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Give me Strength to Carry Your Love to Others
My Lord and my God I wake up each day Praising You Loving You Asking forgiveness from You. Today, as every other day before and after, I...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 21, 20241 min read


Living While the World is Dying
Just in case you haven't heard the news, The world is dying and There's nothing we can do to stop it. But not in the ways you think....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 29, 20241 min read


One Wave at a Time
Beginning a new phase of life, Especially if the old one was filled with strife, Takes a new approach. We just can't keep doing the same...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 22, 20241 min read


Craving Eternity
I stare high up at the sky and I see you. I peer deep into the ocean and I see you. And yet, I do not see you. I heed the echo of the mountains and I hear you. I hearken to the stillness of the desert and I hear you. And yet, I do not hear you. When the wind blows across my face, I feel you. When the waves wash over me, I feel you. And yet, I do not feel you. Taste and smell are Like that, too. Known and yet unknown... Again and again and again. Still... I know You are near m

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 24, 20241 min read


Stop Talking to Yourself
Stop talking to yourself. And Stop talking to others Who cannot stop Talking about themselves. These are the gods of Your own self-making that Demand you worship them Instead of the one, true God. While there is no doubt that... Self-awareness is vital. Self-respect is necessary. Self-care preserves the life Each was given by God. There comes a point... When self-talk becomes Quite plainly, self-love. And group-talk becomes Quite plainly, group-love. This is narcissism and Fu

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 20, 20241 min read


Tears for Tabor
My mountain My mountain My poor, dear mountain, How I weep for you! You who bowed under The feet of Our Lord. You who lifted up Moses and Elijah. You who witnessed the Transfigured Christ and Sheltered the Apostles, Who could not bear His light. I wail for our people. These children of Abraham Who suffer and hate.... As much as they love and celebrate. How do I know? I see it. I hear it. I live it. I will not forget that birthday When I set my eyes on you. After 3 days A tomb

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 7, 20241 min read


To Love and Be Loved
To love and be loved is The greatest gift In Heaven and on Earth. It's like this... Looking at someone Looking at you with Eyes that see your soul Hearing someone Hearing you with Ears that hear your heart Holding someone Holding you with Hands that hold your love. Now imagine this... God created you and me Out of nothing. Out of nothing? Except for love, an eternal love. A love that sees, hears, holds, And knows ...really knows You and me. With immensity And such unbelievabl

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 31, 20231 min read


Transverse the Divide
While we await Our eternal return To fully live in God, It is our job and our joy to commune with Him By entering into the divine discourse that Requires no words. While the Eucharist is the fount and summit of All created interface with the Holy Trinity, Personal prayer is the daily guarantor that We seek in order to bind in union the divinity We share by the energies of God with that Divinity, which is God’s in Essence. The prayers we offer to, for, and with God, Rather th

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 28, 20231 min read


The Necessary Infinitude of Contemplation
Humans have a capacity for understanding, and living, within the infinitude of God now and into eternity. It is a fact and a desire deep within us. It pervades our body, our intellect, our emotion, our relationships, and most importantly, our spirit. For the vast majority of people, however, there is a failure even to recognize its presence, God's inward presence, at any level. For some, there is a dismissal of what is beyond the human intimacies of hearing, seeing, touching,

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 22, 20232 min read


The Chaotic Maze
I pretend and pretend and pretend To want what others want. But the truth is I don't. I don't care about status or trends I don't care about politics or position. I don't care about nations or businesses. They're all just part of the labyrinthine flight from God. All I want is a simple Liturgy And Eucharist And prayer And thinking about prayer And reading about prayer And writing about prayer And talking about prayer And looking at art that expresses prayer And listening to m

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 3, 20231 min read
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