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HOLY SILENCE
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Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 22, 20231 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
Mar 14, 20232 min read
Sweet Little Judas
Awake and arise my little children. I am not here to tell you a bedtime story, I am here to tell you the truth. Awake and arise so I can...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 5, 20231 min read
Icons: Diaries of Divine Direction
Icons tell more than a story. They explain the faith As brought to us by God Who came in the flesh Himself. They illustrate the love of...


Fr. Thomas Colyandro
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....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 23, 20221 min read
How do I show them?
When Your Mother took me By the arm and Stared into my eyes, I could not see. When Your Mother Walked with me and Talked with me, I could...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 9, 20221 min read
Spine-Chilling Mystery
How can this be? Pouring Your love into my heart? Filling my mind with Your knowledge? How can You want me before you in prayer? Such a...


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
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...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 30, 20211 min read
Heal Me, O Silence
I try to understand How it is That You are So near to me? I want to know why? I want to know how? But why do I want to know? Is it so...


Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 25, 20201 min read
Homily: St. Symeon the New Theologian
In his homily for this "contemplative Sunday," Fr. Thomas speaks words of wisdom from the life and writings of a greatly revered...

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