According to the Gregorian (called Western) and Julian (called Eastern) calendars, Christians worldwide mark the 40-day of fasting by imitating Lord Jesus Christ Whom the Holy Bible tells us that He fasted throughout the day and night for this period in the wilderness of Jericho.
Our modern history brings about vivid images of long-term disasters that have befallen humanity, wreaked havoc, and produced unimaginable damage that requires very long time to heal. A bird's eye view of the heart-wrenching current world affairs wells eyes with tears and brands the future with bleak impressions which indicate that the current situation is seemingly irreversible.
The 20th of March 2003 marked a day when the history of Iraq was rewritten. It was a day when a massive US-led attack was waged on Iraq and when the Middle East was shaken by an unprecedented war that reshuffled the cards in the region as well as shoved Iraq and its people into a dystopian future.
The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan has held an impressive ceremony of great significance marking its 10th anniversary and the 20th anniversary of the launching of abouna websites, whose slogan is "Media for Humanity", and the new formation of the CCSM's Consultation Council.
"And Jesus said to them, 'Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men'.” (Mark 1:17. 17)
One of the noble messages of life is to guide people who go astray in life and help them choose the correct path of forwardness, rectify their mistakes in life, and keep them away from following winding paths through the woods of wrongdoing and sins.
I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.” (2 Chronicles 6:2)
he first station applies to the earthquake that struck the Earth and humans, destroyed numerous facilities, and killed many innocent people, at a time when it also shook sentimental feelings among people. Consequently, these people brushed aside political rivalries and ethnic differences, as they flocked to help the suffering people who were still under the rubble. Members of Jordan's Civil Defence Directorate rushed to help their brethren, a step concomitant with official visits paid to Syria.
March 6, 2023 was a day of jubilation as it marked the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) in Jordan and the 20th anniversary of the launching of abouna.org websites. It was a day that unveiled an untold story of successes and achievements led by the founder of the CCSM Fr. Dr. Rif'at Bader who had earlier launched the abouna.org websites in both Arabic and English, such sites that reverberate in the entire world with views that express goodness, faith, love, harmony, and good living.
Lent is the 40-day period that precedes the grand feast marking Lord Jesus Christ’s rising from the dead following His crucifixion. It is a historic period that leads believers into meditating Lord Jesus Christ's passion on the Cross, defeating death, and rising from the dead to give life to all those who walk in His steps.
In the wake of the Continental Synodal Assembly of the Catholic Churches of the Middle East which convened its sessions on February 13-17, 2023 in Beit 'Anya, Harissa, Lebanon, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans His Beatitude Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako penned a reflection in which he shed light on the Christians of the East referring to them as a perpetual people who made history at a time when they are" a treasure that needs to be preserved."
