When, on the day Jesus was born, the angels said: “and on earth peace”, they meant Christ as a person, or as He is present in His poor brethren. I will repeat to you what happened on that glorious day. There were “shepherds keeping watch over their flock by night”. The angels appeared, sang, and ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
To Bethlehem
A few days before the feast captivates us, the Church exhorts us to grow in seeking righteousness. You have noticed, on Sunday, the words of the Apostle, “worked righteousness” (Hebrews 11:33). He was telling his readers about believers whom they knew in the books. As always, the Word here is beneficial for emulation, that is, ...
Read moreA Tree in a Church
My friend was indignant that Christmas decorations were placed inside an Orthodox Church as if they were a new separator between the altar and the faithful, namely, a tree, a nativity scene, and other things which she summed up by saying: “a tree in a Church!”. She showed me pictures. I do understand her indignation. ...
Read moreWithin Reach of Water and the Word
I was getting out of brotherly visits at a nearby hospital. I met her in the elevator. She looked at me with a look of affection that reminded me of my mother. We had a quick chat. I enjoined her to be serious about wearing the mask, at the hospital. Lebanon is concealing a lot ...
Read moreOur Language
The parents of students in one of the universities, in an English-speaking country, raised an objection to its administration that their children are weak in their own language. The principal's answer was shocking. He said, "you are the reason. Had your children been interested in their language, we would not have had to bring teachers ...
Read moreThe Living Man
The living man is he who seeks, every day, to learn to please God. We have no enemy more dangerous than our complacency.
Read moreTo My Friend…
How do the stars fall, my friend? You were such a beautiful icon of commitment and service. What prompted you to move away? Your words are still ringing in my ears: "Our common life is an active presence, service and support"! What happened? What seduced you in your new place and your new words? Something ...
Read moreThe Law of Life
Today, while I was walking, the sight of a woman driving her car responsibly caught my attention. She was holding the steering wheel with both hands. I saw her well. She had her hands visible over the steering wheel. Where is the cigarette, the loyal friend to many people in the car and elsewhere? I ...
Read moreOur Wealth
Praying to God is a wealth that no institution in this world, whether a banking institution or other, can seize it. I am not telling you: “do not ask about your “missing” money in Lebanon”, for example, but rather, “do not neglect your enduring wealth”. This is our wealth on earth as well as in ...
Read moreEternity Before Eternity
The Apostle Paul’s word: “that I may know Him…” (Philippians 3:10), the way it seems to its reader, refuses to consider knowledge, that is, our knowledge of Christ, an event that happened to us at a certain time, in a distant or a recent past, and then has become part of a history to which ...
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