She heard the priest say in his homily about Christ Who suffered for us: “no one who is weary can tell Christ: You do not understand me”. She drew close and whispered to me: “but He had no children”! We were, on one pew, participating in the service from the nave. Sometimes, children are (a ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
The Joy of the Disciples
John the Evangelist commented on the entrance of the risen Jesus on His disciples who were assembled in the upper room, for fear of the Jews: “Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord” (John 20:20). This is the fruit of Pascha that Jesus offers us to rejoice. We all know that Jesus’ ...
Read morePascha in Antioch
His Beatitude Youhanna Yazigi, Patriarch of Antioch, concluded his visitation to the city of Antioch, Alexandretta and Mersin. I am not chronicling the visitation, but listening to the hymns of the Paschal Liturgy celebrated by His Beatitude and the delegation accompanying him on the ruins of the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul in ...
Read moreCommemoration of the Two Bishops
On the tenth anniversary of the kidnapping of the two Bishops, Boulos Yazigi and Youhanna Ibrahim, speaking about their fate and the fate of those who are kidnapped in the land, is pressing. The crime that is denounced by far and near as being horrible, is still bleeding. In one of the articles I have ...
Read moreEid Fitr Saeed
If we are abiding in love, then we are with the Muslims in their feast. Today, I am not wishing them a happy feast only because my childhood friends and some others congratulate me on my major feasts, as has happened a few days ago, but also because their feast brings them joy. This is ...
Read morePelikan’s Gift
Professor Jaroslav Pelikan’s statement drew my attention: “If Christ is risen, nothing else matters. And if Christ is not risen, nothing else matters”. I loved to know more about him who said it. My reading revealed to me that he was a Lutheran pastor who converted with his wife to Orthodoxy in 1998, that is, ...
Read moreA Feast for All
The feast passed by some brethren of ours without their taking notice! A salvific event is taking place for our sakes. By adhering to it in the communion of the Church, I am declaring that I am grateful to God for bestowing His love on me. It is not true that the feast is a ...
Read moreMeeting with Friends
A while ago, my friend Laith Hanna asked me to suggest a picture for a post I wrote for you. I was surprised by his request. This is so unlike him. The man is a creative artist who does not need help with his work, which includes synthesizing the word and the image on this ...
Read moreChrist is Risen!
A few decades ago, were you to address one of the faithful with the Paschal greeting (Christ is risen!) after the apodosis of the feast, during the condolences for a brother’s death, for example, a startled look on his face would betray his bewilderment! Nowadays, many people started racing to throw off the greeting at ...
Read morePascha!
Christ is risen! This Pascha is my victory at all times. Death is lurking around every time. It is death or the possibility of death. In this life, I have no salvation from death except in Jesus alone. How do I receive Him as Living and Life-Giving? This is the question of the feast; rather ...
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