The holy fathers told us that he who sees his sins is greater than he who sees the angels. Do you believe this statement? We are in a different world. It is all different: its fathers; its conviction; its vision; its parlance… Who is he who thinks that his confessing his sins is a great ...
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“On the Footsteps of Christ”
It is the title of a Lebanese documentary by “Philip Araktinji” that was shown by a local channel on Friday, about a trip to Lebanese places that have been “visited by Christ”. Has He really visited them? I believe He has visited them through the “Gospel of the Word”. So, I am not discussing, here, ...
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Archbishop Antoine Bou Najem
In the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Antelias, I have friends who are engaged in the Church ministry. After the Diocese got widowed by the passing away of Archbishop Camille Zeidan of thrice-blessed memory, my friends made me worry for their worry and rejoice for their joy, then await, like them, this blessed day in which ...
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To a Preserved Brother
My hope for you is to remain preserved. Days ago, you were in the Church, during the prayer, free of any precautionary measure to stave off the pandemic from you and from those who are with you. Images of the well-known instructions are emplaced at the entrance of the Church. You did not bother with ...
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Samir Atallah
I have a friend who sends me, at times, an article by the writer Samir Atallah. My friend knows that I follow Atallah every day. What he does not know is that, every time I receive an article from him, I read it again. I have never offended his generosity. In a gathering in which ...
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A Dying Church!
God Who is in the Church is the One Who gives her life, as do those who accept His dwelling in them. I will tell you this story: “a famous artist was entrusted with painting the picture of a dying church. Those who entrusted it to him expected him to present to them a painting ...
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God the Meaning
Anything I separate from God is meaningless. I am meaningless. My life is meaningless; my emotions; my friendships; what I remember or forget is meaningless. My education is meaningless. What I do well or lamely is meaningless. My works and accomplishments are meaningless. My failure is meaningless. My marriage is meaningless; my children; my grandchildren. ...
Read moreOf the Peace of Pascha
I have a friend who was overcome by COVID-19 complications. His physician encouraged his family, every day, to be “a little patient”. I knew, from other physicians, that the war on the pandemic had taught them that overcoming it is always a possibility. My friend, as a servant of the Lord, was, by nature, patient. ...
Read moreForgiveness and Feast
“Do not let the sun go down on your wrath” (Ephesians 4:26). This is one of the commandments left to us by God for our salvation. This is the criterion for our wholesome common life everywhere, in our homes, in the Church communion, and in what we are doing in this earthly life. In Christ ...
Read moreWith the Best
A few sustaining words have stayed with me from that meeting. We were a group of young people meeting weekly in the hall of our Church. At the end of the meeting, our leader asked us: “I want you to answer me as to what, in your opinion, could the vice of pride do to ...
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