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Liturgical Postures

Why do we extend our arms when praying the Our Father and at other times during the Maronite anaphora?

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Attention all university students in Australia. For the first time a uniquely Maronite course unit is on offer to you. It is being led by our dear friend and fellow Maronite, Fr Yuhanna Azize - (see our post from Sunday for his excellent homily this week). We encourage you to consider taking this unit in first semester as part of your degree. You may want to enquire about cross institutional opportunities. See flyer for more details and enquiry contacts. #maronite #learning #university #livingmaronite Christmas Novena Day 4 – December 18 Lord, Wine of the Virgins and Lily of Purity, through your body all bodies are purified and all souls are clothed in chastity. By dwelling in the womb of your mother, you have made her the most pure and glorious of all virgins. We implore you, through your pure nativity and through the intercession of your mother and Saint Joseph, your chosen one, to make our souls and bodies chaste and our thoughts and actions pure, that we may serve you all the days of our lives. Amen. Click on the link in the bio for a podcast of the Novena that has been adapted at home. After a while you may not need the podcast, you can pray the Novena with your family at home, having learnt the hymns and format, by downloading the booklet in the link. Note: Ideally the Novena is prayed together at a parish with the Benedicition and we encourage you to attend and experience the Novena at your local Maronite Parish. #maronite #christmas #novena #livingmaronite #preparation Novena Day 3 – December 17 Admirable Leader, you have guided the people to obey you, not by harshness but by the tenderness of your love. We implore you, through your pure nativity and through the intercession of your Mother and Saint Joseph, your chosen one, to teach us perfect obedience to your holy commandments and to our superiors, not for fear of punishment, or constraint, or external force, but by the assent of our minds, the surrender of our hearts, the enthusiasm of our spirits, and the joy of our souls. Amen. Click on the link in the bio for a podcast of the Novena that has been adapted at home. After a while you may not need the podcast, you pray the Novena with your family at home, having learnt the hymns and a format and by downloading the booklet in the link. Note: Ideally the Novena is prayed together at a parish with the Benedicition and we encourage you to attend and experience the Novena at your local Maronite Parish. #maronite #christmas #novena #livingmaronite #preparation Day 2 - Maronite Christmas - December 16 Hope of the Fathers and Expectation of the People, through your birth you have given us hope. By the sweetness of your hope, you have drawn the shepherds, the magi, and all who believe in your holy name to give the adoration that is due to you. We implore you, through your pure nativity and through the intercession of your Mother and Saint Joseph, your chosen one, to keep us, by your grace, from attachment to earthly things, from false reliance on our personal works, and from unnecessary worries. May we rely only on your fatherly direction and your divine providence. Draw our hearts and minds to contemplate on heavenly gifts, so that we may place all our desires only on them. Amen. Click on the link in the bio for for a podcast of the Novena that has been adapted for use at home. Note: Ideally the Novena is prayed together at a parish with the Benedicition and we encourage you to attend and experience the Novena at your local Maronite Parish. #maronite #christmas #podcast #reasonfortheseason Which Joseph? The Liturgy as Typology In this week’s Liturgy we hear the ‘Revelation to Joseph’. The cantor announces the Gospel with a verse from Genesis about another Joseph in the Old Testament: “He made him overseer of his house, and put him in charge of all he had.” (Gen 39:4) Why would the liturgy refer to another Joseph? So often our liturgy uses typology which draws on something from the past so that we can understand in the present. Everything is placed in the liturgy with purpose. Both Joseph son of Jacob and Joseph of Nazareth have dreams in which angels come to them and tell them what will happen. Both Josephs’ are made overseers of households. Joseph son of Jacob is made overseer of the household of his Egyptian master and Joseph of Nazareth is made overseer of the household of God, that is, Mary and the baby Jesus within her womb. The typology does not end there. In Genesis we learn that Joseph was rejected by his jealous brothers and sold as a slave. Joseph was taken to Egypt where he became successful and was promoted in the Court of Egypt. He ultimately saved his brothers who came to him desperate and hungry (read Genesis 37, 39-40 and 50). Joseph son of Jacob is a type of Christ, sent to save his brothers who rejected him. Joseph of Nazareth also saves his family. When Jesus and Mary’s lives are threatened by Herod, Joseph takes his family and flees, the Son of God returns to Egypt. So what is the purpose of the typology? It is a way of teaching and one which was adopted by the early Church. So often people misunderstand the Gospel’s because they do not understand the use of typology by the early Syriac thinkers and writers. It is a instrument that continues to be used by our Maronite Liturgy. We are all dreamers. The liturgy at the Prayer of Forgiveness reminds us that the divine revelation is also ours. The divine revelation that Joseph received dispelled his fear and the divine revelation we receive this Sunday should dispel our own fears and fills us with joy. #livingmaronite #maronite #joseph #christmas #typology #liturgy This week is the Revelation to Joseph.... It is also our revelation. Glory to that Hidden One, Whose Son was made manifest!

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