Tag: Melto D’Moronoyo
Melto D’Moronoyo: The haemorrhaging woman shows Christ heals with a touch
By Anne-Marie Boudib
According to the Maronite Lectionary, the third Sunday in Lent offers us the reading of the haemorrhaging woman. It follows the trend...
Melto D’Moronoyo: Praying to God in song
By Salwa EliasÂ
St Augustine was 100 per cent correct on singing: we are inspired in musical praise and worship
Most people who know me, are...
Melto D’Moronoyo: Saint Nehmetallah: a man of God and a brother...
By Father Michael Sandrussi
On 14 December, the Catholic Church - and the Maronite Church in particular - celebrates the Feast of Saint Nehmetallah Al-Hardini,...
Melto D’Moronyo: The Revelation to Joseph to the call to ‘sleep...
By Joseph Wehbe
Has anyone ever told you to ‘sleep on it and let God do the rest’ before having to make a big decision?
As...
Melto D’Moronoyo: Mary in the Maronite Church
By Salwa EliasÂ
In the eyes of Catholics outside the Maronite Church, we display a characteristic worthy of admiration - a devout people driven by...
Melto D’Moronoyo: The Eucharist in the Syriac tradition
By Stefan Gerges
One day, a Deacon asked me to give a talk on the Eucharist. As a student of theology and philosophy, I immediately...
Melto D’Moronoyo: The Cross: suffering, victory, glory
By Joseph Wehbe
Whenever we reflect on the Cross, the first thought that comes to mind is that of suffering.
Heavy, burdensome and impossible are words...
Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Earlier this month, on the 14 of September, the Universal Church celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. This feast has...
Religious Fundamentalists and Liberals: finding middle ground
By Sr Margaret Ghosn mshfÂ
We live in a polarising society. Extremism plays out before our eyes. We witness to fundamentalist (conservative) and liberalist approaches...
Melto D’Moronoyo: Can religion survive amid rising secularisation?
By Sr Margaret Ghosn mshf
Joseph Vives writes, ‘God is missing, but not missed.’ It hits at the heart of the matter that
we are experiencing...
Melto D’Moronoyo: Affirming our faith in worship
The Divine Liturgy is a mystical sacrifice
Reading non- and anti-Catholic books can often be stimulating - and instructive.
In this case, the book, For the...
Melto D’Moronoyo: Worship and Community
For Maronites the Liturgy is not an expression of community spirit but a privilege of God’s mercy
From the Maronite perspective, God calls all people...
