Before the Council of Nicaea (325), no book has reached us about any of the Church's sacraments, except for the book of Tertullian, the apologist: "On Baptism". Tertullian wrote this book in opposition to a heretic woman who was mocking the sacrament and the folly of some of those who have obtained it! He set ...
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The Basis for Renewal
We met for about an hour and a half. I know his zeal for the life, witness and growth of the Church. We talked about many things that are all related to the Church today, to her servants, to her people and their brokenness which, in most cases, we content ourselves with seeing it and ...
Read moreFeast of All Saints
It is the feast of the active revelation that God wanted all Mankind with Him in His Kingdom. He who looks closely at the feast, especially in its ecclesial position, falling on the first Sunday after Pentecost, will notice, with no effort, that, through it, the Church intended to confirm her awareness that, while on ...
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On this great feast, the word that imposes itself upon me is the word of Jesus, which tells of His eternal presence with us: “I will not leave you orphans” (John 14:18). It is Jesus Who has been revealed to be, through His Spirit, our way to God the Father. Those of you who have ...
Read more“Tell My Brethren”
This is the word of the risen Jesus to "Mary Magdalene and the other Mary". His complete word to them is: “go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me” (Matthew 28:10). Two things strike me in this word. The first is the fragrance of the first love that ...
Read moreThe Joy of the Disciples
John the Evangelist commented on the entrance of the risen Jesus on His disciples who were assembled in the upper room, for fear of the Jews: “Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord” (John 20:20). This is the fruit of Pascha that Jesus offers us to rejoice. We all know that Jesus’ ...
Read morePascha in Antioch
His Beatitude Youhanna Yazigi, Patriarch of Antioch, concluded his visitation to the city of Antioch, Alexandretta and Mersin. I am not chronicling the visitation, but listening to the hymns of the Paschal Liturgy celebrated by His Beatitude and the delegation accompanying him on the ruins of the Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul in ...
Read morePascha!
Christ is risen! This Pascha is my victory at all times. Death is lurking around every time. It is death or the possibility of death. In this life, I have no salvation from death except in Jesus alone. How do I receive Him as Living and Life-Giving? This is the question of the feast; rather ...
Read moreA Fasting Day
I heard him say to some of our friends at a gathering that brought them together: “Fasting is a phase. Those who are conscious among us do not let it pass without scooping up what it gives us out of its bounty”. These words prompted me to think about what fasting bestows each day. I ...
Read moreOur Hospital
The Church is not the proper place to preserve our "deadly diseases", our sins and complexes, but rather it is our eternal hospital. Being aware of this requires one thing, it requires sincerity of commitment. The “diseases”, when we refuse to repent of them, are very likely to delude us that we are the doctors ...
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