No one knows anything, except he who knows that God, hallowed be His Name, loves us more than we know.
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
The Foundation of Marriage
I heard Metropolitan George Khodr say, in a public meeting: “the Christian who knows how to get married, is the monk”! You know that the monk vows celibacy, that is, chastity. In Christianity, the monk does not marry. What Metropolitan George said is a metaphor by which he meant that, basically, marriage is not founded ...
Read moreChurch Leadership
A friend of mine from Syria told me that there are Christians in his country who have divorced their commitment with their Churches. I did not ask him about the reasons for this “divorce”, about which I know the opinion of some brethren; but rather I spoke to him first about God’s freedom in love. ...
Read moreA Country Not Lethargy
My wife read what I had written a few days ago about our clinical death in Lebanon (26/1). She asked me: “Have you heard the joke people are circulating today?” She did not wait for me, but continued to say: "The entire Lebanese people are surprised that the entire Lebanese people are still silent (about ...
Read moreSorrow for Lebanon
Two days ago, I was appalled by a shooting that took place at dawn after an oral dispute, screaming and cursing, in a store (…) in Lebanon. A man was injured; I hope he is safe. I do not know any of the people I saw in a video that was published by a media ...
Read moreNaï
Welcome to our home, Naï. Welcome, O pretty one who has followed her two siblings in getting born. Life did not allow us to rejoice in welcoming you in the faraway country. I am welcoming you from afar. I am writing these lines for you. I hope, when you read them, that you will say ...
Read moreThe Canaanite Woman
When Pascha is delayed, the Church chooses for the Sundays that precede the preparation for Lent, gospel accounts that also give us an overview of the feast from afar. Last Sunday, for example, we read the Gospel of Zacchaeus, the tax collector who wanted to see Jesus. Today, we read the story of the Canaanite ...
Read moreIncreasing Love
This is a time in which nothing saves us but solidarity and putting the interests of others before our own. Do not expect salvation from palaces that store up injustice and misery (Amos 3:10). Salvation lies in increasing active love in this time; yes, in this time and in every time.
Read moreTo the Rulers in Lebanon
In ancient culture, the ruler is a reference to be returned to, during the struggles of life, for the wisdom he enjoys… I am returning to you today. I have a question that baffles me. I can deem that it is the question of the millions who are crying out, in silence or in public, ...
Read moreFire and Ice!
What is this fatal contradiction that is happening in Lebanon today? Life is fire, it is all fire, while most people are pieces of ice! Everything in Lebanon is ablaze. Potable water, in the country of water, is ablaze. The bread is ablaze; medicine; electricity... However, most of the Lebanese seem to deal with what ...
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