We now come to another unique book of the Old Testament: the Book of Job. We shall be using the LXX or Greek version, which is one-sixth shorter than the […]
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Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize
Review, “Thomas Keating,” Cynthia Bourgeault
Cynthia Bourgeault (CB), Thomas Keating: The Making of a Modern Christian Mystic, Shambhala, Boulder, 2024 As CB states on p.208 “My deepest hope in writing this book is that those who […]
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The Song of Solomon:
We have already seen some of the third chapter, but it also includes these wonderful lines: “I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him […]
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The Canticle of Canticles: Going Deeper
Having looked at the nature of the Canticle of Canticles, let us work through its contents. It opens: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your […]
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Love Waits in Hope: The Song of Solomon
I have proposed that Wisdom is the natural operation and guidance of the godly soul in this world. It could be considered as an interface between the divine plan for […]
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“Heretics,” G.K. Chesterton
Chesterton published Heretics in 1905, and as a result of the questions he was asked about it, he followed it up with his magnificent Orthodoxy. After all, if the opinions he critiqued […]
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The Tongue: St James and Solomon
In the Book of Proverbs, we read: “Whoever belittles his neighbour lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent. Whoever goes about slandering reveals secrets, but he who […]
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Wisdom, the Creation before the Creation: The Book of Proverbs, Part III
Having studied the concept of the “Fear of God,” which is so central to the Book of Proverbs, let us now examine another major concept in it, that of “Wisdom.” […]
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The Fear of God (cont.): The Book of Proverbs Part II
Continuing our study of the Fear of God in Proverbs: Wisdom appears as a personified woman, saying: “when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when […]
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Aboun d.bashmayo: Our Daily or Our Supernatural Bread?
We have been studying 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 have […]
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