I was late in discovering the Christians in other Churches. I was slow to run to a sycamore tree that would help me see the Christ Who dwells with them and in them. In the early years of my commitment, words about them were tenacious that they believed only in themselves. I remember that one ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
Follow Him Now
A few days ago, I was struck by the words of Rev. Aidan Wilson Tozer, who passed away in 1963: “Faith dares to fail”. Before I try to search for the meaning of the word, I would like to tell you that my reading of what has come down to us from the writings of ...
Read moreSpiritual Pride
In the movie “The Two Popes,” Pope Benedict XVI, of thrice-blessed memory, (played by Anthony Hopkins) tells Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce), in their fictional dialogue: “we all suffer from spiritual pride, all of us. You must remember that you are not God… However, you must believe in the mercy that you ...
Read moreBeing of One Mind
When the Apostle called us to be joined together in the same mind (1 Corinthians 1: 10), he knew that those who sell themselves to the beast are also of one mind (Revelation 17:13). In Christianity, being of one mind does not mean that people agree on everything, but that they reject the mind of ...
Read moreChange the World
Change the world. Love; those who are with you and those who seek refuge in you… give them of your time, your listening, and your experience in life. Give to your children and your friends… and to those whom you think you owe something. Rest assured, nothing changes the world other than that we love.
Read moreThe One Love
I will pick for you, from the garden of St. Maximus the Confessor, his saying: “Blessed is the man who has learnt to love all men equally”. Words about the one love do not originate from a human being, and even no human being is capable of it on his own. The Confessor Saint did ...
Read moreA Learned From Experience
His love for God caught my eye ever since I came to this area in which I serve. He is not a member of our Church. Our encounters are made by coincidences or duties. A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit him in his office. During the visit, a secret in him ...
Read moreGod is One
The first title, which occurred to me before I wrote these lines, was: "the Unity of Christians". My intention was not to write about the desired unity, but about what can make us deserve it, that is, about the openness we need to have at a time when many do not see any good in ...
Read moreThe Confident Love
Why was Brother Tony Bitar, who was kept, today, from the brethren’s greetings by celebrating the feast in heaven, insistent, in his final stances, that the Antiochian Church canonizes Metropolitan Boulos Bendaly, of thrice-blessed memory? I have two answers of which I will reveal one, and leave today the second, were we to live, to ...
Read moreIn the Shadow of the Saints
Two days ago, I took out from my library the hagiography of St. Anthony the Great, which was published by An-Nour Publications in 1995. For his feast tomorrow, preparations are due. The hagiography stirred up old memories in me. Visions have their own beginnings. I remember that the regeneration youths had decided to distribute this ...
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