At the end of last April, my wife visited our daughter, who is pursuing her university studies in France. We were supposed to visit her together. However, I had to postpone my visit to a later date. What relieved me of the pain of my daughter’s objection to this postponement was that we will meet, ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
The Divine Ascension
The Feast of the Divine Ascension is another aspect of Pascha. Christ, Who by His death has conquered death, is revealed as King over the universe. When we say He has ascended, we do not mean that in His Divinity, He has acquired a new status, a lofty place in which He was not. He ...
Read moreUnderstanding the Word
A young girl, almost twelve years old, asked her mother about something I said in my homily, which was difficult for her to understand. Her mother encouraged her to take up her question and pose it to me. I love questions, from both the old and the young. Most or all of them help me ...
Read moreThe Ecclesial Commitment
It is all beauty. In its details, it is heaven on earth; in thought; in art; in meaning; in the love that is manifested in it; and in this awareness that exhorts the heart to abstain from the world as it yearns for a kingdom to come… Who would say to the brethren, who neglect ...
Read more“Tell My Brethren”
This is the word of the risen Jesus to "Mary Magdalene and the other Mary". His complete word to them is: “go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me” (Matthew 28:10). Two things strike me in this word. The first is the fragrance of the first love that ...
Read moreThe God of the Moment
Do not separate yourself from God at any moment. When you come across things that worry you, tire you, make you sad, or make you happy, summon Him immediately. Turn the chance encounter into an event. Let Him allow you to discover that He is with you. Transform the moment you are in into a ...
Read moreA Question for the Gentlemen
If a car passed in front of me with music blasting from its radio, I used to feel short of breath; I get angry; shivering in place. No one has the right to believe that the world belongs to him alone, or to be a cause of nuisance to others. That was my opinion. Today, ...
Read moreGod the Comforter
He sat next to me. I was condoling with a friend on the death of his mother. One of the deceased's relatives led him to the empty seat next to me. He occupied it, and occupied me! Straight away, he prompted me to talk about what the Church is doing today in order to fight ...
Read moreThe One Commitment
When the Saints talk about two dimensions of commitment, theological and moral, what they mean is only one dimension. There is no sound life that is not established on the knowledge of God. There is no true knowledge of God that is not translated into our lives on earth. Ethics is an explicit aspect of ...
Read moreThe Truck Platform
This is an old platform, preceding the novel electronic ones, on which we used to promote ideas some of which are wisdom and proverbs related to God and our belief in His action. “Your prayers, Mama”. “May God protect”… What prompted me to write these lines is a truck that passed today in front of ...
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