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January 2003 Volume 47 No. 1 Contents JANUARY 2003 VOLUME 47 NO. 1 CONTENTS 3 EDITORIAL by Very Rev. John Abdalah N The Most Reverend 5 ARCHBISHOP MICHAEL: Metropolitan PHILIP, D.H.L., D.D. BISHOP OF THE PEOPLE, MAN OF PEACE Primate by Fred Shaheen The Right Reverend Bishop Antoun, Auxiliary 7 SAINT MARY OF LIVONIA The Right Reverend PROCLAIMED A BASILICA Bishop Joseph, Auxiliary by Steven T. Khalil The Right Reverend Bishop Basil, Auxiliary 8 MAN AS CURSE OR BLESSING The Right Reverend by Metropolitan Nicholas Bishop Demetri, Auxiliary Founded in Arabic as 11 A FOUNTAIN OF MERCY, Al Kalimat in 1905 by Saint Raphael Hawaweeny MINISTRY AND HOPE Founded in English as by Bishop Joseph The Word in 1957 by Metropolitan Antony Bashir 13 ARCHDIOCESAN OFFICE Editor in Chief The Very Rev. John P. Abdalah, D.Min. 15 ORATORICAL FESTIVAL Assistant Editor Joanne M. Abdalah, MSW 17 THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH MINISTRIES Editorial Board The Very Rev. Joseph J. Allen, Th.D. 22 MIRACLE ON PALERMO AVENUE: Anthony Bashir, Ph.D. CONSECRATION OF The Very Rev. Antony Gabriel, Th.M. The Very Rev. Peter Gillquist ST. GEORGE CATHEDRAL, CORAL GABLES Linda Hopkins by Gustovo Alfonso Anne Glynn Mackoul, J.D. Ronald Nicola 25 COMMUNITIES IN ACTION Najib E. Saliba, Ph.D. The Very Rev. Paul Schneirla, M.Div. 31 ORTHODOX WORLD Design Director Donna Griffin Albert 35 THE PEOPLE SPEAK Member The Associated Church Press Conciliar Press Ecumenical News International Orthodox Press Service Editorial Office: The Word 1777 Quigg Dr. COVER Pittsburgh, PA 15241-2071 NEWLY CONSECRATED BASILICA OF ST. MARY, e-mail: [email protected] Livonia, MI FAX: 1-412-831-5554 Subscription Office: 358 Mountain Road Letters to the editor are welcome and should include the author’s full PO Box 5238 name and parish. Submissions for “Communities in Action” must be Englewood, NJ 07631-5238 approved by the local pastor. Both may be edited for purposes of clarity N and space. All submissions, in hard copy, on disk or e-mailed, should be double-spaced for editing purposes. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION: U.S.A. and Canada, $20.00 Foreign Countries, $26.00 Single Copies, $3.00 THE WORD (USPS626-260), published monthly except July and August, by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America at 358 Mountain Road, PO Box 5238, periodicals postage paid at Englewood, New Jersey 07631-5238 and at addi- tional mailing offices. Postmaster send address changes to: THE WORD, 358 Mountain Road, PO Box 5238, Englewood, NJ 07631-5238 VOLUME 47 NO. 1 JANUARY 2003 ISSN 0043-7964 www.antiochian.org. 2 The Word EDITORIAL CommitmentTHE GIFT OF S WE BEGIN THE NEW YEAR, AN ISSUE describe. Because as humans we instinctively A weighing heavily on my heart is the fre- interpret our feelings, we sometimes assume that quency and ease with which people walk major shifts of feeling must be in some way a away from commitments. People make light of all response to our spouses. Yet the psychologists tell kinds of commitments, from ordering pizzas that us that feelings fluctuate with body chemistry, hor- they don’t pick up to life-long or eternal sacramen- monal releases, sugar levels, stressors and econom- tal commitments of monastic vows or marriage. It ic pressures. Sometimes feelings originate in our used to be that one would keep his word and the autonomic nervous system, and are not promises he makes, or at least that a conscious response to an event would be St. James’ ideal: “let or bodily function. While feel- your yes be yes and your no ings do tell us some things, be no, that you may not and even signal us that fall under condemnation” something may be wrong, (5:12). If one agrees to do they are not always reliable something, it should be and don’t always reflect their cause. So, considered done, and if while feelings are important, we must be one makes a commitment, it careful in examining and interpreting them. must be for keeps. A dear friend I recommend that when we feel intense feel- suggested to me that when people did- ings, we pay more attention to those people who n’t live as long, it was easier to keep life-long com- are most intimate and close to us, while being mitments; now, with the prospect of living longer, careful not to change our relationships and being it is more difficult to keep a commitment. careful to remain open, loyal and committed. Whatever the cause of our current difficulty with God offers us examples of being patient, long- commitment, I will take a look at a few of the suffering and loyal. He is committed to being our issues and offer a response. God and having us be His people, and this com- While I am concerned about every commit- mitment extends from generation to generation. ment, the frequency and devastating conse- He never deserts us, always keeping His word to quences of broken families is what is most unset- be by our side. We would not expect that God tling to me. Concerning marriage, I speak of com- would walk away from His covenant with us mitment because I believe that commitment is the because we were going to live longer than previous gift from God that will preserve marriages in this generations or because we require more work age. Commitment is a gift given by His example; it than our ancestors did. is the grace which sustains a marriage. Too often I hear of people wanting to leave a Commitment is a type of love, a love that we ask marriage because they don’t feel “in love” any God to “send from above” in the marriage ceremo- more. Modern anthropologists say that this feeling ny. It is this commitment that will get us through of being “in love” is merely nature’s trick to get times of change, temptation, and busyness, and people to procreate and not enough to sustain a times that we feel neglected or unappreciated by marriage. Some pastoral therapists suggest that our spouse. This is not to say that we should rely this “in-love” feeling is God’s gift to start, not sus- solely on the gift of commitment to replace the tain a marriage. Researchers of human behavior hard work of continuing to build our marriages. report that, for a percentage of the population, This “work” includes rediscovering each other this “in-love” feeling doesn’t last past the honey- regularly if not daily, and understanding that love moon, and very few people report that they always and faithfulness, not feelings, will get us through feel “in love” with their spouse. The experience of the day. being “in love” needs to mature to a love of com- Often, we experience feelings that are hard to mitment and partnership, one which deepens with January 2003 3 EDITORIAL every year of marriage. This commitment includes security. With commitment comes the security deeper self-disclosure, respect, romance, toler- one needs to be able to accommodate his or her ance, mercy and appreciation. Marriage is a gift, spouse so they can each reveal themselves and after all, which allows us to love another as God, accept the other in every era of the life cycle. who is love, is loving. This means that we must North Americans have seen a sharp increase in stretch past ourselves to our spouses. divorces among people in their forties, fifties and People in marriages should expect difficult sixties. This suggests to me that we can no longer times. Every marriage is challenged to stretch and take commitment for granted. grow as children come, mature, and leave. For some, feelings have replaced commitment. Marriages evolve as we grow from our twenties to People rely on their moods and seek happiness as our thirties, forties, fifties, sixties and a feeling, instead of seeking happiness seventies. They change as our respec- N from God. My prayer for this year is tive careers or businesses and jobs EDITORIAL that people will get back on the right change, develop and grow. Marriages BY track, not be fooled by expectations of that succeed are those in which the Very Rev. John P. happiness as a feeling, and come back commitment allows for change and Abdalah to truth and commitment. growth. Change requires flexibility and N 4 The Word Archbishop Michael (1924-1992) BISHOP OF THE PEOPLE, MAN OF PEACE CTOBER 24, 2002 MARKED in Indianapolis, Canton and Patriarch Theodosius and the Holy O the ten-year anniversary of Montreal. In Montreal, the Univ- Synod of Antioch. the falling asleep in the ersity of St. Andrew in England His Eminence served as Metro- Lord of His Eminence Archbishop awarded him an honorary Doctor of politan Archbishop of the Toledo Michael Shaheen. In honor of this Divinity degree. On February 11, Archdiocese until the summer of anniversary, several churches in the 1962, Archbishop Michael became 1975, when he and Metropolitan Archdiocese, including St. George Philip of the Archdiocese of New in Canton, OH, St. George in York put into effect a union of the Toledo, OH, and St. George in two North American Archdio- Montreal, QUE have held special ceses. The official Praxis that Memorial Services. canonically ratified this union Michael George Shaheen was named Metropolitan Philip born in Canton, OH on April 27, “Primate” and Archbishop Michael 1924. He was the first son of the “Auxiliary” of the one united Reverend George H. and Mary Archdiocese of North America. Shaheen. In October 1929, his On October 24, 1992, when father died suddenly, leaving his Archbishop Michael died sudden- mother to raise her eldest son ly in his sleep of an apparent and his three younger siblings.
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