When you see yourself stuck in an ocean of triviality, flee from condemning people. I am not telling you to flee from them, but from the evil of condemning them. Visions carry along responsibility. If you are able to do something good to them, do not fail to do so. If you see them insisting ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
Psalm sixty-two
I am going to tell you something I recently learned about the sixty-second Psalm (O God, my God, I rise early to be with You…). I was asked to talk to some young brethren about it. I immersed myself in pages that led me to something that is generally known, namely that this Psalm, which ...
Read moreFor Whom is Paradise First?
You rarely find people who acknowledge the talents of others, with gratitude and joy. I am not talking exclusively about those who live within the Church, who are supposed to know that life, without this acknowledgement is a kind of hell, but also about those who approach this life in its diversity, in politics, art, ...
Read morePeople and Books
I got used to hear, from time to time, this endearing question: "Who helps you choose the titles you write?". To this I have repeatedly answered: "you", that is, Man himself, the near and the far. The writer who is far from people does not write for them. Today, I would not be changing my ...
Read moreMy Father
I discovered my father after he returned to God, his Father! If I wanted to record the date of his absence, I would say forty-seven years ago. However, he whom you deem more powerfully present after descending into the dust, you will not be objective if you talk exclusively about his absence. Most young people, ...
Read moreA New President
Watching them aroused my interest. I was walking in our neighborhood. There were a few young volunteers in the “Red Cross” standing in the middle of the road, and one of them, in bashful retreat, was carrying a box, hoping that those who are passing-by in their cars would freely place in it something of ...
Read moreThe Feast
When I committed myself to the Church life, I discovered the feast. Previously, the feast, for me, consisted of the two feasts, the small one and the great one, Christmas and Pascha. Any other ecclesiastical matter was of no concern to me. Commitment has given me to discover that any devotional gathering is a complete ...
Read moreGive Me Your Heart
Do you expect God to believe that we really love Him? He will believe if He sees us love without any discrimination. This is what He meant when He said: “My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways” (Proverbs 23:26). When God occupies our hearts and our eyes, that is, ...
Read moreEvangelizing the Depths
A meeting, which I join every week, prompted me to re-read Simone Pacot’s book: “Evangelizing the Depths” (An-Nour Cooperative, 2016). I do not know who of you has read the book. Once, after its release, I had encouraged you to read it. Today, I am sending this new encouragement to those who have not read ...
Read moreThe Daily Prayers
Those who pray are rare nowadays. Priests know, they know from the communion of life within the parish and its extensions, from the sincerity of the brethren, as well as from other things that make this world seem like it is night. I am not talking about those who sum up the ecstasy of the ...
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