My mother came to the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) because of what she was seeing with her early-ailing eyes. Without entering any one of its halls, she joined it with love, which is stronger than every illness. This was before we joined the ranks of the Movement, that is, before my sister grew up in ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
The Regeneration Secret
Today, in our difficult time on more than one level, I would like to pay tribute to the young brethren in the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) who are striving to serve the regeneration of their Church in this Antiochian expanse, in word and deed. I do not mean only the revered brethren who are watching ...
Read moreTake, Eat
The sisters in St. Jacob's Monastery, Deddeh (in northern Lebanon), sent me the book "Take, Eat", a collection of sermons and talks by Metropolitan Youhanna Mansour, of thrice-blessed memory, compiled by Samer Awad (published by Ain al-Zuhur, Latakia). I am not stating anything that is not felt by many people if I said: “the book ...
Read moreReforming the World
Yesterday, in a personal meeting, a friend of mine said: “many people among us live in deadly contradiction. You see them on the one hand hating death, and on the other hand putting to death the beautiful things planted by God in us”! I cannot describe to you the pains that these words have left ...
Read moreKnowing the Word
One of the brethren asked: “how does one become a better person, a real disciple of God, without being guided by the elders in the Church to the path to the new life?”. He was asking about the role of the priests in conveying the mind of the Lord, particularly about preaching. It slips most ...
Read moreTo Be Patient
We have no share in getting over the hardships of this life unless we learn to be patient. Only he who is patient knows that, for the God Who is present with us, in all circumstances, it is impossible to forget us in our hardships.
Read moreTo Fr. Nehme Saliba
What does it mean for a priest to progress in knowledge? Firstly, it means that he believes that the Word, which is ever seeking to be incarnated in the world, draws out as well, from “the flesh of the world”, what words God has sown that help understand it. This is well-known to the one ...
Read moreThe Secret of Kinship
She was raised far away. A young girl, fully grown in her youthfulness, had no place for God in her heart. Then, on a favorable day, one of her friends invited her to participate in the “Great Evening Compline”. For those who do not know it, this prayer consists mainly of readings, psalms and others. ...
Read moreThe Power of the Word
It is the power of the Word that is ever calling us to obey its Truth. Yesterday, I was reading a book that I had hosted next to me two days ago. I was struck by the Apostle’s word: “His commandments are not burdensome” (1 John 5:3). Suddenly, I was beset by a feeling, a ...
Read moreA Corrigible Mistake
In recent days, the number of electronic news sites in Lebanon has increased. Sometimes, you do not know if the administrators of these sites are really journalists, political aspirants, employees in the financial sector, clairvoyants, or geologists... You see them, most of them, insisting on philosophizing, being gloomy and staying in a darkened room with ...
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