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• Movements of Prayer
• Lectio Divina
• The Gift of Spiritual Direction
• Prayer Warrior’s Inner Room
• Spiritual Reading
• Mary Courage and humility
• Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• In Adoration of Blessed Mysteries
• Seeing God in All Things
• Interior Freedom
• God is realistic
• Interior Freedom
• On_Spiritual_Direction
• Freedom _and _the_Present_Moment

Recently Released Books

• The Maronite Catholic Church.  
  Click here to download the recently release booklet, The Maronite Catholic Church.

Patriarch Bechara Rai’s Message for Lent 2018  Patriarch’s_Lent2018

Patriarch Bechara Peter Rai Visits the Eparchy of Saint Maron, October 27 – 30, 2017

• Homily_at_St_Patrick For the Dedication of Saint Sharbel Shrine, October 28, 2017
• Homily_Boston Homily at Our Lady of the Cedars Maronite Church in Boston, Mass., October 27, 2017
• Homily_Brooklyn, Homily at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y., on October 29, 2017

Patriarch Bechara Peter Rai Visits the Eparchy of Saint Maron, June 23 – 29, 2016

• Pastoral Letter on the Ministry of Social Charities (2017) The-Ministry_of_Social_Charity

• Talk at the Consulate General of Lebanon in New York on June 27, 2016 (pdf) consulate General

• Address of Cardinal Timothy Dolan at the Prayer Service for the Middle East on June 27, 2017 (pdf) Cardinal-Doloan

• Talk by Patriarch Bechara Peter Cardinal Rai at a Prayer Service for Peace in the Middle East at the Holy Family Church, Manhattan, N.Y., June 27, 2016 prayer_Service

• Christians_in_the_Middle_east  Given to the Media on the occasion of Patriarch Rai’s visit to the Eparchy of Saint Maron, June 27, 2016

• Brooklyn  Homily at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Brooklyn, NY, June 26, 2016 (pdf)

•  Waterville Homily at St. Joseph Church, Waterville, Maine, On June 25, 2016 (pdf)

• lawrence Homily at St. Anthony Church, Lawrence, Mass., on June 24, 2016 (pdf)

• buffalo Homily at St. John Maron Church, Buffalo, NY, June 23, 2016 (pdf)

Articles and Messages by His Beatitude Patriarch Bechara Peter Rai

• Holy Thursday 2016 Message (pdf)
• Economic Memorandum (Economy for the Future of Lebanon)
• Message for Easter 2015
• Message for Holy Thursday 2015
• Message for Christmas 2015
• Eulogy at theFuneral of Bishop Stephen Doueihi (pdf)
• Message for Lent 2015 (pdf)
• Message for Lent 2013
• Communion and Love: First Pastoral Letter (July 2012 pdf)
• Holy Thursday Message (2012) to all Priests (pdf)
• Lenten Message 2012 (pdf)
• His Excellency Bechara Rai, elected as the 77th Maronite Patriarch
• Homily of Patriarch Rai at his Enthronement, March 25, 2011 (pdf)
• Christmas Message,
• December 2011

Patriarch Rai in the Eparchy of Saint Maron of Brooklyn (October 17-23, 2011)

• Homily at St. George Church, Uniontown, Penn.
• Speech at a Banquet, Uniontown, Penn.
• Homily at St. Anthony of the Desert, Fall River, Mass.
• Speech at a Banquet, Fall River, Mass.
• Homily at Holy Trinity Monastery, Petersham, Mass.
• Talk at a Private Dinner at Bishop Mansour’s Residence
• Press Conference at CNEWA
• Talk at a reception at the Lebanese Consulate General
• Talk at the Eparchial second Benefit Dinner
• Homily at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Brooklyn, NY
• Press Release following Meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (pdf)

By His Beatitude Patriarch Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir

• Christmas Message 2010
• Saint Maron, What it Means to be Maronite, and the Mission of Lebanon. The 25th Letter of His Beatitude Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir Patriarch of Antioch and All the East to His children the Maronite clergy and lay faithful On the Occasion of the 1600th Jubilee of the passing of Saint Maron, Lent 2010
• The Synod’s reform of the Role of the Laity in the Church
• Message for Lent 2007 By His Beatitude Patriarch Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir (PDF)
• Talk at Consul General in New York
• Remarks at Meeting at United Nations
• Brief Homily on the Gospel of Peace, Newtown Square, Penn.
• Brief Reflection on Mary, St Maron Church, Philadelphia, Penn.
• Homily at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Talk at a banquet in Philadelphia, Penn.
• Homily at Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Philadelphia, Penn.
• Talk at a dinner hosted by Villanova University
• Talk at the Lebanese Embassy in Washington DC
• Homily at Our Lady of Lebanon Church in Washington, DC

Various Articles by Bishop Gregory J. Mansour

Pastoral Letters

• On the Mystery of the Eucharist (Pastoral Letter on the Occasion of the Holy Year of the Eucharist, October 2004)
• On the Mystery (Sacrament) of Penance (A Pastoral Letter on the occasion of Great Lent, 2007)
• On Liturgy and Prayer (A Pastoral Letter, Feast of the Holy Cross, September 14, 2008)

New

• Jubilee Year of Mercy
• Homily at the Funeral of Bishop Stephen Hector Doueihi, Brooklyn, N.Y., December 22, 2014
• Got Anger?
• God’s “interferring” Presence Among us
• Liturgical update (first,and second letter); Third Letter (pdf )
• Let Women Speak for Themselves
• Pope John Paul II and the Apostolic Churches and Lebanon (April 2011)
• Tribute to Patriarch Sfeir, March 2011
• What is needed in the next Maronite Patriarch, March 2011
• The Election of Maronite Patriarch, Bechara Rai, A Personal Reflection, March 2011
• What it means to be Maronite: Spiritual Roots
• Code of Conduct, Progress Made
• Pastoral Reflection on the Passing of Archbishop Zayek
• Christmas Letter 2010

Priesthood

• My Experience of Priestly Celibacy in the USA
• Homily at the Holy Trinity Monastery in Petersham, Mass
• Women Priests?
• Welcome Remarks
• A Theology of the Body
• Talk in Honor of Msgr Sadek
• Homily for 25th Anniversary of Priesthood
• Anniversary Liturgy with Clergy
• Reflections of a grateful priest
• Homily for Priests’ Retreat 2009
• Main Address at Priests’ Retreat 2009
• Year of the Priest
• New Beginnings
• Letter to priests for the Year of the Priest
• Spiritual Direction and the Diocesan Priest

Pro-Life/Pro-Family

• Stem Cell Research
• Divorce and Remarriage
• Sex and Marriage
• Marriage and Family Life in the Eastern Christian Church
• Did Terry Schiavo die with dignity
• Evening Behavior of Christians
• Loneliness (March 2007)
• Behavior of some men
• Our Imperfect Families
• Artificial Contraception (Part I)
• Artificial Contraception (Part II)
• Love Between Friends
• Three Inconvenient Truths
• Roe V Wade
• Promises
• Children’s Rights and Adults Responsibility
• Swimming Upstream to promote the culture of life

Spirituality/Homilies

• The Born Again Experience
• Mary and Listening to God
• Homily for the Immaculate Conception
• Homily at St. Ann Church in Troy, New York
• Christmas Homily 2005
• Prayer by Bishop Gregory Mansour
• Reflection on “Enemies”
• Resentment
• Spiritual Direction
• St. Jude Thaddeus and “Hopeless cases”
• Torture and Human Dignity
• Spiritual Direction and the Christian

Youth

• The Courage of the Lebanese
• Vocation to be a Peacemaker: Homily at Youth gathering, July 2006
• Authenticity

The Church

• Pope Benedict’s Lecture and Apology
• Opening Remarks at a Banquet in Philadelphia, Penn., on May 18, 2008
• The Word of God in Syriac Heritage

Lebanon

• Ecumenical Prayer Service at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral
• Introduction of Patriarch Sfeir in Lawrence, Mass.

Aricles by Archbishop Francis M. Zayek

• Mary Our Mother

Lectures and Workshops at the Maronite Convention in Chicago, July 2006

By Archbishop Youssef Bechara

• Priesthood, Vocations and Formation
• Pastoral Theology
• Theology of the Human Person

Various Articles

• Maronites Between Two Worlds

• Aspects of Maronite History
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Two)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Three)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Four)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Five)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Six)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Seven)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Eight)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Nine)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Ten)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Eleven)
• Aspects of Maronite History (Part Twelve)

• Maronites in the United States
• Maronites in the United States (Part Two)
• Maronite Identity (pdf)
• The Maronite Church (A Welcome Packet)
• The Maronite Church (A Welcome Packet, pdf)

Recommended Books/Articles
Monastic Life

• Cardinal_Dolan_Moral_Lesson  (Cardinal Dolan: Moral Lessons for President Trump and Governor Cuomo)
• Mary Our Mother by Archbishop Francis Zayek
• The Call of the Desert by Archbishop Francis M. Zayek
• The Hermits in the Maronite Church by Paul Sfeir
• The Monastic Roots of the Maronite Church by Bishop Stephen Hector Doueihi
• The Sistine Chapel Seen for the First Time, by Bishop Stephen Hector Doueihi