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    Fading from the Light
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • May 13
    • 1 min

    Fading from the Light

    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...
    How do I show them?
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Mar 23
    • 1 min

    How do I show them?

    When Your Mother took me By the arm and Stared into my eyes, I could not see. When Your Mother Walked with me and Talked with me, I could...
    Spine-Chilling Mystery
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Mar 9
    • 1 min

    Spine-Chilling Mystery

    How can this be? Pouring Your love into my heart? Filling my mind with Your knowledge? How can You want me before you in prayer? Such a...
    The Spiritually Dead
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Jan 4
    • 1 min

    The Spiritually Dead

    Cacophonous and Thunderous, O World of Mine Rending and Reaping with your Screeching and Shrieking, Tending to the Flocks of your Dead...
    Suffer the Middle Thing
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Nov 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    Suffer the Middle Thing

    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...
    Sound Familiar?
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    Sound Familiar?

    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...
    Paths of Dark and Light
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Paths of Dark and Light

    Why do I take the man-made paths Twisted and turning With fits and stops along the way? Overgrown with brambles Created by a mind Built...
    This Life I Give to You
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Jul 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    This Life I Give to You

    With the rising of the sun, You stretch my soul and breathe into my lungs. In the still heat of the noonday, You close my eyes and...
    Heal Me, O Silence
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 1 min

    Heal Me, O Silence

    I try to understand How it is That You are So near to me? I want to know why? I want to know how? But why do I want to know? Is it so...
    Ascending
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Jun 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    Ascending

    When in the morning A light breeze awakens my mind, I remember You walked the earth. When in the afternoon A hot gust shutters my senses,...
    The Inexhaustible Cup
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • May 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Inexhaustible Cup

    With head bowed, Back bent, and tired feet, I crawl to you on hands and knees. With eyes swollen, Parched mouth, and Prayer rope in hand,...
    Living or Dying Water?
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Apr 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Living or Dying Water?

    Empty and loveless is the world founded by man, Built for his own edification. Angry and hopeless is the world fueled by man, Possessed...
    Gazing Upon Still Waters
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 1 min

    Gazing Upon Still Waters

    When I gaze upon the still waters, I feel the breeze of your loving insistence. When I gaze upon the still waters, I hear the calm from...
    Praying in the Rain
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Mar 23, 2021
    • 1 min

    Praying in the Rain

    Head bowed And hair soaked, My fingers grasp The woolen rope on my hand. Ebb of sin Flow of prayer, My mind in heart The knots move my...
    The Water's Edge
    Fr. Thomas Colyandro
    • Mar 13, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Water's Edge

    I walk along the water’s edge, Aware that I live in liminal spaces. One foot seemingly on solid ground, Relying on what’s familiar....

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