I do not know how many times I have read Virgil Gheorghiu's book “De la vingt cinquième heure à l'heure éternelle”, translated into Arabic by Father Halim Abdullah. But I do know that the book, which Gheorghiu wrote entirely about his father, the priest, "the iconic priest", appeared after my own ordination as a priest. ...
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Before Our Lives
My intention was to propose to him to dedicate his life to serving the Church. The Church lacks servants in both the diaconate and priesthood, as well as in other ministries. I do not need to embolden myself to talk to him; the young man is a dear brother. Moreover, his talents are evident. He ...
Read moreFather George Massouh
Father George, who left us six years ago, lived his life as a man who knows what he chooses and what he rejects. Today, I will not list all his known choices for you. I will content myself with two of them, namely: Antioch as the ground for his priesthood ministry, and the Orthodox Youth ...
Read moreThe Marriage of Priests
A few days ago, I read a statement by the Metropolitan of Malta, Charles Scicluna, in which he called on the Church of Rome to seriously consider the marriage of its priests. The importance of Scicluna, in addition to his episcopal position and his prominence in knowledge, is that he is one of the advisors ...
Read moreAnd His Servants Shall Serve Him
In the neighborhood I grew up in, the faithful used to ascribe the priest to God. This is the aura of the saints! Even before I took an interest in committing to the Church life, I used to get moved by my mother when she conveyed her joy to us upon the visit of our ...
Read moreAn Accepted History
A few days ago, my daughter-in-law asked me about my younger days. I told her, in detail, about my father, about his death, which taught me, early on, to put a distance between myself and all people. My father handed me the responsibility for his household early on. I set out to the working world ...
Read moreGood News
It is a piece of good news. I had told you about one of my priest friends who was offered eighty thousand dollars a year by a congregation abroad in order to leave us to serve it, and he had refused. I know some of his arguments with himself before he refused. However, he strengthened ...
Read moreTo Father Fadi Wakim
That the Angel of Tripoli and Al-Koura makes you a priest of God on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman is an eloquent decision. In this Paschal period, we are in front of icons that were planted before us for our salvation. All the faces came out of nothing into being. From Thomas, who doubted ...
Read moreTo Fr. Nehme Saliba
What does it mean for a priest to progress in knowledge? Firstly, it means that he believes that the Word, which is ever seeking to be incarnated in the world, draws out as well, from “the flesh of the world”, what words God has sown that help understand it. This is well-known to the one ...
Read moreThe Work Truly is Great
Yesterday, a young man shocked me with the news of his traveling. He went to an institution abroad that accepted him for a job. Everything was indicating that he had set out to dedicate his life to God. What happened? I do not give up hope. There are friends of mine who had preceded him ...
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