Prayer of the Heart

Fr. Thomas Colyandro

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...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro

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

Breathe the Breath of God

Ways shallow that Weigh down. Panes clouded that Pain all around. Minds confused and Mines that are fused. Traps that are lain and Slaps...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro

Thousands and Millions

Seeking heaven, the Sun the Moon the Clouds, and the Rain. Searching earth, the Mountains, the Oceans, the Desert, and the Ice. Seeing...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro

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

Suffer the Middle Thing

You are the Alpha and the Omega. I trust you are behind me I trust you are ahead of me. It's this middle thing We call life That I don't...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro

Fire and Water that Breathes

You fill me With Divine Love You surround me With Divine Fire You sustain me With Divine Waters You lead me With Divine Light I am not...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro

The Divine Refuge

It is getting late and My head hangs low. It is darker now and My tears begin to flow. It is desperate all round so My hands grasp...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro

Praying in the Rain

Head bowed And hair soaked, My fingers grasp The woolen rope on my hand. Ebb of sin Flow of prayer, My mind in heart The knots move my...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro

This Woman is the Abode of Heaven

The Great Feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos is the celebration of the presentation of Mary, the Mother of God, who was brought by...

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