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Nativity of the John the Baptist The Nativity of John the Baptist is one of the oldest festivals of the Christian church and is celebrated by East and West alike. In the Maronite Church we celebrate it twice. The main feast is part of the liturgical preparation for the season of the Birth of of Our Lord. Read more about that at the link in our bio This second celebration is with the universal Church. This feast emerged in the universal Church calendar with the setting of Christmas on 25 December in the fourth century. The feast is listed by the Council of Agde in 506 as one of that region's principal festivals, where it was a day of rest and, like Christmas, was celebrated with three Masses: a vigil, at dawn, and at midday. The feast comes three months after the celebration on March 25 of the Annunciation, (Like 1: 26-38) when the angel Gabriel told Mary that her cousin Elizabeth was in her sixth month of pregnancy, and six months before the Christmas celebration of the birth of Jesus. The feast remind us of interlinking of he Church feasts and anticipates the feast of Christmas. Blessed Feast to you all. #JohnTheBaptist #BlessedFeast #Maronite

Mar Hawshab showed great courage in the face of much opposition, to defend the truth. May we also maintain the same courage in our lives for the sake of our faith. Read more about him at livingmaronite.com. #Maronite #CatholicSaint #SaintOfTheDay #FeastDay #DefenderOfTheFaith #Defender #MarHawshab

#Repost @nadinelabaki ・・・ Zain barely knows how to read or write but Zain has the wisdom of very old souls . Armed only with his talent and resilience he was able to carry a two hour film on his tiny shoulders . Like him there are millions of refugee children with unlimited potential and talent who are waiting to be seen, to be noticed, to be recognized . Today is #WorldRefugeeDay and I’m standing #WithRefugees like Zain, Cedra, Farah... all these children that enlightened every scene and shot of #capharnaum . Please join me in remembering and recognizing the strength, courage and resilience of millions of @refugees like Zain, displaced from their homes but still hoping for a better future

Tommorrow we will offer up our Apostles Fast for all children forcibly separated from their parents. Those who were removed in the past and who still live those painful consequences and those who are being separated at present. That includes those separated by war, violence, poverty or any nation’s own immigration or refugee policy. #Catholic #Maronite #MaroniteCatholic #Christian #immigrant #refuge #ApostlesFast #poverty #refugee

In his 2018 Lenten message, our Patriarch, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi prescribed the apostles fast to be observed from 17 to 28 June. Long before the ‘fads’ of detox diets, we Christians recognised the benefits of temperance and regulating excess. The Apostles fast proceeds the feast of the apostles Peter and Paul. This fast requires abstinence from meat, milk, milk products and eggs. In effect, it requires a vegan diet. Over time the tradition of fasting and abstinence has waned. Interestingly, in the secular world, the benefits of abstinence and fasting, in particular the physical ones, are becoming increasingly known. Read more at livingmaronite.com to learn about why we should consider abstaining and what the Apostles Fast is all about. #Maronite #Catholic #ApostlesFast #Apostles #Jesus #Christian #Fast #Holy #Church #CatholicChurch #MaroniteCatholic #Tradition

The prophet Hosea - 16 June The prophet Hosea lived in the 8th century BC, during the reign of King Jeroboam II. The book of Hosea is found in the Old Testament. It speaks to the Northern Kingdom who had abandoned their covenant of faithfulness with the Lord. Their spiritual lives were marked by idolatry, injustice and oppression of the poor. God’s first commands Hosea to marry a prostitute named Gomer, who would symbolise Israel’s own unfaithfulness. Hosea becomes a type of Christ who is wed to his Church, a community of people who are broken and in sin. We are reminded by the book of Hosea that we belonged to a fallen humanity and there was a price on our heads of eternal condemnation. But God loved us and sent us himself clothed in our own nature. Christ paid our debt for us. We need to come out of our sin and seek repentance. Our repentance leads us to blossom like the vine and our fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon. (Hosea 14:7). We pray that we might remember the promises of God foretold by the Prophet Hosea and may repent from our sinful ways, so that we may enjoy the reward of the debt paid by Christ for us. Read more at livingmaronite.com

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