The passing of Father Antoine Melki, the parish priest of Aafsadiq in the Diocese of Tripoli and Koura, has deeply saddened me. He left us suddenly, without a by-your-leave or a word of farewell. Death is treacherous in many ways, leaving behind only separations and losses. Indeed, Father Antoine's departure was a significant loss not ...
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A Need for a Face
I fell ill before the feast, then once again after it. Both times, I was overpowered by the viruses that are filling the world nowadays. Between one illness and another, my companion, the brother priest together with whom I serve one parish, fell ill. People say that, after “Covid” (I do not know if it ...
Read moreThe Priest of crises!
When crises become severe, I do not think that there is a priest in our time who is remembered by people, like Father George Massouh. George left us after having left, in many of his acquaintances, (the impression) that he had taken with him the whip with which he used to lash the dove sellers, ...
Read more“The Priest's Livelihood”
This is a phrase that I have extracted from the last statement of the Antiochian Synod. Those who have read the statement do not miss that, like some of its fellow phrases, it is a rushed phrase that does not carry any detail or direction or order to the Churches. Do not be surprised that ...
Read moreThe Image of God
One of my friends told me, about his spiritual father, the priest who hears his confession, a word that warmed the cockles of my heart. We were together in my office. He said: “He is merciful to me when I fall, and hard on me when I rise”. Clearly, the word exudes the wisdom of ...
Read moreThe Crown of Kings
Every time I meet Father Eid Habib, he asks me: "What's new with you?". Whatever my answer about contributions I have written here or there is, it remains incomplete if he does not hear me mention to him something about a new book. A few days ago, we met at a church service. I replied ...
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