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Comforted by the Dead
I like places with long, deep Christian histories Where the faithful dead Guard and guide pilgrims of every generation. I like places...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 8, 20251 min read


St. Thomas Pretends to be Deranged
"Saint Thomas pretends to be deranged For the sake of Christ, his Savior, And God, he glorifies in his heart, The only One, the Creator...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 24, 20251 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 10, 20252 min read


Teach us Selflessness and Contemplation
We humbly ask you to intercede for us, St. Filarete of Calabria. Teach us how to serve others without concern for the personal cost and...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 8, 20251 min read


What do you treasure? (Homily)
Now that Great Lent is upon us, let us learn to love God with complete abandon. Let us focus on God's will for our lives. Let us put an...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 2, 20251 min read


Help Us in This Dark Hour
Help us Most Holy Martyr Agatha (231-251) of Palermo whose feast we celebrate today (February 5). You who were beautiful inside and out...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Feb 5, 20251 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 26, 20251 min read


Martyr Babylas of Sicily: Pray for Us
My Dearest Babylas, You were a man, a hesychast, and a martyr of two worlds (3rd c.). You were born in the East, lived in the West, and...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 24, 20251 min read


Discerning the Will of God (Homily)
In this homily from 12 January (Sunday after Theophany/Epiphany), Fr. Thomas explains the spiritual necessity and psychological...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 12, 20251 min read


Deliver those Abused in Marriage, St. Thomais of Lesvos
My Dear St. Thomais of Lesvos, you were pressured by your parents to marry and brutalized by your husband every day for 13 years (she...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 3, 20251 min read

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