KAITHA 2nd Friday: Dukrana (Memorial) of Mar Mari; Sleeha of the East. (This time it is on 23 07 2010)
Have a prayer always. (Mar waalah prayer or Iesho prayer)
MAR WAALAH; (my Lord & my God) RISEN IESHO MISHIHA, HAVE MERCY ON ME A SINNER.
The word of Aalaha (God) to be proclaimed at Holy Qurbana
Marmisa: masmore (psalms): 25, 26, 27.
Keriyane (readings): Eshaya 55: 4 - 13
Acts of the Slihe (Apostles) 4: 32 – 5:11
Engartha (Letter): 1st coranthose 15 : 1 - 19
Svartha (Gospel): Yohannan 20: 19–31
Recite and recollect upon above Word of Aalaha and participate in the Prayers of the Hours and Holy Qurbana of our Church.
Mar Mari is known as the disciple of Mar Addai and Mar Addai is known as the disciple of Mar Thoma Sleeha. Our First and earliest form of Qurbana is named after Mar Addai and Mar Mari. They are the first fathers of our East Syrian Churches after Mar Thoma Sleeha the Father of our Faith or Margam. They are called even as the slihe of the East.
Do we celebrate this Feast meaningfully? If we celebrate our Qurbana in its full form with love and faith on this day, it is the best way to remember Mar Mari since, our Qurbana is known in the name of Mar Mari. Of course they may not be the direct persons who wrote our Syriac Qurbana. As in the case of Holy Book, their disciples might have written it and promulgated in their name since they are well appreciated in the Church and since the matter of the text (Holy Qurbana) proclaim the faith of the early Fathers and so of the Early Church.
If we forget to celebrate the Early and first and basic Feasts and run only after the modern feasts we are building our faith not on rock but on soil. When it is raining…..
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