When I set out to write the book “Faces of Light”, in which I narrated testimonies about great brethren living in our midst (published by An-Nour Orthodox Coop, in 2005), I first related the draft of its first pages to Metropolitan George Khodr who dwells in a house that is invaded by light both inside ...
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The Culture of Reform
What most people like is for you to praise them. If you have a beneficial word, do not expect it to be always accepted, if you said it. Those who accept the word are those who believe that God constantly addresses us in order to be better, that is, to be His and in His ...
Read moreMeekness of Kings
I read the story of a woman, in the Netherlands, who came to church on a Sunday. When she went to a seat on which she was accustomed to sit, near the pulpit, she found a man, dressed in a normal attire, who had preceded her to it. She told him frankly: “You are sitting ...
Read moreObedience
I laid eyes, by chance, on this Arabic aphorism: “he who obeys your staff, has disobeyed you”. I thought it would be beneficial to transfer it to my lines, to preserve it and to extend the benefit. The picture is clear. The saying is criticizing, with obvious severity, bringing people, by force, to obedience. It ...
Read moreThe Servant’s Conviction
If my conviction that I am nobody is not accomplished, then whatever responsibility I bear in the church is due to coincidence that brought me to it! God chooses for His service only the base things of the world and the things which are despised (1 Corinthians 1:28).
Read moreThe Gift of Travel
A great friendship used to unite me with my eldest grandson before they left three years ago. Travel did not ruin our friendship. However, it made the boy set a distance between himself and me, which, to this day, I have not been able to decipher. I thought of two things, that he considered me ...
Read moreThe Mystery of the Church
Of those I met in this wide expanse, are relative brethren, some of whom I did not know were here. We met in our home, in the Church. How wondrous is the mystery of the Church! How wondrous is her ability to break the boundaries between people, regardless of their origin, color, or gender… wondrous ...
Read moreThe Exiled Christ
I was thinking of the deserted endowments of the Christians; contemplating the exiled Christ! Here, near me, there is an endowment to a monastery where the priest who maintained it, loved the poor. Monks obey! He was removed from his position in the hope that the property of the monastery will be invested for the ...
Read moreThe Maker Church
It is not the people who make the Church. It is she who makes them, if they adhere to her Truth. What do you do with those who ram their vices in her? It is not you who do. There is a great Lord of whom His Gospel says that He is at hand (Philippians ...
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The most beautiful texts that I conveyed to you over these years are the ones that I have read with you. I conveyed to you, many times, words uttered by other people, saints, priests, theologians, thinkers, writers and poets… Today, from the quiver of Saint John Chrysostom, I will pass on to you these words ...
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