This morning, we read in our Church the Gospel of the healing of the ten lepers (Luke 17:12-19). The story of this Gospel is well known. Ten lepers, Jesus comes to them and commands them to show their healing to the priests. Only one of these men returns to Him, and thanks Him for having ...
Read moreAuthor: Father Elia Mitri
Children's Peace Over Anger
Destroy my remembrance before you let me see a child trembling from his parents’ screams. What have we to do with living life close to anger. That our children settle down in peace is far more precious than to have anyone remember that we were ever here.
Read moreOne Household
I have lived far from carrying weapons. Had it not been for a bullet that a relative of mine, about forty-five years ago, pushed me to fire at a tin hanging from a strap in the air, I would have said that I have never held a weapon in my life. I am not bragging ...
Read moreThe False Prosperity
For every flaw we insist on, there is a concept which we attribute to God! The flaw that I would like to slap publicly before you today is the belief that some of us hold that God is always obligated to give us what we ask Him for. Does God only exist to serve what ...
Read moreFollowing a Promotion
Those with whom I actually continued to be friends, following their promotion in this life, are few. Who will remain the same, following a promotion, other than he who truly believes that this world is impermanent? A theology professor used to relate that there are students who, after being ordained priests, when they visit the ...
Read moreA Litany for the Rulers
In the congregational prayers of our Church, there is one of several litanies in which we pray for “the rulers of this country and for their support in every good deed…”. I would not be going against my belief in God’s ability to perform miracles if I mention to you that, every time I face ...
Read moreThe Time of Clarity
Every time my daughter feels that I am shocked by someone I used to place where he did not belong, she gives me her beautiful smile before saying: “excuse me, dad! The problem is not with him alone, but with you in the first place. You rush to put people in a place that does ...
Read moreThe Feast of Repentance
The Church, in arranging her congregational prayers, always moves towards set goals. The major feast is looked at from afar; the small one too... Repentance is one of the rules of this movement. However, repentance, in these days that extend from the feast of Theophany to the beginning of the preparation for the Great Lent, ...
Read moreGod's Action: Grace and Striving
Jesus said “your sins are forgiven”. He also said: “sin no more”. The first statement is not understood without the second. Gratuitousness and willingness. Grace and striving. Gifts and their investment. This is the completion of God's action in us.
Read moreThe Request of the Word
The Church is a family. Is there a family without wounds? The overall scene in ecclesiastical communities does not conceal that many brethren who have received baptism do not care about the life of commitment in them, that is, they have not yet really become Christians! Here is a society, some of whom in it ...
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