Divine Liturgy of the Maronite Catholic Church. The Assumption of Mary

 

The reader has to scroll down to see the picture of this painting inspired by the vision of Saint Alphonsus Liguori.

Our Pastor at Mary Mother of the Light Maronite 

Catholic Church is  Fr Gary George CSsr, a 

Redemptorist Monk of The Congregation of The 

Most Holy Redeemer.

He is a holy priest and an inspiration to us all. 

He is a tireless treasure who has special conferences

and events scheduled for virtually every day of the 

year.

Beneath the painting Ol' Mick will post some screen

shot from the Maronite Missal which will give the 

reader an idea of just how beautiful and illuminating 

is the Divine Liturgy of St. James the Less, an Apostle

and the brother of St. Jude.

In the DL you wil read a hymn that treats of the

 Maronites and how they honor Mary three times 

a year; 

January 15: Virgin Mary of the Sowing (Our Lady of the Seeds).

May 15: Feast of the Virgin Mary of the Harvest (Our Lady of the Harvest).

August 15: Our Lady of the Grapes (Dormition and Assumption of the Virgin Mary). 

Mick is the same age as Israel and he was born into the Latin Rite and if anybody told him back in the day that he would one day fall in love with The Divine  Liturgy of St. James, he'd have called you crazy.

It was a Felix Culpa that led he and his Bride  to the incomparable beauty that is The  D.L.

Our local Bishop shuttered the Churches during Covid but I heard of a Holy Priest in Tequesta, Fl who did not shut down his Church but kept it open.

Mick and The Bride went and have never looked back and never will go back.

Fr. Gary is such a holy and worthy Pastor that Mick and The Bride tithe to him directly and both trust that he will spend the money rightly.

Lord, how the Lord has blessed us.