When the Apostle Paul concluded an opinion that he gave in an urgent Church matter by saying: “and I think I also have the Spirit of God” (1 Corinthians 7:40), he ruled that there is no freedom of opinion without openness to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This is the concern of the believers ...
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Metropolitan George Khodr
A Sign For Good
When Metropolitan Silouan Moussi entered the Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon, succeeding Metropolitan George Khodr, I told him: "you, Master, have come to a Church who loves her bishop". My intent was obvious. Her bishop, that is, any bishop who will take over the ministry after Metropolitan George. Metropolitan Silouan came to succeed a bishop who ...
Read moreTo Salwa Hanna
It is not the years that rush by, not the years, but it is the love of the Word that grants the eye to work hard! Once, Metropolitan George Khodr said, in a fiery speech, to the brethren in the Orthodox Youth Movement (MJO): “wear out your eyes and guts in reading the Word”! The ...
Read moreThe Communion of Joy
Yesterday, after the liturgy of the feast of the Dormition of our Lady the Theotokos, I accompanied my friend Father Nehme Saliba to visit Metropolitan George Khodr. When we arrived, we saw him sitting in the hall of his home, that is ever open to the light and always welcoming. The years, eloquent in their ...
Read moreGeorge Khodr’s Secret
This is an incident that I like to repeat. I visited Metropolitan George Khodr once. He was sitting at the kitchen table in his house eating breakfast. After greeting and chatting with him, one of the brethren of his assistants pointed out to us that the birthday of one of his close acquaintances falls on ...
Read moreMemories From Zahle
I have lasting memories with the brethren in the Spiritual Activities Office in Zahle. I will tell you. Metropolitan George Khodr had referred me to talk about “Jesus’ temptation” to families from several churches gathering in the Antonine Sisters Convent in Bikfaya. There were brethren from Zahle, of whom I remember: Camille and Nada Cortas, ...
Read moreMy God, Why have You Forsaken Me?
This question is the opening of the twenty-first psalm. The exegetes held that, when Jesus said on the Cross, “My God, why have You forsaken Me!”, He was but praying this psalm. In the midst of pain, at the time of death, talking to God transcends everything that befalls us on earth, a testimony that ...
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