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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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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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, 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 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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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 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 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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“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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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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