This is the title of an article written by René Antoun about Costi Bendaly’s resignation from his council position in the Orthodox Youth Movement in Al-Mina chapter in the 1970s, confining himself to guidance and counseling work (see his page: Lines and Faces). The aim of the article is clear: Antoun, after nearly half a ...
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spiritual guidance
Take my hand
O God of mercy and life, do not leave me alone. Here You see me. This is me, all of me before You. You know what I need. I am weak and confused. Be my strength and my guidance. I do not want for myself any decision that You do not take with me, or ...
Read moreTo Resemble the Icon
Whenever I hear one of the brethren recounting about the person in charge of them in the church that he does not know anything but to criticize them, I hasten to ask him: “does he help you achieve what he is wishing for you?”. These words are not new to you. When God shows us ...
Read moreA Ministry Free of Anxiety
Today, I do not have in mind to talk about this insolent companion, namely: anxiety. What I have in mind is to pass on to you an advice given by one of the priests to the servants in the churches. It is a general call to a “ministry free of anxiety” that will benefit us ...
Read moreA Rare Friend
Befriend all people, if possible. However, never abandon a friend whose peace you have tested in times of anger. This is a rare friend.
Read moreDrugs
I was paying a visit. Our conversation led me to talk about the prevalence of drug use. A young man who was with us joined the discussion. He recounted that their school organized a trip on the occasion of their graduation. They were forty young men and women. On the way, the bus in which ...
Read moreThe Ministry of Reconciliation
Some of my friends asked me to receive a young man who was at odds with some of the brethren in his parish. He came, accompanied by a person whose parents I became friends with after he became independent from them, a person whom I know from outside his parents’ home. I invited them into ...
Read morePsalm sixty-two
I am going to tell you something I recently learned about the sixty-second Psalm (O God, my God, I rise early to be with You…). I was asked to talk to some young brethren about it. I immersed myself in pages that led me to something that is generally known, namely that this Psalm, which ...
Read moreServing the Broken
Every time you get out of your house, remember that there is a broken heart waiting for you outside or at your destination. No night comes to an end without people getting broken. By night, I do not mean its hours. There are people among us whose days are nights. If you are willing to ...
Read moreThe Concern of Believers
When the Apostle Paul concluded an opinion that he gave in an urgent Church matter by saying: “and I think I also have the Spirit of God” (1 Corinthians 7:40), he ruled that there is no freedom of opinion without openness to the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This is the concern of the believers ...
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