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Maronite Meditations is a regular podcast harvesting the wealth of the legacy and contemplative tradition of the Maronite, Syriac, Catholic Church, an ancient Eastern church, with the Apostolic succession, which traces its faith back to our Lord himself.
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Maronite Meditation 90: Spiritual Dimensions of Talking (opens the original)
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A very good rule of life is to not talk about, to not even mention, other people, unless we have a good reason . This rule follows from basic moral principles of Christianity, and from psychological considerations. It is particularly well-suited totoday’s world, and includes not only use of the tongue but all forms of communication, including social media.
Maronite Meditation 89: Aphrahat on Pure Prayer (opens the original)
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We are going to work through some of Sebastian Brock’s invaluable book The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and theSpiritual Life . It is an anthology of materials from Syriac writers,beginning at the very start with Aphrahat, although not including the Odes of Solomon . Little is known of Aphrahat, “the Persian Sage,” who: “… was evidently a prominent figure inthe Christian Church in the Persian Empire …” Aphrahat wrote 23 homilies known as the Demonstrations . Number 4 of these is the earliest survivi
Maronite Meditations 88: Blosius and the Wonder of Life (opens the original)
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We now consider the significance of what Blosius has to say about life, and how that melds into what he wrote about the oneness of God, and how that unfolds in the world.
Maronite Meditation 87: Simple Meditation on Breathing (opens the original)
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We do a simple breathing meditation based on this statement by Blosius: "When he is occupied with conversation and business, if he is unable to attend freely to God, he must yet beware of entirely leaving the inner chamber of his heart, thus going away from God Himself, but he must continue tobreathe out some secret affection to Him, so that directly this outward occupation is over he may return to himself, and leaving all that is not God, may apply his whole soul to Him once more. "
Maronite Meditation 86: All in God Is One (Blosius) (opens the original)
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Blosius says that we can divide our attention when working in the world: we are aware of what we are doing and “must yet beware of entirely leaving the inner chamber of (our) heart.” Yet we must return to contemplation of eternal light, which we cannot unless we are free of attachment to externals. Further, God can allow us to suffer dryness of heart to realise our dependence of God. Also, sweet sensation can be granted to those who are living very evil lives, not to show they have sanctity, but
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