Homilies
Homily of Father Simon El Hajj from Saint Sharbel Maronite Catholic Church (Somerset, NJ) on July 23, 2022
Homily of Fr. Simon El Hajj on the occasion of the blessing of St. Sharbel Statue at Saint Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church in Jamison, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 23, 2022.
Homily of Fr. Simon El Hajj on the occasion of the blessing of St. Sharbel Statue at Saint Cyril of Jerusalem Catholic Church in Jamison, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 23, 2022.
“Saint Sharbel whose birthday we are commemorating today is famous because of the miracles he worked during his life. He is somebody who also accomplished incredible feats like the ones we heard in today's reading...He was born to a poor Catholic Maronite family in Bekaa Kafra...It is the highest mountain village in the country of Lebanon. And so it's appropriate that somebody who would fly to the heights of sanctity would begin his life already at the top of the skies”...