The shepherd: The dedication of Lebanon to the heart of Mary Al -Taher is a spiritual power that preserves the message of the church in the East

The Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al -Raei presided over the Mass of the Demand of Lebanon and the East Countries to the heart of Maryam Al -Taher in Bazilic, Lady of Lebanon_Harisa, in which he helped him the bishops Elias Nassar, Elias Suleiman, Charbel Abdullah, Al -Apati Malik Bou Tanous, Father Khalil Alwan, and the participation of representatives of churches, and a group of bishops, general presidents, princes, princes, princes, princes, princes, princes, princes, In the presence of the first Lebanese, Mrs. Nemat Aoun, representative of the President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, and a crowd of political, military, trade union, municipal and judicial activities, the Brotherhood Association in Lebanon, and the believers from various Lebanese regions.
After the Holy Bible, the shepherd gave a sermon entitled: I welcomes the representatives of the people of the patriarchs, the bishops, the general presidents, the commoners, the priests, the monks, the nuns, the civil, the military and the brotherhood, and this large number of believers. We recall the happy day, the remembrance of Pope Benedict XVI, who called for this dedication, because of the belief that Mary’s heart is a faithful haven in the heart of crises and challenges. In this consecration, he saw a spiritual force that preserves the message of the church in the east, protects our peoples from division and despair, and opens a path of peace and hope before us. As for the occasion of the call, it was the Roman Senod for the Middle East in 2012, while the Arab world was confused in the wars known as “Arab Spring”, in which we saw its day in Arab winter. Pope Benedict, with his prophetic vision, was seen in the heart of Mary Al -Taher as a bosom that gathered, a light guided, and a shield to protect. Al -Marimiya is not only a popular emotion, but it is the theology of salvation that embodies in the mother of Mary. Her pure heart is the last fortress, and the door is open to hope, and it is the secret of stability in mystery and chaos. In the light of the gospel of the farmer of love, Mary was the “righteous land” that accepted in its pure guts the word of God Jesus Christ, who gave the fruit of the church, the group of believers and the believers of the earth. The word of God itself is alive, active and fruitful, because it is the person of Christ, the complete god and the complete man. Therefore, it requires us to hear it, preserve it in our hearts, contemplate it, and live accordingly. This word is similar to the one that falls on the righteous earth and resume a hundred. The Lord Jesus warns us of three attitudes towards the word of God: indifference, surface, and raising the affairs of the earth. The first, the state of indifference, represented by the love that falls on the side of the road. This is a sign of neglect and indifference to God and the words of his holy books, and the church and its teaching. This is evidence of the lack of respect of God, Christ and the Church, disrupting the words of life, and staying in a state of deviation. The second, the surface, represented by the love that falls on the rock. This is the state of minds and steady hearts, which do not store any depth on the level of thinking, nor preparing to delve deeper into the secret of God, the secret of life and the meaning of existence, and to ask about good and evil, and about the fate of the eternal man, his call and his message in his historical life. It is the case of those who live and do not ask them any question that they go further from what they see and do. These are superficial and have no depth or spiritual and moral culture. They have a word of life immediately after hearing it, as they have nothing to live. The third, involvement in the affairs of the earth, as if it were the only goal and the goal of existence. This condition is the love between the thorns. It is the case of those who are concerned with existence except eating, drinking, dressing, and providing money and collecting it. These live from the ground and the land. It does not concern anything else in everything related to God, the church and society. They live for their souls, carrying their personal concerns, interests and projects, not concerned with the needs of people, and the duty towards God and society. All the affairs of the earth, with its sweetness and adaptation, suffocate the words of God, and control what is required by us, and what our social and national life requires. The shepherd concluded: “Let us pray, in order to perpetuate Lebanon and the countries of the Middle East to the heart of Mary, so that every humble state stands before Mary’s heart, and recognizes that its authority is not complete. We raise the hymn of glory and thanks to God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, now and forever, Amen.