Jubilee week has arrived. Our Patriarch His Beatitude and Eminence Mar Bechara Boutros Cardinal Rai has landed in Australia and has blessed this beautiful land and all the Maronite Catholics. Many events and visits were booked in the company of our Bishop, His Excellency, Antoine-Charbel Tarabay, and our community has attended and enriched themselves with… Continue reading A Maronite Mum’s Guide to attend the Golden Jubilee Mass of the Maronite Eparchy of Australia
Tag: Sydney
What to Expect this Sunday?
St. Charbel's Monastery, Catholic Church, Sydney, Australia. Churches are open! Glory be to God! Our children are returning to school. Work prospects are on the horizon... we can even plan a small holiday somewhere near now! How exciting!!! And daunting... Wait a minute... we are going back to some stressors... we are changing one type… Continue reading What to Expect this Sunday?
Asking God through St Therese
St Therese's sign for me. It felt like a "dejà vu". Everything was shutting down again. "2 weeks" they say. "One more week" they repeat... and then the hit: an uncertain lockdown. I remember watching that press conference in shock. All of the sudden the sinking feeling you felt in your heart last year came… Continue reading Asking God through St Therese
Dear God
https://instagram.com/thankful.art?utm_medium=copy_link Dear God, I am tired. I know... you've heard this before so many times. I know it's being a while since the last time I prayed to You praising You, thanking You... All my prayers (if any at all) are short and angry or short and sad or just short... just saying: "God!!!!"... But… Continue reading Dear God
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