The forty-day holy fast in our Church begins with the petition of the hymnographer “Grant unto me thy word, O Word of the Father” (Kontakion of Forgiveness Sunday). The hymn is clear. The fast is a season of litanies. We had noticed, since we started looking at lent, during the preparation period, that the Church ...
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Spiritual Growth
To 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 Great Lent
Ever since I committed myself to the life of the Church, I have tried to observe this fast. I believe that our life in Christ consists, entirely, of endeavors. What we ask for in the Church is always greater than our practice of it. We try, we keep doing what we are doing, because we ...
Read moreRedeem the Time
Friends tell one another what one keeps repeating to himself. Be generous with those you love. Generosity does not consist in burdening yourself with what you have no ability to do. In essence, it is an expression. Sometimes, the rose, in substance, is worth a mountain… Some or most of our loved ones need to ...
Read moreThe Parable of the Publican and the Pharisee
When I was young, on winter nights, my mother used to seat us, my sister and I, next to her, cover us with her blanket, and indulge with us in story-telling. Before being their very topics, stories are, for those who were, like me, comforted by them, a person who loves you. The benefits of ...
Read moreIncreasing Love
This is a time in which nothing saves us but solidarity and putting the interests of others before our own. Do not expect salvation from palaces that store up injustice and misery (Amos 3:10). Salvation lies in increasing active love in this time; yes, in this time and in every time.
Read moreFollow Him Now
A few days ago, I was struck by the words of Rev. Aidan Wilson Tozer, who passed away in 1963: “Faith dares to fail”. Before I try to search for the meaning of the word, I would like to tell you that my reading of what has come down to us from the writings of ...
Read moreThe One Love
I will pick for you, from the garden of St. Maximus the Confessor, his saying: “Blessed is the man who has learnt to love all men equally”. Words about the one love do not originate from a human being, and even no human being is capable of it on his own. The Confessor Saint did ...
Read moreA Learned From Experience
His love for God caught my eye ever since I came to this area in which I serve. He is not a member of our Church. Our encounters are made by coincidences or duties. A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit him in his office. During the visit, a secret in him ...
Read moreThe Feast of Repentance
The Church, in arranging her congregational prayers, always moves towards set goals. The major feast is looked at from afar; the small one too... Repentance is one of the rules of this movement. However, repentance, in these days that extend from the feast of Theophany to the beginning of the preparation for the Great Lent, ...
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