A while ago, I was offering condolences to a friend in the hall of a sister Church. I overheard two priests, the age of my two sons, talking about the growing neediness in our country. It shocked me that both of them shifted from talking about people’s neediness to their own! The two priests are ...
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Love For All
My grandson James, the horseman in the picture, loves animals of any kind. He knows most of their names. He learned to imitate their sounds before he learned to utter a word. Where did he get this love from? Whatever answer we give to this question, that is, if we say, for example: “from the ...
Read moreA Wet Face
I was participating in an ecclesial service in a neighboring parish. When we were done, a friend who lives in our neighborhood joined me, asking that we accompany one another on the way back. He revealed a deep-seated sadness. He said: “more than thirty years ago, I was accepted into a university abroad to study ...
Read moreTravel in Lebanon
There are people in Lebanon who choose to tour for days in its cities or villages in order to spend vacations that relieve them of the pressures of life. Lebanon is more beautiful than any travel! Yesterday, after the Liturgy, I had the opportunity to “travel” to areas that are open to the sea, to ...
Read moreSami Madi
Sami Madi returned to his "Father's house". Only eloquent faces know that life, in its details, is not right unless it is contented with God as its foundation. When I met him thirty-four years ago, he said to me: “Our church is small. There is an idea among us to build a new church that ...
Read moreLaughter in the Morning!
These are lines that are difficult to understand except for those who have reached this rock bottom we have reached in Lebanon. I will talk to you about the electricity, which our successive ministries have not only found difficult to solve, but also to program the times for distributing it to the people. The Lebanese ...
Read moreThe Regeneration of the Church
We do not agree with the regeneration of the Church in our time and in all times, unless we acquire a complete conviction that we do not live for ourselves, but in everything, we live for God alone.
Read moreLove and the Word
I had decided to discontinue this appearance for the duration of their visit. The brethren in the administration of the page did not agree with me. They wanted me to keep panting in the pursuit of love and the Word. For a year, six months, and twenty-nine days, we have not met face to face. ...
Read moreLet Us Preserve the Trust
There is a synodal decision that was taken by the bishops of our Antiochian Church that the marriage service should be conducted exclusively within our churches. Some believers still insist on breaking this decision, or they revolve around it, that is, they ask that their priest, after the actual marriage service (or on another day), ...
Read moreThe Dinner of Books
He invited me over for dinner at their home. Over dinner, he brought up the topic of this page. He suggested that I replace this daily appearance on it with a brief filmed appearance in which I address the friends once a week. His mother interrupted him by addressing me. She literally told me: "Don't ...
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