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Awakening to the One, True Order
"When a grace-given awakening takes place in the consciousness of a man... there is an instantaneous destruction of the whole order of...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 10, 20191 min read
New Ways of Understanding
Even though we can never truly grasp God's brilliant complexity and awestriking luminosity, He is always inviting us onto a pathway of...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 9, 20191 min read


A New Laying-On of Hands
In the post-Resurrection Gospel (John 20:26-29) that is read on what is known as the Sunday of St. Thomas, God tells us a story of a new...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 7, 20192 min read
A Self-Made Life is Not Christian
"The true Christian life is the grace-given life. Self-made life - however beautiful in appearance it may be and to whatever outward...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 3, 20191 min read
How the Prodigal Son Found the Light
"In the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:11-32) these moments (cf. "Wake Up to the Light of Christ") are indicated in the following...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 1, 20191 min read
Wake Up to the Light of Christ
"'Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light' (Ephesians 5:14). This comparison of sinners to those who...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 29, 20191 min read


Seek the One Who is Everlasting Light
"Before the dawn, Mary and the women came and found the stone rolled away from the tomb. They heard the angelic voice: "Why do you seek...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 26, 20191 min read


Help Us to Put Away the Old Self
We pray, Most Holy Trinity, that you help us to die to our old self. Help us to escape from desperation, desolation, dysfunction, sin,...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 24, 20191 min read


Let us Dine with You, O Lord
We beg you, O Lord, to let us dine with you at the Mystical Supper; not because we are worthy, but because we love you and desire to...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 22, 20191 min read


Resuscitate Us, O Lord
Resuscitate us, O Lord, from our spiritual death. Lift us out of our obstructed, dark, and decayed tombs. Wash us, hold us, and awaken...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 19, 20191 min read

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