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Showing posts with label Nazareth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nazareth. Show all posts

Sunday, March 15, 2026

"There is a reason Jesus spoke Aramaic rather than Sacred Hebrew. Hebrew was the language of the Temple and of the High Priest; it carried prestige and authority. Greek was the language of administration and of the empire. But He chose to speak Aramaic, the language of ordinary men." Camila Rocha

 

Camila Rocha

 

@Camila_Rocha

 

There is a reason Jesus spoke Aramaic rather than Sacred Hebrew. Hebrew was the language of the Temple and of the High Priest; it carried prestige and authority. Greek was the language of administration and of the empire. But He chose to speak Aramaic, the language of ordinary men.

 

The Jews expected an earthly king from the High Priest’s line. Jesus was from the line of David, a Judahite, not from the line of the High Priest. But God had reserved a most humble and generous coming for His Son.

 

Jesus was born a Nazarene, born in a manger. He also spoke the low vernacular, because He came for all, for the just and for the poor. And the measure of someone’s value was not in status or in what he possessed, but in what his heart carried: love for the Most High.

 

That is the essence of God’s most beloved souls: poor in spirit, independent of whatever their status might be.

 

For before Him all stand as children, and God alone is the true Father.

 

https://x.com/Camila_Rocha/status/2032967019461808306

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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

The Catholic Church of Maalul, Nazareth remains standing despite the village’s destruction in 1948 and the expulsion of its people. Today, Maalul is an Israeli military zone, but its original inhabitants visit the church on special occasions or to commemorate their history.

1930s, Nazareth, Palestine- A church in the Christian village of Ma'alul, about 6 kilometers west of Nazareth.

1930s, a postcard of the church.

Palestine Before Israel & After Israel

 
The Catholic Church of Maalul, Nazareth remains standing despite the village’s destruction in 1948 and the expulsion of its people. Today, Maalul is an Israeli military zone, but its original inhabitants visit the church on special occasions or to commemorate their history. 

The Catholic Church of Maalul, Nazareth remains standing despite the village’s destruction in 1948 and the expulsion of its people. Today, Maalul is an Israeli military zone, but its original inhabitants visit the church on special occasions or to commemorate their history. 



The Catholic Church of Maalul, Nazareth remains standing despite the village’s destruction in 1948 and the expulsion of its people. Today, Maalul is an Israeli military zone, but its original inhabitants visit the church on special occasions or to commemorate their history. 
https://x.com/PalCatholic/status/1884533043743899839/photo/1 
 
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Monday, December 25, 2023

Basilica of the Nativity in Nazareth has a patinated bronze statue of St Joseph with shiny knees from the affection people have show him through the years #Palestine

St Joseph always gets a bit short-changed in the memory of Christians. Thankfully at the Basilica of the Nativity in Nazareth, space is made to remember his honourable devotion. In this bronze statue, Joseph’s knees are rubbed shiny by the affection people show him. Often missed is the image of an angel carved into the rear of the statue. Joseph had his own annunciation and this indicated the way he should approach the challenge of Mary’s suprise pregnancy.
 
“When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him; he took her as his wife, but had no marital relations with her until she had borne a son; he named him Jesus.’” 

St.George's College Jerusalem

Thursday, June 8, 2023

A Palestinian girl in Nazareth dress... Painted by Maher Naji

This is my tongue twisters of stars around hugs
Lovers : Leave
They took the spot and left
They took time and migrated "darwesh"
A Palestinian girl in Nazareth dress.
By Maher Naji

MAHER IRINA NAJI - Official Website

Since returning to Gaza in 1994, Naji has continued his career as an artist, exhibiting his paintings in many countries: Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria,...

Let the art and love be our common language. —Maher Naji

https://www.palestinemuseum.us/maher-naji-1 

Friday, October 25, 2019

Nujoud Merancy wore a blazer embroidered with a Palestinian design in her new NASA work photo

"Blazers are my day-to-day wear, and tatreez is day-to-day wear in the Middle East, so I just thought, 'why can't I have something on my day-to-day clothing?'"
Nujoud Merancy wore a blazer embroidered with a Palestinian design in her new NASA work photo (NASA headshot)

'It's very me': NASA engineer celebrates Palestinian heritage in viral photo

Nujoud Merancy's decision to wear Palestinian tatreez in NASA headshot was inspired by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, she tells MEE
 
 
 "When she was a child, she made frequent summer trips to Nazareth to see her dad's [Palestinian] side of the family. Her relatives are the ancestrial caretakers of Nazareth's oldest Muslim house of worship, the White Mosque, built in 1804. 
 
"My family has been there for centuries. My uncle is the current caretaker [of the mosque], but it's been passed down through the generations, through the family of the caretakers," Merancy explained. 

She said her family in Palestine and the US have been incredibly supportive of her career.
And now, she said she hopes to inspire other young girls and boys across the world to reach for the stars."

Thursday, March 21, 2013

"I come from there and I have memories... "


Woman of Nazareth
between 1898-1946
Library of Congress

Poetry


Poem by Palestine's beloved Mahmoud Darwish
 

I come from there and I have memories
Born as mortals are, I have a mother
And a house with many windows,
I have brothers, friends,
And a prison cell with a cold window.
Mine is the wave, snatched by sea-gulls,
I have my own view,
And an extra blade of grass.
Mine is the moon at the far edge of the words,
And the bounty of birds,
And the immortal olive tree.
I walked this land before the swords
Turned its living body into a laden table.

I come from there. I render the sky unto her mother
When the sky weeps for her mother.
And I weep to make myself known
To a returning cloud.
I learnt all the words worthy of the court of blood
So that I could break the rule.
I learnt all the words and broke them up
To make a single word: Homeland