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Transfiguration: A Life of Deep Interior Desire (Homily)
The Feast of the Transfiguration has great meaning for us in the spiritual life. It not only reveals the eternal glory of Christ...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Aug 61 min read


Pray for Me, St. Symeon of Syracuse, Mt. Sinai & Trier
Pray for me St. Symeon and lead me along the paths of prayer in solitude and the building up of a community of faithful who desire to...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
May 11 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 81 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


St. Paul the Simple Pray for Me
My Dearest Paul, I have loved, respected, and admired you for many years. But ever since I visited your desert home, I have felt such a...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Mar 71 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 241 min read


You Can Hear the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit communicates and each of us must listen carefully to discern what is being ‘said.’ St. Seraphim of Sarov, who is...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Jan 22 min read


A Patron for the Sick and Silent
My dearest St. Hugh of Lincoln (1140-1200), you who witnessed my baptism and helped to guide me along the dual paths of silence and...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Nov 16, 20241 min read


Pray for Me Holy Bruno that I May be Worthy
Technically speaking, Bruno, I am not allowed to ask your intercession For you belong on the other side of a line Involving arguments,...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 6, 20241 min read


Brotherhood of the Broken and Brave
The path to God, vocation, prayer, and the righteous life is not always a straight one. More often than not, it isn't. That is why we...

Fr. Thomas Colyandro
Oct 4, 20241 min read

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