It is time to serve our homeland, Lebanon, which is still suffering from the torment of the cross

Patriarch Raphael Pedros, the twenty -first Minassian Catholic, the Patriarch of the Kelicia Patriarch of Armenian Catholics, presided over the rank of the funeral of Christ in the Church of the Savior, Burj Hammoud, with the participation of a group of priests and large groups of believers.

After the Holy Gospel, the Patriarch Minassian gave a sermon in which he said: “Today we live in those painful moments that we have suffered from Jesus Christ. At that time, they accused him, insulted him, they flogged him, tortured him and then crucified him on the cross of shame.

He continued: “He was crucified from cultivating love, healing the sick, giving the eyesight to the blind, and setting up the dead for a person, especially for these afflicted and the two affluations. O condolences of creatures, O man. ”

He added: “To this day, you still deny the beautiful, fight the innocent, and the righteous, and steal the livelihood of the weak and do not care for the last day. You still prefer sin over good, killing and killing over peace. The two things have tasted your family, your home, and your country. You have also returned to your human values ​​that you have, which is the crucifixion, which has been overwhelmed by the days of your life?

He continued: “Yes, it is time to serve the dear homeland, our homeland is Lebanon, which has suffered and still suffers from the torment of the cross. Here, I want to remember from the last words that our beloved Vadne uttered while he is in the most painful pain and pain, saying to the beloved son who walked with him until the cross John with the mother of Jesus, his mother is your son John and for him is your mother, my son. Yes, with these fresh words while suffering, we also have their children on the ground in this valley and the valley of tears.

He concluded: “We come to her and ask her to ask for forgiveness for her beloved son and put us under her protection until we also receive Paradise and eternal life. In conclusion, the visit was held in the outer courtyard where he carried the coffin and put in the grave until the glorious Day of Resurrection.