In the course of my service, I have heard many people use giving as an excuse in order to achieve or increase their wealth. They say, for example: “if I win the lottery grand prize, I will give half of it to the poor”, or “…I will finish (for you) the construction of the new ...
Read moreThe Obedient Prophet
There is no zeal for the Truth without obedience. Those of you who have read the hagiography of the Prophet Elijah would know that his story starts with a powerful account, with his commanding the sky to withhold its rain (1 Kings 17). What did God do to keep His Prophet alive in a time ...
Read moreWhy I Write?
When I finished George Orwell's book "Why I Write", I promised myself to share with you some of what has struck me in it. They are three things. First, Orwell argues that there are four motives for writing. They are, in short: 1-Sheer egoism (Desire to be talked about, to be remembered after death…). 2-The ...
Read moreSalute to the Metropolitan of Hauran
I have a friend who supplies me, from day to day, with what is written by some Antiochian writers, both clerics and laity. The Word, from the generosity of grace, brings distances closer, of whatever form they are. Is there anything that enjoins the bishop to write? Writing is not for everyone. However, it is ...
Read moreTo Love Knowingly
The words sown by God in our days are picked up by no other than he who is always bound to reading them and seeking to obey them as if he is hungry for acts of love. This is to love knowingly.
Read moreEnvy
Only mouths that have adhered to the Word for life succeed in exposing sins. Among the texts that I have read about the sin of envy, I list two things: envy is when a person enters, with sick hatred, between God and His generosity to people, and then asks that all His blessings upon them ...
Read moreThe Price Hike
The price hike in Lebanon is the rule today. People are talking. Some of them, when they comment on the rise in the price of a commodity in our country, they immediately contrast it to its price abroad, in its country of origin, for example! Forgive me for saying that this is a funny thing, ...
Read moreThe Canon of the Word
I know a girl who, in her youth, was zealous for the life of our Church and her people. I have heard her, more than once, saying that there are songs that are suitable for us to raise in prayer to God. The girl was not a professional vocalist. Her voice was average, as was ...
Read moreThe Abortion crisis
Most people in the world think that abortion is wrong. Nevertheless, many of them do not mind its legalization. We cannot, in a few lines, deal with a major topic. However, I am interested that we affirm two things. The first of which is that the fetus is a commandment, namely, my little or weak ...
Read moreThe Testimonial of Love
I do not know if I have told you about her before. She was a sweetheart to many. She was poor, and poverty, as it seemed, favored her over all the people she knew or did not know. In human words, she is a widow who has no one, not any one. This was her ...
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