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Water Restores Life, Reignites Fear
As summer gives way to fall, the rains come mightily down upon our homes, our heads and our hopes. These drenching storms wash away the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 20, 20181 min read
Open in Case of Emergency
Avoid those who, by slight of hand and tongue, try to reduce your faith so drastically that it becomes possible to leave it on a shelf in...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 17, 20181 min read
Praying is a Desire to be Close to God
Praying is a desire for intimacy with God. It is the pursuit of deep union. Praying is a yearning to be in God. It is a loving request...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 16, 20181 min read
Yearn to be Free
Yearn to be free from all those things in this culture that distract you from God and diminish you as person. Break the chains of...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 12, 20182 min read
Take the Unchartered Course
Children are taught many things growing up. They are firmly disciplined so they know how to behave. They are encouraged to experience...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 11, 20182 min read
The Bitter Scroll
Giving your life to God is simple but it is not easy. It is filled with life, but requires death (you must spiritually die to yourself...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 8, 20181 min read
Don't Go It Alone
When we get attacked by our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, we might feel challenged to a point of withdrawing from the life of...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 5, 20181 min read
Rejecting Stones
When the faithful become focused on the secular things in Church governance - money, power, politically-driven relationships (you know,...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 3, 20181 min read
Happiness is a Changeling
Human happiness is a fluid reality when it is based on the flittering fairies of cultural expectation and personal desire. But happiness...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 1, 20181 min read


The Scandal of the Cross
There are those today who preach a version of Christianity that abrogates the cross with codicils and bromides. Drawing from the well of...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 27, 20181 min read

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