This is an incident that I like to repeat. I visited Metropolitan George Khodr once. He was sitting at the kitchen table in his house eating breakfast. After greeting and chatting with him, one of the brethren of his assistants pointed out to us that the birthday of one of his close acquaintances falls on ...
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Faith Leadership
If faith in God does not lead me to fructify my faith through the love of all others, without distinguishing between face and face, near or far..., I publicly declare that I am one of the leaders of the contemporary Pharisees.
Read moreA New Spectacle
I am always struck by the Apostle’s word about himself and his peers that they “have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men” (1 Corinthians 4:9). Did I mention this to you before? Perhaps. In this verse, I am fascinated by the boldness of Paul in acknowledging the witnessing ...
Read moreThe Path of Life
If the Word of God has chosen to be humble as His path to us, our access to Him cannot have another path. This is the path of life.
Read moreLove is Free
Every time it is proven to me that someone is boasting about something he finds beautiful in himself, I say that: “this one is in need of someone to love him or (in need of) understanding that love is always free”. Nothing restores our senses like our belief that “love does not seek its own” ...
Read moreThe Communion of Prayer
The greatest thing a person does in life is to raise others to God. You may know that some of those who ask you to pray for them do not realize that it is communion, that is, they do not know that it is not a mere borrowing or a complete dependence on others. Never ...
Read moreGod as Father
We all grieve over the illness of someone we love; yet, little do we think of God Who grieves for us, if we get sick or broken by a weakness… “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick” (John 11:3). God loves us. I am speaking of this affection that unites us in Him as ...
Read moreThe Children of God
His word caught my attention. It was, eloquent, dripping with honey, and extremely realistic. He said, "he who gets bored of repeating the story, will not know how to read the Bible on a daily basis". I wrote down, on a piece of paper that I had with me, what I had heard. Are you ...
Read moreThe Disciples of Emmaus
This is the greatest story of Pascha in the Gospel of Luke (24:13-35). We know one of the two disciples, Cleopas. The other disciple is likely to have been the Evangelist Luke himself. The story begins on the road. Two disciples returning from Jerusalem to a faraway village were having a conversation about their disappointment. ...
Read morePerfection
The world does not have to accept that Man is called to be perfect (Matthew 5:48). However, we, as believers, have no meaning if we are not aware of this call, in thought and in deed. Does perfection consist in getting to God with acts of righteousness in our quiver that exceed evil acts in ...
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