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As we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost in this Jubilee Year of Hope, we return spiritually to the Upper Room in Jerusalem, where the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles in the form of tongues of fire.

We have been studying the “Our Father,” known in Syriac by the words Our Lord would have used: Aboun d.baš.ma.yo. We now come to the final part of this series.

Having explored the heavenly direction of the opening petitions of the “Our Father” in Syriac, we now reach the turning point of the prayer, the point where the divine descent meets our human need.

We continue our study of the “Our Father” in the Syriac language, which is probably as close as we will ever come to the very words Our Lord used.

Maronites on Mission team member Alexandra Boustany writes of their recent trip to poverty-stricken Naga in the Philippines.

We face personal struggles, societal challenges, or even spiritual desolation at times. Yet, in all these situations, Jesus stands before us as the one in whom hope is not just an idea, but a reality, fully realised and made present.

2024 Christmas Message of Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, Maronite Bishop of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania.

In December, we begin to think about Christmas, although shopping centres begin a marketing campaign as early as October. Preparation is not about focussing on presents to be purchased and food to be made, but a time to prepare our hearts for the Word of God.

In our Maronite Church this week, we celebrate the Visitation to Elizabeth, the third Sunday in the Season of the Glorious Birth of Our Lord, writes Fr Abboud.

This Sunday, the Maronite Church reflects on the Annunciation to Mary, when the Archangel Gabriel delivered the divine message to Mary.

The Maronite Church marked this week the Sunday of the Renewal of the church, the second Sunday in our liturgical calendar, building upon last week’s Sunday of the Consecration of the church.

When we forget that we are adopted children of a loving God, made in his image and likeness, it is not a surprise that so many of us spend our whole lives searching aimlessly for love, identity and purpose, writes Joseph Boulos.