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Why is Praying So Hard?
Mainly because we run from God. At one level, we're comfortable in our delusions and we don't want to disavow ourselves of them. At...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 8, 20191 min read
With Prayer, We Receive
Spiritual gifts are freely available to us all. But we must be spiritual in order to receive them. What does that mean? Prayer is the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 5, 20191 min read
True Freedom is Living in God
Live To mirror the life of Christ Pray For it is the divine language Seek The path that leads to Eternity Love Your spirit naturally...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 4, 20191 min read
Spiritual Things for the Spiritual
When God came as a man, He reminded us that we were created to be both human and divine. Christ showed our forefathers and mothers how to...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 3, 20191 min read
Divine and Human
Frequently in our time, we hear the refrain: "I am spiritual, but not religious." As confounding as that is - for the simple reason that...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jul 1, 20191 min read
A Prayer of Preparation
There is a vocal prayer of preparation in the Christian East that forms a type of introduction to other prayers within particular...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 28, 20192 min read
Trisagion (Thrice-Holy) Prayer
The "Trisagion" or "Thrice Holy" by itself is a simple vocal prayer addressed to God, describing three qualities of His being that are...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 27, 20191 min read


The Pre-Eminent Prayer to the Holy Spirit
"Heavenly King" is a vocal prayer addressed specifically to the Holy Spirit. Not only does it affirm that the Third Person of the Most...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 26, 20191 min read
Addition to the Third Kneeling Prayer
This is a vocal prayer, which is added in after the reading of the Third Kneeling Prayer on Pentecost. It, too, gives us some passages on...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 25, 20194 min read
Third Kneeling Prayer of Pentecost
This is a vocal prayer read in the context of Vespers at Pentecost in anticipation of the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Along with the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 24, 20194 min read

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