THE WAY OF THE PILGRIM: Entering Into the Jesus Prayer
Do you struggle to follow the Apostle Paul’s exhortation to “pray always”? For most of us living and working in the world, it can be difficult to let our prayer…
Adult Faith Formation
Do You Live to Please Everyone or God?
Do you live to please everyone or God? Do we want to be popular and relevant and sacrifice what is true and beautiful? Do we want to have a real…
How well do you know Lebanon?
Lebanon. Are you aware of its place in the world today? In Connecticut we have three Maronite Catholic parishes. Several members of our parish of Saint Ann are Maronites. AND…
Listening keeps our perspective: God’s Word, our expectations
“No longer shall the dominion of death be able to hold humanity, for Christ went down shattering and destroying its powers” (Kontakion) In his homily for last Sunday, July 31,…
Procession of the Cross
According to the Synaxarion, the feast celebrates the veneration of the Holy Cross in Constantinople. The early days of August were dangerous in antiquity. Because of the heat, many diseases…
Listening keeps our perspective: Jesus engages our senses
It is a good wager that most of us would not think that Catholicism in general, and most of all Melkite Catholicism, in particular, is a sensual experience. But our…