This Sunday is “Hosanna Sunday.” The name in Syriac comes from a verb meaning “to acclaim Hosanna!” That word then passes into Arabic as meaning not “palm,” but “palm branches.” The […]
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Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize
Who Was St Maroun? Part II
For “Who Was St Maroun?” part I, see http://www.fryuhanna.com/2019/04/17/introducing-st-maroun/ for part III, see http://www.fryuhanna.com/2021/03/19/why-did-st-maroun-succeed/ St John Chrysostom’s Letter to Maroun (Letter 36) Part One St John Chrysostom (347-407), who was a […]
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Palm Sunday
THE SOLEMN PROCESSION OF PALMS IN HONOR OF CHRIST THE KING THE BLESSING OF PALMS The Celebrant in red cope, with his ministers also vested in red, the red of […]
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Who Was St Maroun? Part III
Why did St Maroun succeed in his work of sanctification and evangelisation? I have already set out what Theodoret wrote about St Maroun in part I. http://www.fryuhanna.com/2019/04/17/introducing-st-maroun/ for part II, […]
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St Joseph
St Joseph, the Foster Father of the Lord, is one of the greatest saints of the entire Church. He is a model of fatherhood, of manhood, and of the virtues […]
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Passion Sunday
Passion Sunday Introit (Psalm 42:1-2) Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man: for You […]
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The Fourth Sunday of Lent
Fourth Sunday in Lent (Laetare Sunday) Introit (Isaiah 66:10 and 11) Rejoice Jerusalem, (Laetare, Jerusalem) and all you that love her gather together; rejoice with her in gladness, you who […]
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Jesus, Jonah, and Typology (Second and Final Part)
Jesus and Jonah: The Second Point of Contact (Calming the Storm) Goppelt says of the story of how Jesus calmed the storm that: “The similarity in the descriptions of the […]
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Third Sunday of Lent
Third Sunday of Lent Introit Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord: for He shall pluck my feet out of the snare: look upon me, and have mercy on me; […]
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Jesus, Jonah, and Typology (Part One)
“A typology is a belief that objects, events, persons, and institutions exist and occur in relationship to other corresponding objects, events, persons, and institutions. For earthly things, when considered antitypes, […]
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