Sometimes people wonder, how we know that what we are supposed to believe is real. Some who are more cynical ask whether someone made all this stuff up. Some aspects of our faith may at times seem hard to understand but a very basic aspect of Christianity is that our faith is about how God reveals Himself to us not about what we can figure God out on our own...

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Christ is born. Glorify Him. Almaseeh Woolida. Famajidoo.
 
I wasn’t sure whether to come to Church today, because I am very busy. I have paperwork to do, messages to send and read, and a Christmas dinner to go to. Besides, I usually go to Church on Sunday. That should be enough. 

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Today’s readings contain many names. How many were there and how many do you recognize? Unfortunately, for many, these sound like boring and outdated lists. However, the more names you recognize the more interesting you will find these two readings. If you really want a fun and educational exercise look up all these names in the Bible and find out why they are so famous and why they are on these lists...

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A wealthy man asks Jesus, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Luke 18:18)
 
 This seems like a fair question. We ask similar questions in our day to day life when we want to reach a particular goal. For example, “What must I do to get a better job?” “What must I do to pass my test or get better grades?” Or “What must I do to better appreciate my friends?” 

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The psychologist Walter Mischel was a professor at Stanford University in the late 1960s and early 1970s who did a series of studies on delayed gratification.
 
 Mischel gathered a group of 4-6-year-old children and gave each child a marshmallow. He told them that he was leaving the room for 15 minutes and if the marshmallow was still there when he returns he would give them another marshmallow. When he did further studies on these same children twenty years later, he found that those who were able to delay gratification and not eat the marshmallow when they were children had, when they grew up, much higher S.A.T. scores, were much healthier, and were more financially and socially successful. 

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November 15, 2020 homily by Father François Beyrouti, Ph.D./D.Th.
Eighth Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
Ephesians 2:14-22. Luke 10:25-37. 

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I would like to focus on two aspects of today’s Gospel reading. First, we have to read the Bible slowly and notice the nuances. Second, Christianity very much emphasizes reversing expectations.
If you were here last year, you would have heard this Gospel. If you regularly read the Bible, you would have read this passage many times. So why listen to it again? The answer is simple. The Gospel is always new because we need to discover new aspects of it...

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November 1, 2020 homily by Father François Beyrouti, Ph.D./D.Th.
 Fifth Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
 November 1. Feast day of the Holy Wonderworkers and Physicians Saints Cosmas and Damian.
 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:7 (The Church and Charisms). Luke 16:19-31 (The Rich Man and Lazarus).

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Galatians 2:16-21. Luke 8:27-39.
 Sixth Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross 

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Every year our beloved Bishop Nicholas Samra sends us a letter to read in Church for the Bishop's Appeal.
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