The fourth psalm reveals that, for the worshiper, sleep is a gift, a gift from God and evidence of His peaceful presence with Him. Man is tired and distressed. When he seeks God’s face, God welcomes him. This summons the universe. Love consists of openness. The secret of prayer is that it is about seeking ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
Church and Poverty
Before we entered this fast, my friend Ibrahim Rizk handed me Dr. Rupen Das' book, “The Church and Poverty”. Eloquent faces want you better. I liked many things about the book, of which I am mentioning two: 1- the human dimension of reading the Word. This is due to the condescension of the Word which ...
Read moreJudgement of the Heart
Flee from justifying the sin. Flee from throwing accusations at heaven and earth. Are you seeking integrity, truly? Accuse yourselves, from the bottom of your heart. Man is not healed from the affliction of sins before the guilty is handed over to be judged (Matthew 15:19)!
Read moreTo the Brethren Abroad
At the beginning of this Great Lent, I am addressing, first, the brethren in the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO). I allow myself to address you, empowered by your love. You have all learned that the poor, of whichever religion or sect… is the face of a god. Today, you see him in your new places. ...
Read moreAn Oasis of Peace
We have come to consider any commotion that reaches us as being an earthquake. We are people who are scattered in an expanse in which we have learned nothing like we learned to see the roads, of whatever kind, blocked before us. Most of us see life as fleeing forward. Life has brilliantly marked down ...
Read moreWe are All Brethren
O for these days during which I got to be addressed by someone in the formal form! Who am I? I am a worm and not a man; a poor man who has not lost his memory. I told him to drop this formula. I said: “Jesus’ commandment to His disciples before He went to ...
Read moreA Story from a Fishmonger’s Shop
A few days ago, a friend told me that he was in a fishmonger’s shop, waiting for its owner to finish what he had ordered for lunch for himself and for his household. A man came in, and asked the fishmonger if he can buy fried bread (only) for two people, perhaps for himself and ...
Read moreAn Image of the Estrangement
I saw them. The three of them, two little girls and a boy, were in front of a building run by their father. The eldest girl, no more than ten years old, was humming a song by a singer from her country. As for the middle one, she was wiping, with a paper towel, something ...
Read moreThe Great Lent
Ever since I committed myself to the life of the Church, I have tried to observe this fast. I believe that our life in Christ consists, entirely, of endeavors. What we ask for in the Church is always greater than our practice of it. We try, we keep doing what we are doing, because we ...
Read moreRedeem the Time
Friends tell one another what one keeps repeating to himself. Be generous with those you love. Generosity does not consist in burdening yourself with what you have no ability to do. In essence, it is an expression. Sometimes, the rose, in substance, is worth a mountain… Some or most of our loved ones need to ...
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