We continue our study of the “Our Father” in the Syriac language, which is probably as close as we will ever come to the very words Our Lord used. We […]
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Month: March 2025
The Sunday of the Paralytic
The icon of this week depicts the paralytic in the Gospel of St John, but – in good Maronite fashion – the Gospel reading and the liturgy are based on […]
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Our Father: “Hallowed Be Thy Name”
We have discussed the first word of the “Our Father”: in Syriac, Aboun.We saw that this has the clear implication that we are children of a common Father, and that […]
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The Prodigal Son – The Father’s Patience
What can we make of the father of the brō ōsuTō, “the glutton son, the prodigal son,” etymologically – the unsaved son (see my earlier post https://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/03/18/sunday-of-the-prodigal-son/)? I would say that if the […]
Read moreThird Maronite Podcast: The Presence of God
The third edition of Maronite Meditations is available on Spotify. Youtube, etc., The Maronite Church is a Syriac, Catholic Church adhering to universal and apostolic traditions of the Church, while […]
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Dionysius’ “Mystical Theology”: The Syriac, (Part Three)
We continue our study of the Syriac text of Dionysius’ Mystical Theology. Once more, it seems to me to be simpler than the surviving Greek text. From 77va, pp.107-108 of […]
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