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Jan 25, 20231 min read

Come Close to the Spirit

Inhumanity reigns Everyone, each and all Climbing and scraping Shouting and reacting! These words are tried, And they're never enough....

Jan 20, 20231 min read

Breathe the Breath of God

Ways shallow that Weigh down. Panes clouded that Pain all around. Minds confused and Mines that are fused. Traps that are lain and Slaps...

Jan 8, 20231 min read

Homily: Moving Forward, Gathering Together

A brief but wide-ranging homily including the Nativity of Christ, the Magi, the Theotokos, St. Joseph the Betrothed, King David, and St....

Dec 2, 20221 min read

Rescue Us from Curses

Do not despise our feeble petitions In times of trouble. Rescue us from the curses that convulse The wretched lips of our enemies. Born...

Oct 8, 20221 min read

Thousands and Millions

Seeking heaven, the Sun the Moon the Clouds, and the Rain. Searching earth, the Mountains, the Oceans, the Desert, and the Ice. Seeing...

May 13, 20221 min read

Fading from the Light

The sun is setting in your eyes I can see it on your face. Your head is bowed And your back low. The brightness of your Illumination Is...

Jan 4, 20221 min read

The Spiritually Dead

Cacophonous and Thunderous, O World of Mine Rending and Reaping with your Screeching and Shrieking, Tending to the Flocks of your Dead...

Dec 12, 20211 min read

Drifting

Drifting can be floating free, at ease, falling asleep, And dreamy, too. Drifting can be wandering afar, listless, and confused. It can...

Nov 13, 20211 min read

Suffer the Middle Thing

You are the Alpha and the Omega. I trust you are behind me I trust you are ahead of me. It's this middle thing We call life That I don't...

Oct 31, 20211 min read

Homily: Putting on Christ

Following the diverse examples of St. Symeon the New Theologian, St. Petka of Serbia, and the Apostles Luke and Paul, Fr. Thomas reminds...

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