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HOLY SILENCE
Reflections on a Journey into God
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Eastern Christian Contemplation and the
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
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...


Fr. Thomas Colyandro
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...


Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 30, 20221 min read
Homily: Ourselves and the World... or Christ and His Church?
In this brief yet wide-ranging homily, Fr. Thomas urges us to avoid the passionate distractions of our modern world. For salvation is not...


Fr. Thomas Colyandro
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...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
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...


Fr. Thomas Colyandro
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...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
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...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 19, 20213 min read
God is Faithful to Us
As persons and as a Church we have been challenged during these last two years to reach deep within ourselves to truly know, understand,...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 29, 20211 min read
Sound Familiar?
Society screams And people demand. I search for words And nothing is heard. But why try? There was a Word Filled with light. Given in...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 15, 20211 min read
This Life I Give to You
With the rising of the sun, You stretch my soul and breathe into my lungs. In the still heat of the noonday, You close my eyes and...

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