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Be Fully Alive: Unite Mind and Heart
"May the Lord help you to be fully alive and to preserve sobriety. But do not forget the chief thing, to unite the attention and mind...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 23, 20191 min read
Breathing Helps Attentiveness
"The descent of the mind into the heart by the way of breathing is suggested for the case of anyone who does not know where to hold his...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 21, 20191 min read


Mary's Birth Allowed Freedom
"By Your Nativity, O Most Pure Virgin, Joachim and Anna are freed from barrenness; Adam and Eve, from the corruption of death. And we,...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 20, 20191 min read
Jesus Prayer Unites Mind and Heart
"All your inner disorder is due to the dislocation of your powers, the mind and the heart each going their own way. You must unite the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 18, 20191 min read
Concentrate Within Yourself
"Be concentrated within yourself and try not to leave the heart, for the Lord is there. Seek this state and work for it. When you have...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Fighting Satan in the Heart
"The most important work that a spiritual wrestler can do, is to enter within the heart, there to fight Satan; to hate and repel the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 14, 20191 min read
Spiritual Thieves
"Just as thieves do not lightly attack a place where they see royal weapons prepared against them, so he who has grafted prayer into his...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 12, 20191 min read
The Silence in the Hours
Waters flow Clouds float People flit Movement is all around Look beyond Eternity awaits us Be still Find the silence It is found in every...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 10, 20191 min read
Needing and Wanting
I need to let go of all my fears, Lord. I need to release all of my anger. In their place, I truly want... Peace. Joy. Tranquility. Love....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 6, 20191 min read
Where are you God?
Where are you, God? I seek you. Are you here, Lord? I need you. Are you close? I hope to see you. Can you hold me? I want to feel you....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 4, 20191 min read

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