A while ago, I was offering condolences to a friend in the hall of a sister Church. I overheard two priests, the age of my two sons, talking about the growing neediness in our country. It shocked me that both of them shifted from talking about people’s neediness to their own! The two priests are ...
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Selected Scenes
Yesterday, I spent an hour on a public road. In their cars, people are stories (to be told). I have chosen for you these three scenes: 1- A man in his car, his wife sitting next to him, carrying a child, was smoking a cigarette with the contemplation of a journalist writing an article! 2- ...
Read moreMystery of Mysteries
The poor are a mystery. Arise to them, you will find that Christ has preceded you, you will find Him waiting for you either with them, or at their place, or in them. Amazing is this mystery, that of Christ and the poor. Wherever they are, He is to be found; and wherever He is, ...
Read moreGod is Here
If everything around us is destroyed, those who see that “God is with us”, is here, in our hearts, cannot be destroyed! I am not underestimating the difficulties. I am not hiding the defeats. I am speaking of the one foundation upon which all reform, success, and joy rest.
Read moreBountiful Gifts
Life consists of an unlimited number of births. I am not denying my mother and my father. The bountiful gifts are what convinced me that my parents, like you and me, have had countless births as well. The Lord is manifested in the moment as Father to every human being in this world. God does ...
Read moreA Better Tomorrow
He told me: “a lot of people have left us to go abroad. The idea of remaining in the country has become retardation or suicide. People grew tired. I read that 70% of our young people have ended their relationship with Lebanon! What country is like ours in which Man feels unwanted! I no longer ...
Read moreThe Oblation
Yesterday there was an argument between some brethren about the office of Proskomedia (oblation) in our Church. The question was: is it permissible to commemorate non-Orthodox Christians in the Liturgy? The argument reminded me of two scholars in our Church, Metropolitan George Khodr and my friend Father George Massouh who is with God. I will ...
Read moreThe Relic of the True Cross
I do not know where from my friend came up with his request for a relic from the True Cross. I know his piety. I told him what I would like to repeat publicly: “in a world that is only good at exploiting people, this is not always a request within reach”! He kept on ...
Read moreClinging to the Brethren
To be brought up in the Truth is to cling to those whom we see as a light in the community. You do know. You can bear witness to those you see shining in your quest for the esteemed life. I do not think that life remains the same if we move away from them. ...
Read morePreaching in Christ
I know a priest who, in the matter of dispensing the Word, puts himself under criticism. He asks another priest whom he trusts for his comments on the sermons he will be delivering to his parish. I know from this and that that they exchange the benefit. These two brothers did not invent what they ...
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