The history of the Maronites under Islamic rule is a sober and often a sad one: because of the Miaphysite debate and the supervening Arab conquest, the seat of Antioch […]
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Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize
Second Sunday of Lent; and Sleep (Part Two)
Introit Remember, O Lord, Thy bowels of compassion, and Thy mercies that are from the beginning of the world, lest at any time our enemies rule over us: deliver us, […]
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The Pattern of Heaven on Earth
God created us in His image and likeness. He created the universe according to His wisdom, according to an order (Ecclesiasticus 16:27). That order is the pattern of heaven on […]
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Sunday of the Haemorrhaging Woman
Fr Badwi makes only brief remarks about this icon, writing: “Against the background of the previous icon, the haemorrhaging woman touches the fringe of Jesus’ cloak and she is healed. […]
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G.K. Chesterton, Theologian (Pt II)
Having said something about Chesterton, in the first part of this review, it is time to turn to the book. It is arranged in nine chapters with a conclusion: first, […]
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The First Sunday of Lent (plus notes on Good Sleep, pt 1)
The First Sunday of Lent Introit He shall cry to me, and I will hear him: I will deliver him, and I will glorify him: I will fill him with […]
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Sunday of the Leper
The Sunday of the Leper is the first full Sunday of Lent in the Maronite calendar. Fr Badwi states: “This icon of the Healing of the Leper, like the following […]
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Review of “G.K. Chesterton” Theologian” by Aidan Nichols (Part One)
Aidan Nichols, G.K. Chesterton, Theologian, Darton, Longman and Todd, London (209 pp. bibliography but no index) This is the first part of a multi-part series. I am going to first […]
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Quinquagesima Sunday, and Notes on Fasting
Introit Be unto me a God, a Protector, and a house of refuge, to save me: for You are my strength and my refuge: and for Your Name’s sake You […]
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“A Time to Keep Silence,” by Patrick Leigh Fermor
A Time to Keep Silence, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Queen Anne Press, 1953 (reprinted with additions, Penguin, 1982) This is Fermor’s account of his visit to two monasteries, and one burial […]
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