Giving thanks to God is the base of receiving his…

Balamand,

His Beatitude John X celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand.

In this Solemnity which gathered faithful from all the Koura and North Lebanon, His Beatitude delivered a homily in which He explained the reaction of man when dealing with God.

He mentioned that giving thanks to God Almighty is the key which guarantees the continuity of His blessings.

Many of us - said His Beatitude - receive good things from Him without giving thanks, and this is the first case.

Many others receive and give thanks, and this is the case of tenth albino according to the gospel. Others give thanks to God for everything, and this is the case of the real Christian. “Glory be to God for everything”, this was the expression of St. John Chrysostom when he was exiled, and these is what we might say always in order to receive the divine blessings.