I thank His Excellency Bishop Jacob Barclay for this beautiful in prayer in both Syriac (using Hebrew Script) and English. In case you cannot read the inserted document, here is […]
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A Reflection on Latinity
It seems clear that the replacement of Latin with other languages in Mose celebrations of the Novus Ordo Mass of the Latin Catholic Church, has led to a loss of […]
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Methods of Meditation: The “Blosian” Method
The icon of St Mary of Egypt with this post was written by a friend of mine: B(T)S. I have previously mentioned Blosian meditation twice, in connection with Monsignor Robert […]
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Eastern Rites and Liturgies
In their Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies (Liturgical Press, Collegeville, 2022) Alexopoulos and Johnson define “rite” as follows: A rite is a unique and integrated system of worship with its own rules […]
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Altars and Alterations (Part III)
I have already mentioned in the two “Altars and Alterations” posts that Patriarch Dwayhi (also spelt Doueihy and many variants) said that in his day (he died in 1704), the […]
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“Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer”
Part One In about 2011, HarperCollins published Norris J. Chumley’s Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer. It is not an uninteresting book, as a travelogue, but its value for me lies […]
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Contemplating the Holy Cross
In the two access prayers of the Maronite Divine liturgy, the priest chants “Salaw 3alay, metool moran,” and crosses his hands over his breast, bows to the left and then […]
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The Altar Carving at Mount St Michael
I write on 17 May in the Year of Grace, 2022, from Marazion, Cornwall, within sight of the former Benedictine monastery of Mount St Michael. To keep this short, it is a […]
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Sunday of the Prodigal Son
There is no mucking around with the Maronite icon for the Sunday of the Prodigal Son. The father of the parable is unequivocally shown as Our Lord Jesus Christ in […]
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Ad Orientem Liturgies: Part IV
Parts one, two and three of this series appear at http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/01/28/ad-orientem-liturgies-part-i/ http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/02/04/ad-orientem-liturgies-part-ii/ http://www.fryuhanna.com/2022/02/24/ad-orientem-liturgies-part-iii/ The Maronite and traditional Latin liturgies will have to be taken separately, and then compared. Once the Anaphora […]
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