Lord, every time I hear You knocking on my door, I understand that a distance still exists between You and me! Why do You not demolish the distances between us? I am not asking that You privilege me from anyone, but that You see me as Your own. I believe in You. I am waiting ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
The Fruit of God
In this life, the good fruit is not expected from anyone who disobeys God in something, in anything. God is explicit in His saying: “the ones that fell on the good ground… bear fruit with patience (Luke 8:15).
Read moreA Word to Friends
If you are carrying a “smart phone”, then you do know. There is a global application (Google), whose administrators have been publishing for us on its wall, for some time, urgent engaging Arabic and foreign news, written or illustrated. Most of these news confirm what is certain, that is, that in this world which brings ...
Read moreThe Image of God
One of my friends told me, about his spiritual father, the priest who hears his confession, a word that warmed the cockles of my heart. We were together in my office. He said: “He is merciful to me when I fall, and hard on me when I rise”. Clearly, the word exudes the wisdom of ...
Read moreThe Work Truly is Great
Yesterday, a young man shocked me with the news of his traveling. He went to an institution abroad that accepted him for a job. Everything was indicating that he had set out to dedicate his life to God. What happened? I do not give up hope. There are friends of mine who had preceded him ...
Read morePrinces in Kinship
Hassan, Hassan, Majed, Jihad, Elham, Jihad… are some of the forty classmates with whom I was brought together by the school benches. Most of them were displaced from southern Lebanon to a suburb that slept on the shores of Beirut, which was unlike any suburb, perhaps in the world, in its diversity and ability to ...
Read moreThe Paupers of Joy
This morning, I went out of my house begging for a word. I left no one on the road without examining them carefully. Apart from the few hasty greetings, I can say that those I saw were mostly inclined to silence. I am not saying that we have become strangers in our country, but rather ...
Read moreThe Harp of Victory
A friend of mine who visited me during the summer singled me out with a long evening in which he told me about the days of his emigration that he had decided after the explosion of Beirut on August 4, 2020. He told me, among other things, that emigration is “a journey into an unknown ...
Read moreThe Service of Reform
The service of reform in this world is not really realistic, if those who receive the service do not discover that God loves them in the people who are serving them. Love is the reform of the world.
Read moreTo a Responsible Brother
Life is a constant struggle. Every human being is responsible for himself and for people, old and young. How does he who works in the light fall? I am not asking about the scandal of vices that unfold in the course of commitment, but rather about the secret of obedience. What is the secret of ...
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