Light from
the East -
Miracles of Our Lady of Soufanieh
by Fr. Robert J. Fox
Fr Fox did first-hand research in the
Community of Soufanieh, Damascus, Syria near the site where the Apostle
St. Paul was converted and baptized. Father Elias Zahlaoui, associated
with the Soufanieh miracles and messages
from the beginning, sees this
as one of the most complete books on Soufanieh, sensitive to all
the
peoples and Christians of the East.
"Light
from the East" -- is a 256 page book with multiple colored
photos throughout the chapters to illustrate what is happening at
Soufanieh -- in the Christian sector of Damascus -- and extending
itself throughout the world. It is a "Rosary of marvels" which include
exsudations of oil, apparitions, ecstasies, messages, visions,
stigmata, bodily and spiritual cures.
This book is a "new voice" that presents the deeper message of
Soufanieh for the universal Church which is called to unity, especially
the call for Orthodox and Catholics to become one as they were for the
first 1000 years of Christianity. The Author explores not only unity
for all Christians but love and unity for each family. Soufanieh is a
call for Christian Unity and for love and unity in millions of families
which will lead to Christian Unity.
Father Fox went to Damascus and grasped the reality that Soufanieh is
to the East what Fatima is to the West. Those of the Soufanieh
Community reviewed this book before going to print and were amazed and
thrilled that finallly the truth and love for unity between East and
West as called for by heaven will be made known to millions more
by a
priest from the West who accepted those of the East with love. The book
is also a loving call for Muslim-Christian dialogue. Finally a
sensitivity to the East is shown in presenting the Mother of the East
as the Mother of us all who wants her children one in her Son Jesus
Christ.
A must to understand the Christian Unity Movement and the Church of the
East.
For the first time in 2000 years - Our Blessed Mother has appeared in
the East - accompanied by messages from Jesus and an Icon of Soufanieh
which exudes olive oil. Myrna Nazzour also gets the stigmata. These
miracles take place in the heart and home of family life.
The messages are for Christian unity, plus love and unity in the
family. Also contains history of Russia's Miraculous "Kazan" Icon which
Pope John Paul II returned to Russia shortly before his death.
Fr. Fox interviewed
Orthodox and Catholic patriarchs and bishops, priests and lay people in
Damascus for this 256-page book. ( more
articles)
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2002 Pages: 256 Binding:
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In
the modest district of Soufanieh in Damascus Syria, near the
heart of the place where St. Paul was struck down by a blinding light
from heaven, and there converted and baptized, today in our own times,
new light is shining.
In this book, “Light from the East,”
author, Father Robert J. Fox
tells of marvels: exudations of oil, apparitions, ecstasies, messages,
visions, stigmata, bodily and spiritual cures, with doors of a family
open to all.
A light from heaven is shining again -
calling all peoples of the
world to unite as one in Jesus Christ. The author relates the call of
heaven for unity, love, holiness in our families as a prerequisite for
Christian Unity. Light from the East has been shining in recent years
ever more brightly at Damascus, its Soufanieh Community at the Virgin’s
House. There is a great need for both understanding and appreciation
between the East and the West, between Orthodox and Catholic Christians.
A testimonial
to this book from the East
“Your testimony about
Soufanieh bears great significance. It
appears at a crucial time in history. Mary, the Virgin, is the Mother
from the East, whom God chose, excluding all other women, in order
to open locked doors in both the East and the West so as to form
one human family…
“One of the most
amiable aspects of this [book] is your
discourse about the Mother Icon of Our Lady of Soufanieh, that is, the
Icon of Our Lady of Kazan upon which the Soufanieh Icon is based. What
you have written has great dimensions, at the Church level, the
ecumenical level and the level of faith in general.”
“I do beseech Our Lord Jesus, with the
mediation of Our Virgin
Mother, to make this testimony of your book a new voice to awaken those
who got drowned in the delusion of this world. This book reflects the
sensitivity needed now.”
(Above excerpts from this Book’s Introduction
by Fr. Elias
Zahlaoui -Our Lady of Damascus Church, Syria. He has been associated
with the happenings of Soufanieh from the beginning.)
