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HOLY SILENCE
Reflections on a Journey into God
A Community Committed to
Eastern Christian Contemplation and the
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A Patron for the Sick and Silent
My dearest St. Hugh of Lincoln (1140-1200), you who witnessed my baptism and helped to guide me along the dual paths of silence and...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 16, 20241 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
Nov 11, 20242 min read

Are you Hurting?
Life can be difficult. There's no doubt about it. One day you can feel like things are going your way. And the next day you can feel like...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 9, 20242 min read


Starting Over
Sunrises and sunsets Holidays and Holy Days Births and deaths. Years turn into decades as Life fills with millions of Moments of change....
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 19, 20241 min read

Disappointing People
I am human. I sin. I disappoint people. And I hate that reality. I am human. I live. I fail me. And I hate that reality. I am human. I...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 22, 20231 min read

Forgiven Like Peter
No doubt you had doubts Dear Fisherman and Apostle Peter. It is clear you had fear When accused by crowds, Leader of Twelve. You could...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 14, 20231 min read

Loved Like Lazarus
When you were ill, Lazarus, Jesus said it would not end you. He transformed your misery, So the Glory of God could be revealed. Pray that...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 9, 20231 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
Dec 2, 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
Jan 4, 20221 min read

Paths of Dark and Light
Why do I take the man-made paths Twisted and turning With fits and stops along the way? Overgrown with brambles Created by a mind Built...
Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 23, 20211 min read

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