Today I read “The Story of your Unconsummated Wedding". I followed you as you retreated before the monster that shattered your present and your yearning for a tomorrow you had been anticipating, which destroyed your home in Gaza and its contents, including the clothes you had prepared to wear, chosen by yourself or sewn by ...
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Orthodox Christian love
Oh Gaza
How far the world is from you, Oh Gaza?! Who is worthy to be compared to you, today? Who can keep up with you in this great love that your folks have for you? People love their land. As for cities such as yourself, who can claim to be like you? What you look like, ...
Read moreTo Wael Al-Dahdouh
Who is the elderly woman who came to you from one of the shelter schools in Gaza, bringing you bread with her? I followed what you had written about her with great attention and love. You described her visit to you with great care. You said that she advanced toward the tent, climbed four steps, ...
Read moreWhere is the Cassock?
I am asking about the cassock, whose story is well-known in our Church literature, where the “abbot” covers the nakedness of a brother who has fallen in a trespass. Where is it? Times will never run out of stories, of the falls that pass without being mentioned, as well as those which resonate loudly, the ...
Read moreWithin Reach of Water and the Word
I was getting out of brotherly visits at a nearby hospital. I met her in the elevator. She looked at me with a look of affection that reminded me of my mother. We had a quick chat. I enjoined her to be serious about wearing the mask, at the hospital. Lebanon is concealing a lot ...
Read moreMystery of Mysteries
The poor are a mystery. Arise to them, you will find that Christ has preceded you, you will find Him waiting for you either with them, or at their place, or in them. Amazing is this mystery, that of Christ and the poor. Wherever they are, He is to be found; and wherever He is, ...
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