It is San Fran Freako, why are you suprised? ;)
Catholic Church ping?
Well, there are ethnic Arab Christians who speak Arabic.
Many Arabs were Christians before they were Muslim. Some still are.
Arabic doesn't equal Islam. Aramaic is an extinct language, so wouldn't Arabic be the next closest thing?
Who lives in their neighborhood? Here's the schedule from their website:
Sunday
* Saturday, 5:00 p.m. (Sunday Vigil)
* Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Portuguese/Brazilian
* Sunday, 10:00 a.m. English
* Sunday, 11:45 a.m. Arabic & English
* Sunday, 8:00 p.m. English
On certain occasions, the Sunday morning Masses may be combined. Usually a potluck celebration will follow.
The simpering pandering here is unexcusable on a Conservative thread.
Wake up people.
And what exactly is the problem with Christians praying Arabic? My Patriarch is an Arab and speaks Arabic as his first language. My Metropolitan and Bishop are Arab Americans. I've been learning Byzantine chant from an old Arab, who consults the service books in Arabic when there is something unclear (or he suspects incorrect) in the English typicon notes supplied by our Archdiocese.
Mohammed fought against Christian Arabs. My bishop's ancestors hailed from a valley in Syria, the Arabic name of which means "Valley of the Christians" because his forebearers have been holding out against the Jihad since it began in the 7th century.
Arabic was the language of Jews, Christians and pagans before Mohammed, and God willing, will be a spoken by Christians when Islam is consigned to the ash-heap of history along with Communism.
(And, by the way, my Metropolitan--a native speaker of Arabic--says the purportedly poetic sections of the Koran are terrible as Arabic poetry. Hardly what one would expect from a 'divinely inspired' text.)
A Mass in Arabic, this is wonderful! Share the Word with the world.
Melkite - Catholics from among those separated from Rome in Syria and Egypt who resumed Communion with Rome at the time of the Crusades. However, definitive union only came in the 18th century. Melkite Greek Patriarch of Damascus. Liturgical languages are Greek, Arabic, English, Portuguese and Spanish. The over 1 million Melkite Catholics can be found in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Canada, US, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina and Australia.
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So yes, there are Eastern Rite Catholics who do use Arabic.
More about the rite:
The Melkite Church is affiliated to the Roman Catholic Church, through the regime of Eastern Rite Churches, allowing it a great deal of autonomy and the right to preserve its original character.
The Patriarch of the church is in Damascus, and there is only one above him in the hierarchy: the pope in the Vatican State. Below are 7 archdioceses: Syria: Aleppo, Homs and Latakia; Lebanon: Beirut and Tyre; Iraq: Basra; and Jordan: Amman; and 6 dioceses: Israel: Akko; Lebanon: Baalbek, Banyias, Sayda, Tripoli and Zahle.
In the name "melkite", quite a bit of the church's history is found. The word comes from the Semitic word for king, pointing at that the Melkites took the position of the emperor (which is a powerful king) of Byzantine in the 5th century on the greatest division issue in early Christianity: the nature of Jesus. The term "melkite" was at first used by the non-Melkites, but was soon adapted, as it was and is a fairly positive term.
The Melkite of the Middle East grew from Greek immigrants. They brought with them the Byzantine rite. The liturgy of the church is performed in vernacular Arabic. The priests of the Melkite Church are allowed to marry.
Sounds like the bartendress is either a Christmas/Easter Catholic or that isn't her parish.
Sunday
Saturday, 5:00 p.m. (Sunday Vigil)
Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Portuguese/Brazilian
Sunday, 10:00 a.m. English
Sunday, 11:45 a.m. Arabic & English
Sunday, 8:00 p.m. English
Mass should only be in Latin as it once was just for the universiality and then your friend would not have had this problem. That said, no matter the language, the Mass was valid (even in San Francisco).
Psssst. There are Arabs that speak Arabic, who are practicing Christians. Dirty little secret, pal!
And, if you want to be persnickety about it, today the Mass should be celebrated in Aramaic *only* - if you're going to go by the original texts.
Lighten up, Francis.
Arab Christians worship the Christian God, same as other Christians. They just call Him Allah. Other Christian languages, such as Georgian, also call God Allah.
Growup.And I don't like WTF and Easter-stay the hell out of bars.Better yet I hope you get a zot for Easter.
There are Spanish, English, Italian and Masses in other Languages. They should have stuck to Latin that way no one understood.