The Mulberry Tree
This is my story and that of my family. It is also a shared narrative of thousands of other Palestinian families who experienced dispossession and as result became refugees in 1948.
This is my story and that of my family. It is also a shared narrative of thousands of other Palestinian families who experienced dispossession and as result became refugees in 1948.
On August 8, the church celebrates the feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, which commemorates Jesus’ appearance in resplendent glory atop Mount T |
In our modern time horrible and incredible events take place that hold one’s breath and confuse one’s mind causing perplexity and confusion. Yet, what happened in Beirut on August 4, 2020 at 6:07pm marks the most tragic event that ever takes place in our modern time.
Over the past years, Hungary has taken a leading and noble role in defending persecuted Christians throughout the Middle East, by providing aid to Christians and by promptly responding to the needs of the suffering communities as their situation worsened by the spread of Corona pandemic.
Blessed Mary never ignores the prayers of the faithful who seek Her healing touch. She is the Mother of the Savior of the world and the Mother of the Church Who strives to expeditiously answer the prayers of the depressed, the despaired, and the ill by immediately opening the gates of healing, mercy and love.
Jordan has proven to be a country characterized by its religious sites and incorporating cities that exude heritage and culture. It is a conflation of faith with cultures or rather a country that merges civilization, culture, common living, and beauty.
On July 27, 2021 press reports indicated that the city of Salt in Balqa, Jordan, has been nominated as the 6th UNESCO World Heritage Site succeeding Petra, Wadi Rum, Qasir Amra, Umm Ar-Rasas, and the Baptism Site.
But He knows the way I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. (Job 23:10)
Press reports emerging from Lebanon draw a bleak image, as the future hanging in the balance conflates a number of different economic, political, and social problems. The current problems in Lebanon are innumerable incorporating failure to form a representative government, in addition to various social problems related to an apocalyptic slump in the value of the local currency, a spiking of commodity prices, as well as food and energy shortages, and high rates of unemployment estimated at more than 40 per cent.
The day July 26, 2016 marks the 5th anniversary of the martyrdom of Fr. Jacques Hamel who was brutally slain while celebrating Holy Mass and pointing his testimony for Lord Jesus when two armed gunmen stormed his church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray in Normandy. In the attack Fr. Hamel’s throat was slit and the attackers were identified as extremists.
Reports have been reverberating in every nook and cranny of the world indicating that nature has been striking back in various parts of the world causing extensive irreversible damage to life and property.