NNA – Jbeil – The Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, presided above a festive mass in the sanctuary of St. Rafqa in a park hostile to the intention of peace in Lebanon, to rejoice the memory that the peace of St. Rebekah provides to the men and women of the town, and an once-a-year honor for this anniversary, at the invitation of the Town Development Affiliation, which served him in it The Maronite Diocese of Byblos, Bishop Michel Aoun, Metropolitans: Mounir Khairallah, Boulos Sayah and Youssef Soueif, the parish priest Edmond Khashan, head of the Maad Monastery of the Lebanese Maronite Congregation, Nima Nehme, and a group of priests and fathers, led by Mersal Badawi, in collaboration with the parish choir and with the participation of the artist Tony Hanna.
The mass was attended by: the Minister of Tourism in the provisional govt, the engineer Walid Nassar, representing the President of the Republic, Typical Michel Aoun, Minister of Industry in the provisional government, Georges Bouchikian, Manal Nehme, symbolizing the Minister of Social Affairs in the Provisional Governing administration, Dr. Hector Hajjar, and the agent Simon Abi Ramia, representing the head of the “Present-day Movement”. The deputy of the No cost Patriotic Get together “Gebran Bassil, deputy Ziad Al-Hawat symbolizing the leader of the” Lebanese Forces “occasion, Samir Geagea, parliamentarians: Farid Heikal Al-Khazen, Nada Al-Bustani, Raed Berro and Salim Al-Sayegh, Ambassador Gabi Issa, Director Basic of the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Plant, Engineer Jean Gibran, Director Normal of the Ministry of Agriculture, Louis Lahoud, Interim Mayor of Jbeil, Natalie Marai El Khoury, Head of the Maronite Gathering for Lebanon, lawyer Paul Kanaan.
The head of the Maronite League, Dr. Khalil Karam, the mayor of Ghalboun, Eng. Elie Jibrael, the head of the Affiliation of Mayors of the District of Jubail, Michel Gibran, and the mayor of the metropolis, Tony Al-Hajj, the head of the Martyrs, Wounded and Prisoners’ Support in the “Forces” social gathering, Charbel Abi Akl, the coordinator of the district of Jubail Hadi Merhej, and mayors and mayors. Randa Kalab, head of the Byblos Middle of the Pink Cross, president of the Maad Growth Association, Jean-Claude Sorour and associates, occasions and a crowd of persons from the city and neighboring nations around the world.
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At the starting of the liturgy, the Organization offered the chalices to the pastor who blessed them, and sent Mila Sorour Khair, a speech in which he welcomed the pastor, who gave a sermon immediately after the Gospel, in which he claimed: ” Right now we require to listen to God’s terms in these complicated days we are dwelling in. The Lord Jesus calls us in the Gospels, simply because we find the major need, and He calls it the only need to have, which is to discover the time, to be on your own with him and listen to his words as Mary did, for the reason that by listening to his phrases we enlighten and we correct our contemplating, our actions and our behaviors, and we primarily need to have to hear to his phrases in the challenging days and instances in which we reside, great or bad as they are.We need to have to listen to him discuss to every single human becoming, because he is the verb.
And he recounted the levels in the everyday living of St. Rafqa, who loved the people of Ma’ad, recalling that while he was on the mattress of suffering and soreness and in his past hours, he said to one particular of the daughters of the village: «Salm me alla people today of Ma’ad.
He stressed that “these days, in the light of the challenges we are experiencing, we need to pay attention to the terms of the Lord to reside the accurate mild”.
He thought that “if we have issues in Lebanon and are not able to dialogue and dwell with a form of distrust, warning and fear of each other, it is required to pay attention to the term of God, which only enlightens, guides and comforts us and opens the way “.
He added: “We pray for Lebanon, and for His Excellency the President of the Republic and his collaborators, so that we can listen to God’s words. We are not able to continue being in this point out of chaos in lifetime and in social relations, a point out of interruption, as if for us the most important aim was to cease every thing “.
He requested: “What is this greatness and capacity to quit and demolish all the things, so who is in the interest of this obstruction? Is it in the curiosity of Lebanon, the point out, the persons? Noting that San Rafqa tells us these days:” No , and it also tells us that everyday living is with its reward, and its price is by means of its commitment and like in the coronary heart of guy. “The constructive phrase.
He wanted the agent of the President of the Republic to convey his peace and the peace of the metropolitans to the President of the nation and guarantee him that “we support him with our prayers to go on the march and stop his reign as he ought to for the superior of Lebanon. and of his persons in light of the hard points in which we are dwelling, and we are all excellent to all challenges “.
At the end of the mass, all people moved to DOMAINE SAINT GABRIEL, in which a meal was held in honor of the pastor, who visited and visited the ministers Nassar and Boushekian and were knowledgeable about the modern-day equipment and manufacturing that San Rafqa yearly exports. tonight he unites the cities of Ghalboun and Maad in his peace, pouring out his blessings.
He additional: “To these who have been presented the glory of Lebanon, who have raised aloft the slogan of companionship and love for all the youngsters of Lebanon, we say: With your arrival, divine grace and the blessing of Holy Spirit accompanies you, and you are the faithful pastor who preaches peace and enjoy. You have all our appreciation and your blessed stop by is the motivation for us to start this venture. ”
He stated: “The excellent news of Al-Rai is the excellent news concerning us and nowadays, and in the essential challenge of sustainable development, thanks to the Beirut and Mount Lebanon Foundation, we announce the excellent news of the arrival of drinking water on the land of Ghalboun. from the artesian very well to a depth of 425 meters, which we desperately require for these a challenge. ”
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In convert, the head of the Ma’ad Enhancement Affiliation, Jean-Claude Sorour, thanked the parish priest for presiding about the mass, noting that Saint Rafqa practiced the academic mission in the town from 1864 to 1871. He also thanked the president of the Republic for obtaining sent him as its representative, stressing that “Maad was and even now is faithful to Bkerke and Baabda jointly. Praying to St. Rafqa”, the cooperation of Bkerke and Baabda for the salvation of our homeland, Lebanon, peace, adore and coexistence. ”
Nassar
Nassar pointed out in his speech: “The partnership amongst Baabda and Bkerke is standard and we shouldn’t chat a lot about this difficulty as if there was anything that desires to make endeavours to pave the way concerning them, and the road concerning Baabda and Bkerke was when only passable, and we hope it will continue being so “.
He announced the institution of a pension syndicate in Lebanon, which in accordance to stats from the Ministry of Tourism and its legal guidelines has reached 137. It has produced its way from the Ministry of Labor to the Inside and “today is in the Normal Directorate of General public Security and up coming week again to the Ministry of Labor, and Ghalboun is a founding member of this union thanks to Elie and Gabi Gabriel. And this city will be on the lodge tourism map as a founding member of this union. ”
He pressured that “now there are 58 models in Lebanon amongst exporters and producers of wine, though the range in 2010 was involving 8 and 10, and Lebanon, 6 months in the past, turned a member of the European Council for cultural journeys, and is the initial non-European region to be chosen as a member of this council and between these trails are the Wine Route, the Olive Tree, the Phoenician Route, and nowadays the Silk Road, and the town of Ghalboun, distinguished for its wine field, it will be a quit on the Wine Route ”.
He revealed that the Ministry of Tourism, in collaboration with the private sector, is organizing the premier wine tourism party in this area, with the participation of 58 wineries in Lebanon, Cyprus, France, Italy and Greece, and the tasting desk of longest wines in the planet will get place with a size of 1200 meters. In certain, exactly where it will be registered as the longest table in the earth, noting that “the major aim of this sort of a business and cultural trade undertaking, since wine it is not just a business product, but it enters our society and the society of our ancestors and we ought to preserve and develop it “.
He praised the purpose played by the municipality of Ghalboun in generating this metropolis a design and thanked the men and women of Maad for this conference, wishing the sponsor extra health and fitness and a very long daily life.
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At the commencing of his speech, Al-Rahi renewed his enchantment to Nassar to express his greetings to the President of the Republic.
He praised the relevance of the Domain SAINT GABRIEL job in this location of the region of Byblos, describing it as a supply of delight for Lebanon and thanking Saint Rafqa and the Inma Maad Affiliation for this inclusive meeting. lands of this metropolis ought to turn out to be vineyards.
In her speech, she spoke of the influence of the metropolis of Maad and its individuals on the lifetime of Saint Rafqa, who saw God’s will in her in this town that she taught us to love.
He noted “the achievements of the Ministry of Tourism at a time when we were being content to listen to the positives, not the negatives.” He also thanked the Minister of Field for encouraging Lebanese industries.
He stressed that in Lebanon “we will need political steadiness, and this is what the Lebanese close to the globe inquire of us, specially for the reason that in our travels overseas we heard from officials of people international locations that the Lebanese are a artistic and inventive people today”, noting that “this men and women requires political security in their homeland”. To give it again and market it and explode its opportunity on Lebanese soil “.
He wished all politicians to “operate jointly to create this stability”, underlining that “the very first and past obligation of political motion is to build balance so that men and women can comprehend their self and their skills”.
He concluded by asking God, as a result of the intercession of Saint Rafqa, to “shield Lebanon and its men and women so that they can stay in peace and tranquility”.
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