HOLY SILENCE

Ways shallow that Weigh down. Panes clouded that Pain all around. Minds confused and Mines that are fused. Traps that are lain and Slaps...

A brief but wide-ranging homily including the Nativity of Christ, the Magi, the Theotokos, St. Joseph the Betrothed, King David, and St....

Do not despise our feeble petitions In times of trouble. Rescue us from the curses that convulse The wretched lips of our enemies. Born...

Seeking heaven, the Sun the Moon the Clouds, and the Rain. Searching earth, the Mountains, the Oceans, the Desert, and the Ice. Seeing...

The sun is setting in your eyes I can see it on your face. Your head is bowed And your back low. The brightness of your Illumination Is...

Cacophonous and Thunderous, O World of Mine Rending and Reaping with your Screeching and Shrieking, Tending to the Flocks of your Dead...

Drifting can be floating free, at ease, falling asleep, And dreamy, too. Drifting can be wandering afar, listless, and confused. It can...

You are the Alpha and the Omega. I trust you are behind me I trust you are ahead of me. It's this middle thing We call life That I don't...

Following the diverse examples of St. Symeon the New Theologian, St. Petka of Serbia, and the Apostles Luke and Paul, Fr. Thomas reminds...

Society screams And people demand. I search for words And nothing is heard. But why try? There was a Word Filled with light. Given in...