I woke up on Saturday morning repeating the expression: Look for “Saul” (Acts 9: 4). I know whom I am addressing. I am addressing brethren in the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO) in Mount Lebanon who had invited me to participate in the evening opening of their annual conference. The opening program was faithful to our ...
Read moreTo Pray
As long as we eat and drink more than we pray, work more, teach more, and have more fun, as long as our prayers always come in the second, third, tenth or last degree, it is expected that we, ourselves, will increase! If we really know that what we want in our life is for ...
Read moreOur Salvation Way
“I…I…”, her voice reached me from her home defending herself from insulting words. A man was bellowing at her with such mad force that I was outside following up on what was going on as if I were at home with them. I was walking past the building they were in. The sound of the ...
Read moreCommunion in Love
One of my committed friends told me that he had told a priest who is serving them with new fervor, about a regeneration work taking place in another Church. The story seemed out of place! He who was hearing it replied its conveyor: “it seems that you are unaware of the activity taking place in ...
Read moreThe Advice of the Saints
The world is an expanse of gossip, a place for slander, for belittling and backbiting others. Do you know what the scourge of the chatterbox is? His scourge lies not only in his spreading rumors about the things that he deems ugly, but also in his belief that this world cannot be restored. Insanity is ...
Read moreThe Fuller Communication
Today, in more than one context, there is reliance on this electronic expanse, of which it is said that it has transformed the world into “a small village”. This has made us gain a lot. However, it has caused us to lose a lot too. It has caused us to distance ourselves, more or less, ...
Read moreIndependence Day
This is Lebanon’s feast day. I will leave the analysis of history. Today, what I hope for is that the Lebanese become independent in their hearts from every sick passion rooted in us. Does it benefit us to seek achievements to extol if we insist on rivalry in our common home? Hatred achieves no good. ...
Read more“Parishes Bearing Witness”
I watched on “Télé Lumière” parts of Father Elias Karam’s program “Parishes Bearing Witness” that sheds a light on parishes from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon. I will not dwell on questions that I am unable to answer. Why the Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon exclusively? Is this a prelude to other episodes about ...
Read moreThe Voice of God
Whatever knowledge we have about God, does not benefit us in anything if it does not give us to hear His voice calling us to worship Him with the community of brethren who are formed by obeying Him. This is the homeland of perfect knowledge.
Read moreServing the Broken
Every time you get out of your house, remember that there is a broken heart waiting for you outside or at your destination. No night comes to an end without people getting broken. By night, I do not mean its hours. There are people among us whose days are nights. If you are willing to ...
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