If it seems to you that God does not empathize with you in what you are asking of Him, it is likely that what you are asking for may not be in accordance with His will. Take it as a sign, then, that He wants something else for you. What is this thing? Empty yourself ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
My Friend the Sun
My friend, the sun, is distinguished in all that it offers me every day. I know it is one with all. Nevertheless, I like to confess my love for what it does to me. When it reveals its face early in the morning, it passes by my room. It does not break into it by ...
Read moreValue of the Land
I contend that I got to know what appeals to you. With what I write to you, I see that most of you take a liking to what I reveal of matters that pertain to me or what stories or impressions I tell or intimate discourses I write. What strikes me is that most of ...
Read moreThe Meaning of the World
Oh God, help us! How do we discover that we are living in a world that you created beautiful, for our good and our peace? This is our responsibility on earth. Is there any meaning to a world in which Man is resigning from every service that benefits us, from people to inanimate beings? Is ...
Read moreWriting Partners
My eldest son is showing, nowadays, an explicit interest in the books written by his father. I am not saying that he is seeking closeness in the midst of forlornness. He is always close. A few days ago, he requested that I send them all to him. In the request, I was struck by his ...
Read moreTravel Has Occurred!
My wife deals with the moment. The whole life is going to the end. However, in her life, she spends herself right now, that is, at all times, to love, to all: near and far, especially these last days, to our four grandchildren. Fatigue, there is no room for fatigue in her care for them. ...
Read more“His Name is John”
I have in my hands a book, currently in print, which I have entitled: "His name is John". This book, that will be published by An-Nour Orthodox Cooperative, was introduced by a foreword by my friend Dr. George Maalouly. My story with this book is quite a story. What prompted me to write it was ...
Read moreA Better World
Are you seeking a better world? The realistic way to do this is to be in agreement with God, whose will is always to save Man by Man. Give God your hand. This is what creates the world you are seeking.
Read moreThe Living Church
From time to time, I get a call from one of the brethren, asking to book the church for a wedding or a baptismal service... The question, which most callers ask before booking, about the financial cost of the service, indicates that in most churches, our churches and others, we are thinking with human logic! ...
Read moreThe Orthodox Way
In his book “The Orthodox Way”, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, of thrice-blessed memory, who has fallen asleep in the Lord yesterday, had confirmed my conviction that a professional theologian is someone who walks, with confidence, in and out of the house! No one knows the house like its people. Moreover, no one like them knows how ...
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