Some young friends invited me to meet with them. They wanted us to discuss the impact of the economic crisis and disease on the ecclesial commitment of people in our country. We met. We agreed on several matters, the most important of which was to be active in two things: in the love of commitment ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
Propagation of the Truth
Writing is for reading. However, history has shown that unity in reading whatever people have written throughout the ages was not always guaranteed. You remember the word of Jesus: "what is your reading of it?" (Luke 10:26). I am not looking for a new history, but for someone to keep in mind that a different ...
Read moreTruth
If you equivocate in presenting the Truth for any reason that contradicts the Truth, rest assured that whatever else you say to people instead, will benefit them in nothing at all. Be truthful in presenting the Truth!
Read moreA Testimonial About a Friend
He is an icon of commitment. Before we knew him, the mind of God had no place in his life. He used to live distantly in places he thought that the “Word” does not reach. Then he was struck by the Word that never despairs of knocking on our doors. His life quickly became faces ...
Read moreThe Meeting Place of Goodness
A while ago, a young man called me and told me that he was upset with some young men in his parish who had spoken ill of him in his absence. I know those whom he mentioned. They are all good brothers who serve God and the Word of His grace. I told him: “Pardon ...
Read moreA New Day
I went up to the roof of the building I live in. The day was almost far spent. My intention was not to watch the setting sun, which I love, in its rising and its setting, but rather to check the water in our tank. This is our state in the land of water; we ...
Read moreA Surprise Visit!
On Saturday, following the lapse of one year, eight months, and twenty-eight days since he traveled, my son surprised me by visiting us. He had planned the visit in detail with other people, with his mother, his sister and some of his friends, without my knowledge and the knowledge of his brother and some of ...
Read moreMonday Morning
Every Monday at about nine in the morning, brother Tony Khoury calls on my home landline. This is a tradition that we have adopted since he was overtaken, during the Covid-19 period, by a health condition most traces of which have vanished, thank God. Brother Tony was a Secretary General to the Orthodox Youth Movement ...
Read moreThe Christian
Is the value of the lively words diminished by our ignorance of their source? Who said: “meeting a Christian human being is an unparalleled vision”? I tried to find out. I did not succeed. People are their own words. Are these words testimony or encouragement? I think they are both testimony and encouragement. Encouraging awareness ...
Read moreGifts of the Spirit
He who seeks the gifts of the Holy Spirit for himself as well as for all people with one passion and one determination, is he who truly knows that the Spirit is the Giver. This does not only have to do with the awareness that the One Spirit cannot be monopolized up, but also that ...
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