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St. Nilus the Younger: Please Pray!
Intercede for me and pray for my spiritual sons and daughters so that we may have a stable foundation of deep prayer and a ministry of healing the afflicted. Please keep me close so that I may have strength to walk with everyone who comes for confession and spiritual guidance. Portrait of Nilus (+1005), Sanctuary of San Nicodemo in Mammola.

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 26, 20251 min read


St. Hildegard: Please Pray!
Intercede for me and pray for my spiritual sons and daughters so that we may have a stable foundation of deep prayer and a ministry of healing the afflicted. Please keep me close so that I may have strength to walk with everyone who comes for confession and spiritual guidance. An illumination from Hildegard's Scivias (1151) showing her receiving a vision and dictating to her teacher Volmar. She died in 1179.

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 17, 20251 min read


Do Not Remain Paralyzed (Homily)
When we hear of the story of the paralytic, we are reminded that the human body can betray us physically, psychologically, and...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 16, 20251 min read


Tears that Watered a Desert
My dear St. Theoctistus of Sicily, you served God and His people by raising up a monastery that became a place of refuge, rest, and...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 4, 20251 min read


Jesus Heals by Laying on of Hands (Homily)
In this homily of 8 December 2024, Fr. Thomas speaks about the woman who had been bent over for 18 years. In Luke 13:10-17, we learn that...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Dec 9, 20241 min read


St. Sabinus, Intercede for a Brotherhood
My dear St. Sabinus of Sicily, you served God's people by using your gifts of discernment and wonderworking. And sought the omnipresent...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 15, 20241 min read


Clergy and Laity: The Time is NOW
To my dear brothers and sisters, and sons and daughters in Christ: Having spent a lifetime in constant observation and continual...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 10, 20244 min read


Homily: Forgiveness & the Christian Life
A homily on the centrality of forgiveness in Christian life, Fr. Thomas here offers us the supreme example of Christ's forgiveness of...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 1, 20201 min read

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