2023-04-16 08:58:59
The Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Beshara Boutros Al-Rahi, presided over the Sunday Mass at the altar of the church of the outer courtyard of the Patriarchal edifice in Bkerke, “The Chapel of the Resurrection”, assisted by Bishops Hanna Alwan and Antoine Awkar, with the participation of a number of bishops, priests and nuns, in the presence of a crowd of dignitaries and believers.
After the Holy Bible, the shepherd delivered a sermon entitled: “My Lord and my God,” during which he said: “We have followed with concern, condemnation, and regret what the Islamic and Christian sanctities and believers in Jerusalem are being subjected to at the hands of the Israeli forces, and while we strongly condemn these attacks on the holy places and on the exercise of religious freedom, We call on the international community to intervene decisively to stop it, and to return to United Nations resolutions and international legitimacy that sponsor the status of the Holy City and the safe believers.”
In another context, Patriarch Al-Rahi addressed in a special way to every official in the church, family, society and the state, stressing that “the duty of this official is to face the difficulties imposed on him by his responsibility. It has solutions, so that it does not escalate and cause great harm to those under his responsibility. What if our political officials are striving to create difficulties and complexes that bring disastrous results for citizens. They have “dedicated themselves with every effort” in not electing a president for the republic and in perpetuating a vacuum in the presidency. The first, paralyzing the constitutional institutions, the parliament, the government and public administrations, six months ago.They threw the country into complete economic, financial, developmental and social collapse.Then they returned with the same “dedication and efforts” to extend the municipal and elective councils, – what an irony – thinking that by doing so they justify the inability Election of the President of the Republic.
He asked the nation’s deputies: “How did you refuse to convene, to date, to elect a president for the republic, and you continued in the presidential vacuum, and today you meet with ease and secure the quorum in order to postpone another constitutional, national and democratic due, which is to hold municipal and elective elections, and thus prevent citizens from their constitutional right to expression.” express their opinion and convey to whomever they see fit.
You easily underestimate the people and the constitution and renew for people whose terms of office that the people gave them by proxy have expired. How absurd and shameful the reason is that there is no money to cover the costs of the elections! Why didn’t you secure the money before reaching this maturity? It is a second absurdity to be added to the previous one: agreement on the person nominated for the first presidency. Where were you, O parliamentary blocs, during the six years of the term of the President of the Republic? What were you doing? Did you find a candidate? Why didn’t you get along with this person all these years? In both of these absurdities, you made it clear to the public that you are not worthy of the responsibility that has been assigned to you, and despite all of this, you occupy and confiscate responsibility at the expense of destroying the state and impoverishing and killing the people. Is this not a betrayal of the trust that the people entrusted you with?”
Al-Rai concluded: “How do you reconcile the lightness of the decision to extend the mandate of the municipal councils, and the seriousness of the long work undertaken by the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to prepare and organize the electorate bodies, and asked the government last January for the necessary and specific funds? To conduct these elections. My Lord and my God! These two words have become The entrance to all our liturgical prayers, which is the declaration of our faith, the cry of our appeal to seek divine mercy, forgiveness for our sins, and the sins of all human beings, and for stability and peace in our homeland and in the world.
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