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Mary’s Journeying, or in Western Christianity, the Visitation of Our Lady to her Cousin Elizabeth is the third week of the Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement. It […]

The Announcement to Mary is the second week of the Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement. When we discussed the Announcement to Zechariah we said something about the […]

The Maronite Season of the Nativity or the Announcement, meaning the Announcement of the Birth of the Messiah, is a season of the miraculous. It is full of miracles, and […]

PART ONE: The “OUR FATHER,” Syriac transliteration and literal English translation Aboun d.baš.ma.yo Our Father, who (is) in heaven net.qa.daš šmokh Let it be hallowed, Thy name tee.te mal.kou.tokh Let […]

So far, we have noted how the Syriac tradition takes seriously the Nativity of the Lord as the fulfilment of the prophecies recorded in the Old Testament; and the importance […]

Last week we briefly looked at how the Syriac tradition values and dwells upon how the Nativity of the Lord fulfilled the prophecies recorded in the Old Testament. We meditated […]

Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914) was, in my view, one of the best writers of the 20th century. In fact, he is my favourite Catholic writer, of fiction until J.R.R. […]

“This day makes glad, my Lord, kings, priests, and prophets; for upon this day all of their sayings were fulfilled in action.” (Hymn on the Nativity, 1.1) With this verse, […]

We celebrate the Feast of St John the Beloved twice each year, on 8 May and on 26 September. It is right to have two feasts, for he was both […]