A friend of mine told me about what happened to him at the entrance of a hospital in Beirut. He wanted to visit a relative of his. The story is for reforming. He said he stood in front of the "information clerk" seeking to inquire in which room his relative was staying. The clerk was ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
The Chanter
I am not a chanter. However, I have associated with numerous chanters from whom I have learned valuable lessons for the ministry, for every ministry. I claim for a fact that I recognize the true chanter. What I am saying now is about good experiences. In the church, we have an eloquent example of integration ...
Read moreAnd the Breaking of Fast is More Potent for Them
Last Wednesday, Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets over the Gaza Strip, citing the imminent Ramadan fast and calling in them for "tolerance and mercy". The inhabitants of the Strip received this repugnant trickery with indignation. They considered it a sacrilege to have Israel dispatch to them, with its deadly fires, leaflets containing phrases such as: “Feed ...
Read moreSunday of the Last Judgment
Those who adhere to the worship in our Church are aware that the four Sundays, with which we prepare ourselves for the Great Lent, take their names from the Gospel passages we read in the Divine Liturgy. The Sunday of the Last Judgment, or this Sunday, draws its name from a reading taken by the ...
Read moreFull Commitment
Those who criticize doing good deeds out of habit have not yet been granted to understand that full commitment is inherent in nature.
Read moreNo one is alone!
Is any human being truly alone? A few days ago, a friend of mine, who lived alone, passed away to God. She had had her fill of years, and she departed. When I learned of her passing, I immediately went to her house. Some of her relatives and neighbors were there. We prayed together for ...
Read moreServing Beauty
Joe Kareh, the beloved journalist, in footage he published about one of the snowy landscapes in the mountains of Lebanon, led the camera accompanying him so that we can join him in seeing the massacre of rubbish left behind by people who had visited the place over the weekend. He said firmly: "Honestly, with people ...
Read moreFaithfulness to the Fundamental Truths
I read a few lines addressed to the priests by one of the leaders in the Western Churches, in which he wanted to remind them of the commitment to knowledge and obedience as a path to serving teaching and preaching in the Church. I will extract from the aforementioned lines a word that I find ...
Read moreThe Call for Our Peace
Nothing helps us be stronger than the world's animosity except our determination to keep ourselves “babes in malice” (1 Corinthians 14:20). This is God's call, the call for our peace and what our peace entails in terms of serving peace on earth. Let me be candid with you. Do not read these lines with eyes ...
Read moreThe Mother of Sins
Do not renounce the logic of Truth for anything. Whatever goals you want to achieve (building a church or annexes to it, serving those in need in your parish or on earth...), preserve the right to reach them. Do not assume that the twisted path is quicker to reach the goal, or that "the end ...
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