[NYer]

Our Lady’s Maronite Catholic Church

[NYer]

I asked Msgr. Don to accept me as a Maronite a short time later.

The author's experience attending a Maronite Divine Liturgy mirrors my own. However, as a point of information to visitors to this thread, there is no need to formally switch rites. Catholic is Catholic - same faith, different flavor. In my Maronite parish, nearly half the congregation is Roman Catholic. Only one ever made the formal switch of rites with the intention of pursuing the diaconate. Like the author, I too would encourage you to visit an Eastern Rite Catholic Church and attend one of their liturgies. They are steeped in traditions that date back to the early church with prayers that draw from some well known saints like St. Ephrem.

[ought-six]

Lebanese Catholics are pretty much Maronite Catholics.

[GreyFriar]

Thank you for this article describing the Maronite Rite (branch) of Christianity.

[forgotten man]

Are Coptic Christians Catholic or Orthodox?

[Iscool]

The Maronite Church comes from the Antiochene Christian tradition. It was in Antioch that the word “Christian” was first used. St. Peter founded the Church of Antioch and the founding of this church is recorded in the Acts of the Apostles.

How about you post some scripture for that...My bible says Barnabas/Paul were the first apostles there in Antioch...