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Holy Spirit Mondays: Giver of Life
Each week I send a short email to help you deepen your relationship with the Holy Spirit. If you have a question or a prayer request, please reach out here . Read : "It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life." (John 6:63). Ponder: In John 6:56, Jesus declared that "He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him." Some of the disciples, like many people today, either did not understa

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 101 min read


Life and Death at the Water's Edge
I live at the end of the road Literally. I live at the far end of an island Where the land gives way to water And that water stretches far and wide. First through a gulf Then to a sea Onward into an ocean. Every day I watch that water Lap at the sand, Break onto the rocks, and Rush over my feet I think a lot about where those waters come from And where they're going. They make me think of my own origins, My comings, my goings, and my destiny too. In that ebb and flow I hear a

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 291 min read


Holy Spirit Mondays: Fire and Forgiveness
Each week I send a short email to help you deepen your relationship with the Holy Spirit. If you have a question or a prayer request, please reach out here . Read : "O radiant children of the Church, receive the fiery dew of the Spirit, the cleansing of sins which brings deliverance; for now from Sion has the law gone forth: the grace of the Spirit in tongues of fire" ( Canon to the Divine, Worshipful & All-Holy Spirit, the Paraclete , St. Maximos the Greek, Ode 5, Irmos). Po

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 272 min read


Slaughterhouse Century
1,200,000,000 abortions globally since 1980 200,000,000 war dead since 1915 3,000,000 drug deaths per year 700,000 suicides per year. We...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 111 min read


The Death Machine
We built it and We've been so proud of it. The machine, I mean. The efficient, soul-crushing Machine that has become our life. And no,...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Sep 121 min read


Holy Spirit Gives Life, Grace, and Glory
"In the Holy Spirit is all the wealth of glory. From Him issue grace and life to all creation. And He is extolled with the Father and the...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jun 71 min read


Wings of Intense Love
"Blessed is the life of those who dwell in the desert, as they mount up with wings of the intense love of God." - Anavathmoi: Antiphon 1....

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 281 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


Elusive Peace
Sweet, succulent peace. We want you. We desire you. We yearn for you. Savory, satisfying peace. We hunger for you. We thirst for you. We...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Apr 121 min read


Come and See (Homily)
The first Sunday of Lent is filled with the expectation of the Resurrection and the need to follow St. Philip's advice to come and see...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 91 min read

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