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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
1 day ago1 min read
2025: You Can do This!
Life is hard But God is good And you are strong. Pray. Confess. Get anointed. And receive the Eucharist. Live faith Have hope, and Share...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
2 days ago1 min read
Life is too Cheap: Come, Be Healed, and Filled with Hope! (Homily)
In this homily from 29 December 2024, Fr. Thomas compares the biblical account of Herod's slaughter of the 14,000 innocent children in...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 25, 20241 min read
What Do You Ask of Me? (Homily + Post)
God loves. And creates us. Christ came in the flesh. And Transfigured before our eyes. He trampled down death. And ascended too. Hence...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 11, 20242 min read
Comfort Those in Pain
It's easy to think that everyone around us has it better. Very often, though, other people suffer in the same ways, and in similar...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 13, 20241 min read
Pray for Us, Holy Edward, in Our Difficulties
My Dearest Edward (1003-1066), known as the Confessor because you professed your undying faith and suffered persecution for it, intercede...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 12, 20242 min read
St. Symeon, Show Us the Way to Holy and Healthy Relationships
I beseech you, my dear St. Symeon, to help us find, have, and hold onto holy and healthy relationships. I do not ask this of you lightly....
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 10, 20244 min read
Clergy and Laity: The Time is NOW
To my dear brothers and sisters, and sons and daughters in Christ: Having spent a lifetime in constant observation and continual...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 6, 20241 min read
Pray for Me Holy Bruno that I May be Worthy
Technically speaking, Bruno, I am not allowed to ask your intercession For you belong on the other side of a line Involving arguments,...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 18, 20241 min read
Divine Love and the Feeding of the 5,000 (Homily)
In this homily from 18 August 2024, Fr. Thomas explains the meaning of the feeding of the 5,000 in light of the arc of the divine events...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 15, 20241 min read
The Dormition Feast is about Hope (Homily)
The Dormition of the Theotokos is one of the Great Feasts of the Church, which commemorates the death, resurrection, and glorification of...
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