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Holy Silence Blog
Check out weekly reflections from Fr. Thomas


St. Hugh of Lincoln: Please Pray!
Intercede for me and pray for my spiritual sons and daughters so that we may have a stable foundation of deep prayer and a ministry of healing the afflicted. Please keep me close so that I may have strength to walk with everyone who comes for confession and spiritual guidance. Thank you for guiding me during the earliest days of my life. You have always exemplified for me a life of contemplative prayer and servant leadership. A depiction of St. Hugh of Lincoln.

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 16, 20251 min read


St. Edward the Confessor: Please Pray!
Intercede for me and pray for my spiritual sons and daughters so that we may have a stable foundation of deep prayer and a ministry of healing the afflicted. An icon of Edward the Confessor written by Aidan Hart.

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 13, 20251 min read


St. Nilus the Younger: Please Pray!
Intercede for me and pray for my spiritual sons and daughters so that we may have a stable foundation of deep prayer and a ministry of healing the afflicted. Please keep me close so that I may have strength to walk with everyone who comes for confession and spiritual guidance. Portrait of Nilus (+1005), Sanctuary of San Nicodemo in Mammola.

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 26, 20251 min read


St. Hildegard: Please Pray!
Intercede for me and pray for my spiritual sons and daughters so that we may have a stable foundation of deep prayer and a ministry of healing the afflicted. Please keep me close so that I may have strength to walk with everyone who comes for confession and spiritual guidance. An illumination from Hildegard's Scivias (1151) showing her receiving a vision and dictating to her teacher Volmar. She died in 1179.

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 17, 20251 min read


Orientale Lumen: A Conference Rooted in Heaven
A small but brave group of Byzantine Catholics has stood on Western soil tediously, yet joyfully, toiling away at the task given by Pope John Paul II in his May 2, 1995, Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen (Light of the East). That is to aid in the restoration of unity between Catholics and all the Christians of the East. For the better part of 14 years, The Orientale Lumen Conferences have provided ordained and lay Roman Catholics, Eastern Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox a f

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 19, 20094 min read
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