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Joy, Love & Desire at the Ascension! (Homily)
Celebrate the Feast of the Ascension for in it we learn more about Jesus, His Resurrection, His eternity in the Kingdom, and our...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 291 min read


Dark is the Way
Dark is the way and cold is the night Down the desolate path of Denial These desperate people Take drastic steps to Dig deep graves Where...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 161 min read


A Week that Changed the World (Homily)
In the six days from Lazarus Saturday to Great and Holy Friday, we witness two deaths that explain the work of God and the destiny of...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 181 min read


Jesus Restores and Saves Us (Homily)
On Lazarus Saturday, we re-discover how Jesus mourns the death of His friend only six days before His own death. We hear how He chooses...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 121 min read


21 Modern Coptic Martyrs (Video)
Great Lent provides to us a specific time to reflect more honestly and deeply on the state of our individual and collective faith....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 102 min read


The Mystical Edge
I cannot see it Hear it Smell it Taste it, or Touch it. Yet, it has never escaped my notice. An infinitely thin space, which bridges the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 71 min read


On Bloody Trees and Bright Resurrections
I fixated on the many shades set against The yellow, late afternoon sun as I was staring out the window. I hadn't planned to be there,...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 61 min read


Ferocious Desolation
Mountains call me Deserts too And don't forget about the oceans It's their clarity, I suppose Rock Sand Water Reaching upward and outward...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 151 min read


Broken Angel
You gave me my wings before I was born And now they have seen a lot of life Broken as they are I ask and I cry - Restore my wings With...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 21 min read


Your Warmth Will Carry Me
We whisper before I sleep And embrace as I awake. We walk hand in hand along the wooded paths And sip the cool breezes bathed in the sun....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 261 min read

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