The Saints\u2019 setting off for the path of commitment is a Word for obedience, and their ending is a Word that narrates fluently and freely, without anyone\u2019s permission, the glorious deeds of the Holy Spirit working in them. This is what was evoked in me through my reading of the awaited book: \u201cMetropolitan Boulos Bendaly, the Living Homily: Sayings, Testimonies and Stories\u201d, published by the Orthodox An-Nour Cooperative (May 2023). The book does not compile the entire legacy of Metropolitan Boulos, what he had said and done or what was said and is still being said about him by brethren who had known him; holiness is not restrained by language. However, it tells the same story again, the story of Jesus, Who has created to the world, with His \u201cmad love\u201d, a new language and history. About this story, Metropolitan Boulos says a single word: \u201cyou have nothing with me but a God Who loves you so much\". Thanks to the brethren who worked so hard to publish this iconic book. Blessed be God Who draws us, with words of our own flesh, to be one with Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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