Befriend all people, if possible. However, never abandon a friend whose peace you have tested in times of anger. This is a rare friend.
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
Drugs
I was paying a visit. Our conversation led me to talk about the prevalence of drug use. A young man who was with us joined the discussion. He recounted that their school organized a trip on the occasion of their graduation. They were forty young men and women. On the way, the bus in which ...
Read moreA New Book Project
One of my projects was to write a book about those whom my friend Ghazi Akl calls “domestic helpers”. Until now, several obstacles have prevented me from implementing the project, like the obstacle of language difference thwarting real communication, most girls’ constrained freedom, and the difficulty of finding a group of girls who accept to ...
Read moreA Cure of Gold
One of the presidents of Lebanon used to say that there are two gratuitous cures that benefit life, and that are neglected by most Lebanese: drinking water and walking. These are two among other cures that we can add to them. For instance, prayer, friendship and reading... Let's take reading today. Reading a book, especially ...
Read moreThe Rule of Mercy
He who loves does not only offer to others what good they deserve, but rather what he perceives as being needed by them too. Be just. However, know that love cannot be expressed by the logic of justice, but by the logic of Jesus Who is all full of mercy; totally, entirely. Do you want ...
Read moreThe Homeland on the Alert
The question my grandson posed to us yesterday is: "is this Lebanon?". He knows Lebanon. He lived in it a little more than the years he spent away from it. He did not explain himself. He said nothing about what he knew about his country. He said nothing about us, about their house, about ours… ...
Read moreFather Nader Salloum
Today, in our Church in Qsaibe, Deacon Nader Salloum received the blessing of the priesthood by the laying on of hands of the Metropolitan of Mount Lebanon, Silouan Moussi. The new priest will be assisting, in the service of the parish of Nativity of the Theotokos Church (Mansourieh), Father Younes Younes, who had abandoned the ...
Read moreThe Ministry of Reconciliation
Some of my friends asked me to receive a young man who was at odds with some of the brethren in his parish. He came, accompanied by a person whose parents I became friends with after he became independent from them, a person whom I know from outside his parents’ home. I invited them into ...
Read moreSelf-Discovery
Reverend Aiden Wilson Tozer (about whom I wrote to you at the beginning of the year) has written these seven rules for self-discovery: “1. What we want most; 2. What we think about most; 3. How we use our money; 4. What we do with our leisure time; 5. The company we enjoy; 6. Whom ...
Read moreA Beloved Disciple
Some time ago, I visited Metropolitan George Khodr at his home. I repeated before him the Lord’s words kept by John the Evangelist about the beloved disciple: “If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?”. Among us, Metropolitan George seems to be, in more than one way, another image ...
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