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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 151 min read
Ferocious Desolation
Mountains call me Deserts too And don't forget about the oceans It's their clarity, I suppose Rock Sand Water Reaching upward and outward...


Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 91 min read
Silence in God's Presence Fills You with Love (Homily)
God loves you and wants to meet with you in prayer. This and many other spiritual lessons can be found in the Gospel (Luke 18:10-14) from...


Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 121 min read
Discerning the Will of God (Homily)
In this homily from 12 January (Sunday after Theophany/Epiphany), Fr. Thomas explains the spiritual necessity and psychological...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 31 min read
Deliver those Abused in Marriage, St. Thomais of Lesvos
My Dear St. Thomais of Lesvos, you were pressured by your parents to marry and brutalized by your husband every day for 13 years (she...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 11 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
Dec 31, 20241 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....

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