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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Prayer
Lent is also meant for us to pray and to love, to grow in our prayer and our love, our love for the Lord and for the brethren, both the great ones and the least ones (Matthew 25:40). Today I will talk to you about prayer. Only he who truly prays is actually fasting. Prayer ...
Read moreDoor of Hope
I watched him attentively. He was all in front of me on this small screen. He rose, in his homily, encouraging people to pray. He adapted the occasion we were in for this purpose. This is the art of preaching. It is the preacher’s duty to convey that the Word concerns us, here and now. ...
Read moreA Call In Prayer
During the congregational prayer, I found myself standing behind him. I was there before he arrived. Everyone in the church had taken their places. The priest who celebrates the service was inside the altar; the chanters were in their place; the faithful were distributed, each on a seat. The new words were arising from here ...
Read moreGod’s World
This woman, shown in the picture, praying in front of a shrine separated from my son’s house by a public park, is one of the stories of God’s victories in this cold region. I am writing about her. I am overriding my conviction that prayer is a secret that is not to be disclosed. I ...
Read moreFrom Beirut to Geneva
Geneva was my first travel stop. At the Beirut airport, people were hugging and in tears; faces dazed and wet. I am not summing up those whom I have seen. There were also some with signs of seriousness on their faces, and some whose faces were ready to talk, while others’ were open to joy; ...
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 Wealth
Praying to God is a wealth that no institution in this world, whether a banking institution or other, can seize it. I am not telling you: “do not ask about your “missing” money in Lebanon”, for example, but rather, “do not neglect your enduring wealth”. This is our wealth on earth as well as in ...
Read moreThe Great Week
All the prayers of the Great and Holy week, service by service, even word by word, are enchanting and alluring. You know. Prayer consists of attention. Our Fathers have warned us against chasing beauty that drives the mind to distractedness. They said what means that we should go through the prayers, whether communal or individual, ...
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God the Meaning
Anything I separate from God is meaningless. I am meaningless. My life is meaningless; my emotions; my friendships; what I remember or forget is meaningless. My education is meaningless. What I do well or lamely is meaningless. My works and accomplishments are meaningless. My failure is meaningless. My marriage is meaningless; my children; my grandchildren. ...
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