Volume 16 | Issue 2 | April 2019 Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! Maronite BISHOP’S MESSAGE Wounds 4 by Bishop Gregory J. Mansour SCHEDULES Bishop Gregory J. Mansour 6 Bishop A. Elias Zaidan PARISH SPOTLIGHT Our Lady of Lebanon 8 Maronite Church Miami, Florida by Antoinette Zeina Where He Was Risen— 12 The Holy Sepulchre by Msgr. Robert L. Stern Celebrating St. Maron at the 16 Maronite Seminary by Subdeacon Peter Zogbi World Youth Day Panama 2019: 18 Fiat & Encounter by Sr. Therese Maria Touma, MSCL on Jesus — PRIEST SPOTLIGHT Fr. Tony Massad 20 by Suzanne Tavani Mary, Mother of A. Fisher Cover: Detail of a tapestry of the Resurrection of Christ, based on a cartoon by the school of Raphael and created in the workshop of Pieter van Aelst in Brussels, 1524-31. Part of the Scuola Nuova series depicting episodes from the life of Christ. The Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani). 2 | THE MARONITE VOICE THE MARONITE VOICE A bi-monthly publication of Saint Maron Publications under the auspices of the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn and Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles. ISSN 1080-9880 Publishers Most Reverend Gregory John Mansour Most Reverend A. Elias Zaidan Editor 22 The Resurrection: Chorbishop John D. Faris “According to the Scriptures” Social Media Editor by Fr. David A. Fisher Tenth Annual Rev. Elias Khalil , 5-7 October 2018 Managing Editor Rev. Aaron Sandbothe MYO Regional Retreat Art and Design Director 24 St. Anthony Church, Glen Allen, VA Ms. Glory Rasi Fr. Gary George. Production Coordinator Subdeacon Michael Maynes MYO Midwest Regional Retreat Parish News Editors 25 by Amanda Abi-Samra Bethlehem Today Dr. Mabel George Howard (Eparchy of Saint Maron) [email protected] Rev. 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Contact [email protected] Perspective Contact Us Phone: 804.762.4301 From the Editor Email: [email protected] 39 Mailing Address: 4611 Sadler Road Glen Allen, VA 23060 Office Hours Monday – Wednesday – Friday 9 am – 4 pm Printed in Richmond, Virginia APRIL 2019 | 3 Wounds by Bishop Gregory John Mansour t took Saint Thomas a whole shame I bore, see my hurts and leading humanitarian provider week before he could see for disappointments, and live!” of healthcare, education, and himself that Jesus had risen assistance throughout the world. from the dead. During that time, Closed doors, open hearts, Iwhat must have gone through personal encounter, touching Pope Francis calls the Church a his mind? He may have said to wounds; these themes are “field hospital,” and that she is. himself, “If Jesus really rose from very much present in our By binding her own wounds, as the dead, my life will have to personal lives, often filled well as the wounds of those who change!” Well, in the personal with similar hurts, shame, and suffer in the world (Christians encounter one week later, when disappointment. These themes and non-Christian alike), this all the disciples were present, are also present in our suffering, wounded but amazing Church his life did change! Jesus walked yet amazing, Church. Suffering, not only offers healing for the through “locked doors”! because of so many persecutions terrible harm caused by the from without, and so much scandalous and painful scourge The Lord can walk through shame and sorrow from within. of a small minority of her clergy, “locked doors,” but not a closed Amazing, because despite all but also offers loving care for heart. In Saint Thomas he found her sins, the Church is still the all people, regardless of their a truly open heart! Jesus then asked, “put your finger here and see my hands” and “bring your hand and put it into my side” (John 20). Our Lord let Thomas have a personal, firsthand look at his wounds. Jesus also invites each of us to have a personal, firsthand look, not just at him, but even more importantly, at his wounds. This invitation says: “Come see my sorrows, see the 4 | THE MARONITE VOICE faith, throughout this broken and those who believe in the One troubled world of ours. who said: “I am the resurrection and the life”. (John 11) The wounds from within, and the persecutions from without, are Let us not wait for a week, as more and more treated openly and Saint Thomas did, but let us ask courageously by the Church. Each our Lord to personally show day, she witnesses to the crucified, us his wounds, let us touch yet risen Christ. The only “closed those wounds (ours and those door” that remains, where Jesus of others), and let us follow cannot walk, is the “closed human him as did Saint Thomas, even heart,” and today there seems to be to India if needed, with our lots of them. lives changed for the better, “ The Lord can walk through ‘locked doors’ but not a closed heart. ” Nonetheless, like our Lord did for and thus proclaim with Saint Saint Thomas, he also invites us to Thomas, “My Lord and My touch the wounds of his Mystical God!” (John 20) Body, the Church, in a way that reminds each of us that in suffering, Happy Easter! and yes, even in death, there is resurrection, joy, and peace for APRIL 2019 | 5 Schedule Bishop Gregory J. Mansour 10 April Brooklyn, NY | The Chancery | Presbyteral Council Meeting 10 April Brooklyn, NY | Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral | Liturgy of the Blessing of the Myron and Holy Oils 11 April Brooklyn, NY | The Chancery | Finance Council Meeting 12 April Brooklyn, NY | Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral | Way of the Cross 14 April Brooklyn, NY | Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral & Manhattan Mission | Palm Sunday 15 April New Brunswick, NJ | St. Sharbel Church | Rite of the Coming to the Harbor 16 April Brooklyn, NY | St. James Cathedral | Diocese of Brooklyn Chrism Mass 17 April Waterbury, CT | Our Lady of Lebanon Church | Rite of the Lamp 18 April Newtown Square, PA | St. Sharbel Church | Rite of the Washing of the Feet 19-21 April Brooklyn, NY | Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral | Good Friday and Easter Celebrations 25-26 April Brooklyn, NY | Bethlehem University Foundation 27-28 April Orlando, FL | St. Jude Church | Pastoral Visit 4 May Brooklyn, NY | Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral | Seminar on NaPro Technology for Women 5 May Brooklyn, NY | Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral | Feast of Our Lady of Lebanon 11-12 May Charlotte, NC | St. Stephen Church | Pastoral Visit 25-26 May Flint, MI | Home Visit 1-19 June Lebanon | Synod of Maronite Bishops Appointment of Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop On February 18, the Vatican Information Service announced that Pope Francis, concurring with the recommendation of the Synod of Ukrainian Catholic Bishops, which met in September 2018, in Lviv., appointed Bishop Borys Gudziak as archbishop-metropolitan of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia. At present, Bishop Borys serves as the eparch of St. Volodymyr the Great Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy, which includes France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Switzerland. He is the founder and president of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. Bishop Borys is also the head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. The installation will take place on June 4, at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia. 6 | THE MARONITE VOICE Schedule Bishop A. Elias Zaidan 9-10 April St. Louis, MO | The Chancery | Presbyteral Council Meeting 9 April St. Louis, MO | St. Raymond Cathedral | Liturgy of the Blessing of the Myron and Holy Oils 13 April North Jackson, OH | Antonine Sisters | Day of Recollection 14 April Youngstown, OH | St. Maron Church | Palm Sunday 16-20 April Houston, TX | Our Lady of the Cedars Church | Holy Week Mission Retreat 21 April St. Louis, MO | St. Raymond Cathedral | Easter Celebration 25 April Denver, CO | Opening Liturgy for the Knights of Columbus, Colorado State Convention 27-28 April Austin, TX | Our Lady’s Church | 45th Priestly Ordination Anniversary of Msgr. Don Sawyer 2 May Orange, CA | St. John Maron Church | Capital Campaign Visit 4-5 May Lewisville, TX | Our Lady of Lebanon Church | Pastoral Visit and Ordination to the Diaconate of Subdeacon George Elandary 9 May Lombard, IL | Our Lady of Lebanon Church | Capital Campaign Visit 10-12 May Houston, TX | Our Lady of the Cedars Church | First Communion and Ordination to the Subdiaconate of Chuck Jaoude, Dr. Nicola Nammour, and Said Tannous 14 May Washington, DC | USCCB | International Justice and Peace Committee Meetings 17 May Simi Valley, CA | Sts. Peter and Paul Church | Pastoral Visit 18-19 May El Paso, TX | St. Sharbel Church | Dedication of New Church 2 June Rome, Italy | Pontifical North American College | Ordination to the Diaconate of Subdeacon Michael Shami 5-15 June Lebanon | Synod of Maronite Bishops THE ORDER OF SAINT SHARBEL PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING THE ORDER OF SAINT SHARBEL OR RENEWING YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP TODAY.