In these daily reflections, I do not write messages to people who have annoyed me in something. I know that, at times, I can be annoying. This bothers me and does not bother me! I do not like to be a cause of annoyance to anyone. However, neither do I like a person to live ...
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To Remain at Home
I did not see my grandchildren last week. They were both overcome by an illness that kept them at home. They returned to us yesterday. At our house, they belong almost exclusively to their grandmother. They only notice my presence when prompted by her or when they know I have something that they like. The ...
Read moreA Human Invention
There are numerous problems in our Church reality that require great effort to overcome. Today, I will mention to you one of them, the problem of dwelling too much on using the past, whether distant or recent, to the detriment of the present, i.e., this excessive regard for the eloquence of yesterday as a means ...
Read moreIt is Time for Us to Heal!
One of our deep wounds is that we are far, a little here and a lot there, from the aspirations of the Word. In most of what is required by our regeneration, you see us seeking anything but the Word. Who taught us to separate heaven from earth? Who told us that heaven does not ...
Read moreSunday of the Publican and the Pharisee
The Church brings us today into the period of preparation for the Great Lent. The Gospel passage she reads to us (Luke 18:9-14) confers its name on this Sunday. The story of the parable is simple. A Pharisee and a tax collector enter the temple to pray. The former praises himself and looks down on ...
Read moreThe Right of Others
If you consider it your right to criticize others for actual sins, you have no right to be saddened by someone who had addressed a remark to you that you deemed out of place.
Read moreOld Quebec
Yesterday, a friend of mine showed me photos from his visit to Old Quebec City. He repeated to me the question I grew accustomed to in Canada: “Have you visited Old Quebec City?". I have written to you about the cities I had visited. This city I had not. Many people recommended to me to ...
Read moreHow I Learnt to Write
Maxim Gorky's book "How I Learnt to Write" was, literarily, a precious gift to me. It was not my intention to seek out the knowledge that cannot be taught, that is writing, but rather for the experience of the elders. The foundation of the book is its writer’s openness to writers in the world, especially ...
Read moreThe House of Knowledge
I am trying to help myself deal rationally with diseases that afflict us here and there. I am speaking of this strange dependency fueled by gossip, complaints, and laziness. Individuals who search for someone in the Church to convince them that she is their life, are overlooking that the final kingdom has been opened, but ...
Read moreNothing
Metropolitan George Khodr said in a homily delivered at Deir Al-Balmand: "When you reach the point of saying (about yourself) that you are nothing, you become a Christian. Before this, you are not a Christian, (you are) nothing" (June 29, 2016). Today I convey to you this word, which some of you may have personally ...
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