Author: Fr Yuhanna Azize

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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.” […]

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 […]

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 […]

Let us turn to the first of the three books traditionally attributed to King Solomon, the Book of Proverbs. The very first verse declares: “The proverbs of Solomon, son of […]