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The words of Jesus, “I have compassion on the multitude,” reveal a core truth of our faith. God’s compassion is not simply an emotion; it is a profoundly salvific act. He gives not because we are worthy, but because He is a God who always desires life for us in every circumstance...
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Life is a journey in God towards God. Everything can leave you except the sins you commit. These weigh you down and hinder your progress in the Truth. You cannot move forward with confidence unless you cast out every sin that woos you. Be free. He who is free is the one who completes the ...
Read moreI am a parable of the person who lives by the grace of God (John 9: 1-38). Who knew about me? I am nonexistent. My kinsfolk and my neighbors did not deny me; rather, they revealed my truth. I am a person born today. Neither my mother nor my father nor anyone else recognizes me. ...
Read moreWhen you need to take a break from your troubles, take two or three days to move to another place. If this is difficult for you, visit a familiar bookstore, buy yourself a new book, and read it. Books are journeys too.
Read moreI went through a bout of illness the evolvement of which prompted me to ask my doctor about what was happening to me in detail on a daily basis. He once asked me: “Why do you involve yourself in these details?”. I replied: "Without knowledge, there is no true healing"! I am referring to general ...
Read moreNadia Nasrallah thrives on the love of the Word. You see her, in all her appearances, extending kind words here, and expressing admiration there with flowers that seem as if she plucked them from the courtyard of her fraternal home in the Keserwan district (Mount Lebanon), or prayers she brought from her Church as tokens ...
Read moreSome exegetes suggest that when Jesus said, "You have the poor with you always" (Matthew 26:11), He meant that the wealthy of the world would never have any desire to change the social and economic structures on earth. Pay no attention to the fact that they came up with this interpretation based on the reality ...
Read moreThose who abide by the Word need no one to tell them that its full acceptance implies that we always remain steadfast in two things: in seeking mercy and in patiently enduring those whom we see transgressing it. Those who are captivated by the Word and its righteousness do not get swept away by self-esteem ...
Read moreLent is also meant for us to pray and to love, to grow in our prayer and our love, our love for the Lord and for the brethren, both the great ones and the least ones (Matthew 25:40). Today I will talk to you about prayer. Only he who truly prays is actually fasting. Prayer ...
Read moreGaby Daaboul’s poems take me back to my childhood. They do not cast me back to an irretrievable past, but rather stir up in me a childhood that never leaves us! In my youth, two people made poetry my daily companion, a neighbor of ours and my mother. I remember them prayerfully, especially on this ...
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