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 ...
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Spiritual Growth
A 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 moreA Lasting Grant
Ever since I arrived here, I have been observing everything that happens in our house. Life goes by quickly. About three years have passed since my son and his family traveled. I have missed many details, especially those related to the children. The two elder have grown in beauty and intelligence, and also in mischief, ...
Read moreA Precious Call
On the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, after the Divine Liturgy, the brethren in the Orthodox Youth Movement, in Hazmieh, organize every year a general meeting in a mountainous area, in which they enjoy nature together, and share the Word, bread and salt. This year, I did not participate with them in their ...
Read moreJesus Only
The Feast of Transfiguration is these few words said by those who have written down the event: “when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only” (see for example: Matthew 17:8). I am not attenuating the glow of the event: the light, Moses and Elijah, what God the Father had ...
Read moreSeek Grace
Do not seek luck, but grace. Luck is for those who seek to change their actual existence by themselves, for those who seek the help of coincidences, those who hasten to a better existence without God… As for grace, it is yours, grace is for those who have experienced that God pours out His saving ...
Read moreThe Secret of Freedom
It is extremely difficult to talk about the freedom of the human being in this contradictory world. I do not want to embarrass myself or embarrass you. You do know that, ecclesiastically, we believe that every human being is, by nature, free. God has created us free, in His own image. However, we all know ...
Read moreDaring to Confess
An acquaintance of mine paid me a visit, and asked me to moderate his meeting with a mutual friend whom I know that he, that is my visitor, had wronged. I thanked him for his trust. However, I asked him that our meeting be imbued with frankness. He said: "It is not necessary for us ...
Read moreA Cure of Gold
One of the presidents of Lebanon used to say that there are two gratuitous cures that benefit life, and that are neglected by most Lebanese: drinking water and walking. These are two among other cures that we can add to them. For instance, prayer, friendship and reading... Let's take reading today. Reading a book, especially ...
Read moreSelf-Discovery
Reverend Aiden Wilson Tozer (about whom I wrote to you at the beginning of the year) has written these seven rules for self-discovery: “1. What we want most; 2. What we think about most; 3. How we use our money; 4. What we do with our leisure time; 5. The company we enjoy; 6. Whom ...
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