I laid eyes, by chance, on this Arabic aphorism: “he who obeys your staff, has disobeyed you”. I thought it would be beneficial to transfer it to my lines, to preserve it and to extend the benefit. The picture is clear. The saying is criticizing, with obvious severity, bringing people, by force, to obedience. It ...
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The Servant’s Conviction
If my conviction that I am nobody is not accomplished, then whatever responsibility I bear in the church is due to coincidence that brought me to it! God chooses for His service only the base things of the world and the things which are despised (1 Corinthians 1:28).
Read moreThe Gift of Travel
A great friendship used to unite me with my eldest grandson before they left three years ago. Travel did not ruin our friendship. However, it made the boy set a distance between himself and me, which, to this day, I have not been able to decipher. I thought of two things, that he considered me ...
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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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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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