This commandment is the pearl of the New Testament (Matthew 5:44). The true Christian is known by these two words, that is, by his ability to open his heart to any human being. A writer, whose work I was reading a few days ago, helped me to be practical in writing these lines for you. ...
Read moreBrother Tony Bitar
Those to whom God had given to spread the love of Jesus and His Church on earth are among the founders of the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO). This is not an addition to what took place on that blessed day, the 16th of March 1942, but rather it is the consummation of history to the ...
Read moreThe Precept of Precepts
When a friend of mine travels abroad, to pursue his studies, for example, if he asks for advice, I advise him to strengthen his friendship with “the righteous Joseph the All-Comely” (read his biography in Genesis 30…). This is the precept of precepts that we learn, in the company of the saints, to remain, wherever ...
Read moreOur Light to the Feast
In our preparation for the Savior’s Nativity, the Church seems to be telling us this constant thing: “he who emulates the Saints reaches the feast”. This is our heritage that the world, with its fakery and sham splendor..., is pushing us to deviate from. At a time when our country is seized by scarcity and ...
Read moreThe Perfection Seeker
He who seeks to be perfected in God, the closer he gets to realizing his endeavor, God shows him that there is something he still lacks (Mark 10:21). This is him, the one who seeks God every day, while he has a day.
Read moreAt the House of Friendship
My wife and I were at the house of two friends of ours. The mistress of the house told us that their parish priest always repeats these words to them: “if the devil is not able to bring us down into sin, he will distract us from our good in a thousand ways”. Then she ...
Read moreThe Palace Road
Today I chose to walk in front of the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Mount Lebanon. The palace imposes its beauty and dignity on the road. The trees separating it from the road seem to the onlooker to be an enclosure to it and a pleasure to the passers-by or to its neighbors. The sun was ...
Read moreVictoria Jabbour
Today, our Church in Latakia saw off the great sister Victoria Jabbour to eternal victory. In a few words, Victoria is one of the faces of the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) in the bride of the Syrian coast, and a mother in Christ to many in it and in our entire Antiochian expanse. She is ...
Read moreWho Will Give Us?
Yesterday I was standing with a friend of mine in front of a school in Beirut. We saw a hand extend from one of the school windows and throw out an empty bag of some kind of food. I cannot tell if the hand was that of a child or a boy, male or female. ...
Read moreDisciples of the Word
I had spoken, repeatedly, about the fact that preaching is a gift which some of those who had a share in the ministry had no share in. Today, I will speak about the brethren who are busy complaining before the pulpit of the Word, about those who do not allow It to summon them to ...
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