Some people have allowed themselves to answer, with excessive negativity, Jesus' question at the end of the parable of "The Widow and the Judge": "When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" (Luke 18:8). They have said emphatically, "No, He will not"! I do not know where from these negative people ...
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The Victory of Love
Since the Sunday following Pascha, the apostle Thomas, by saying to the Living Christ, "My Lord and my God", has charted for us the course to Pentecost. The Holy Spirit will descend upon us to guide us all, both as a community and as individuals, to recognize that Christ is our Lord and God. "No ...
Read moreGod’s Image
Those lacking love in the places where they live (their homes, churches, etc.) are not justified in seeking it elsewhere. Rather, they, themselves, should instill what they claim to miss into their own environments. This is what the world lacks: for us to believe that we are the image of God, Who is all love ...
Read moreAl-Kiama Church
The brethren in our parish built a new church which Metropolitan George Khodr named "The Resurrection" (Al-Kiama). I took on the idea of this construction at the onset of my ministry in the parish in April 1988. Those who moved us to execute the idea were seven brethren who were called the "Committee for Building ...
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Without God, life is a pretense of life.
Read moreThe Samaritan Woman
I do not know what this Stranger is doing at the well at midday. He was sitting on the edge, looking tired from a long journey, and thirsty. When I approached the well, holding my jug, His words made me feel that He had been waiting for me. With a few words about water and ...
Read moreAn Icon of Gold
I do not know how many times I have read Virgil Gheorghiu's book “De la vingt cinquième heure à l'heure éternelle”, translated into Arabic by Father Halim Abdullah. But I do know that the book, which Gheorghiu wrote entirely about his father, the priest, "the iconic priest", appeared after my own ordination as a priest. ...
Read moreThe Paralytic of Bethesda
This paralytic man is a third narrative among the stories of the Paschal Sundays. We have already gone through two stories in the first two Sundays: the story of Thomas and that of the Myrrh-Bearers, and we are left with two stories, the Samaritan Woman and the Blind Man. A paralytic without any hope in ...
Read moreShincheonji, Lebanon
A priest friend of mine told me that he had received a letter from "Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Lebanon", the author of which invited him to get in touch with them in order to "explore ways we can work together to promote the message of the Gospel in Lebanon". For those who do not know, ...
Read moreThe Whale of the World
Several weeks ago, I congratulated Brother Dr. Nicolas Abou-Mrad on an article he had published on Facebook, in which he refuted some fatal errors he found in the documentary series "Testament: The Story of Moses" presented by Netflix. He was in France. I took the liberty to ask him, in a fraternal manner, to translate ...
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