read
Observe 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 Colyandro
Apr 3, 20191 min read
Emptiness 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 Colyandro
Apr 1, 20191 min read
Emptiness 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 Colyandro
Mar 29, 20191 min read
Emptiness 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 Colyandro
Mar 27, 20191 min read
Thirsty, 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 Colyandro
Mar 25, 20191 min read
The 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 Colyandro
Mar 22, 20191 min read
A 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 Colyandro
Mar 20, 20191 min read
Cold 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...
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