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 […]
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Signs of the Incarnation in Nature
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 […]
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The Glory of God at Christmas
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 […]
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The Feasts of St John the Beloved
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 […]
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Review, “The Organic Development of the Liturgy”
Review of The Organic Development of the Liturgy, Alcuin Reid, 2nd edition, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 2005 (311 pages, plus appendices, bibliography, and index) This is an estimable volume, with […]
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Review of Taylor Marshall “The Eternal City”
The Eternal City, Taylor Marshall, St John Press, Dallas, 2012 (196 pages, two appendices, bibliography and index) This is the third and final volume in the series The Origins of […]
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Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Introit Behold, O God, our protector, and look on the face of Thy Christ: for better is one day in Thy courts above thousands. Psalm. How lovely are Thy tabernacles, […]
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Review of Taylor Marshall, “The Crucified Rabbi”
Taylor Marshall, The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity, St John Press, Dallas, 2009 (204 pp, plus appendix of Prophecies Fulfilled by the Lord, bibliography, and index) […]
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