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A Still Presence, Transfiguring
There is a river lying deep in the soul. Its waters flow from the Jordan and through Every Baptism since. There is also a light shining...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 17, 20241 min read


God, My Parents, and Thomas Merton
I've been serving on the altar since I was seven years old. One Sunday, when I was nine, I was kneeling at the side of the altar after...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 10, 20243 min read


The Sand of Kairos
There was an hourglass Filled with two kinds of sand The first was named Chronos. The second, Kairos. When I came into the world I...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 5, 20242 min read


A Hill to Die (and Rise) On
Catherine, my Catherine! You waited until the exact moment To call me forth to that Place of death and Life Upon which crucifixions and...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 28, 20242 min read


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


Do You Want to Change?
How often do you wake up wishing your life was different? Probably more than you care to admit. The good news is that you're not alone....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 14, 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
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


Commanders of God’s Armies
You leaders of the bodiless powers ... you divine ministers ...you guardians ...you protectors of mankind ...we humbly ask you to intercede for us before God ...to deliver us from the wiles of the evil ones ...to teach us how to defend the faith ...and to strengthen us so that we can protect those who need our sheltering love. Today is the synaxis (i.e., coming together to praise) of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers who are named in Holy Scripture and Holy

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 8, 20242 min read


Call Them to this Place on Fire with the Holy Spirit
O saint who hails from Calabria, I implore your intercession before God to gather the men and women who are called to this brotherhood,...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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