St Ann Melkite Catholic Church

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802 Rifle Camp Road
Woodland Park, NJ

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Sacrament of Holy Orders- Part 2

God is not a fantasy we weave in our minds, but a living Person with whom we walk and share the mystery of life. He is n...
06/14/2026

God is not a fantasy we weave in our minds, but a living Person with whom we walk and share the mystery of life. He is not an abstract idea, for an idea can be understood, but God is to be lived and loved. He is Love itself, the source of every genuine act of love. And because He is Love, He is an eternal communion of self-giving, not a solitary unity of isolation and self-enclosure.

Therefore, we believe in Him as the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God in essence, perfect in His love. Wherever true love is found, God is present, for every authentic love is a ray of His light, and every sincere act of mercy is a sign of His presence.

God is not known merely by speaking about Him, but by encountering Him. He is not grasped by reason alone, but by the heart that opens its doors to love. And whoever enters into the mystery of love draws near to the mystery of God, for God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in them.

Fr. Sayed Kozhaya

ليسَ اللهُ خيالًا ننسجُه في أذهانِنا، بلْ شخصٌ حيٌّ نسيرُ معه ونشاركُه سرَّ الحياة. ليسَ فكرةً مجرَّدة، فالفكرةُ تُدرَكُ، أمّا اللهُ فيُعاشُ ويُحَبّ. إنَّه الحبُّ ذاتُه، ومصدرُ كلِّ محبَّةٍ صادقة. ولأنَّه حبٌّ، فهو شركةٌ أزليّةٌ مِنَ العطاءِ المتبادل، لا وحدةُ عزلةٍ وانغلاق.

لذلكَ نؤمنُ به ثالوثًا قدّوسًا، آبًا وابنًا وروحًا قدسًا، إلهًا واحدًا في جوهرِه، كاملًا في محبّتِه. وحيثما وُجِدَ الحبُّ الحقيقيُّ وُجِدَ الله، لأنَّ كلَّ محبّةٍ صادقةٍ هي قبَسٌ مِن نورِه، وكلَّ رحمةٍ صادقةٍ هي أثرٌ مِن حضورِه.

فاللهُ لا يُعرَفُ بالكلامِ عنه فحسب، بلْ بلقائِه، ولا يُدرَكُ بالعقلِ وحدَه، بلْ بالقلبِ الَّذي يَفتحُ أبوابَه للمحبّة. ومَن يدخلُ في سرِّ المحبّة، يَقتربُ مِن سرِّ الله، لأنَّ اللهَ محبّة، ومَن يَثبتُ في المحبّةِ يَثبتُ في اللهِ واللهُ فيه.

الأب سايد قزحيا

Do not complain about suffering, nor be alarmed by the eyes of evil fixed upon you, for everything that passes through y...
06/11/2026

Do not complain about suffering, nor be alarmed by the eyes of evil fixed upon you, for everything that passes through your life can become nourishment for your journey if you receive it with a loving heart. Pain refines your soul, experiences deepen your insight, and setbacks enrich your humanity. All of this increases your inner joy and enriches the abundance of your love. Love is a blessed fire that feeds on everything, on joy as well as sorrow, on meeting as well as parting, on success as well as failure. It transforms wounds into wisdom, tears into light, and losses into generosity.

Continue on your path with love, and do not fear what time may cast into your way, for a heart filled with love can never be impoverished by anything, nor defeated by anything. Rather, it grows wider and more radiant with every act of giving and selfless offering.

Fr. Sayed Kozhaya

لا تَتَذَمَّرْ منَ المعاناةِ، ولا تَفزَعْ مِن عيونِ الشُّرورِ المُحدِّقةِ بكَ، فكلُّ ما يمرُّ بكَ قادرٌ على أنْ يُصبحَ زادًا لرحلتِكَ إذا استقبلتَه بقلبٍ مُحبّ. إنَّ الآلامَ تُهذِّبُ روحَكَ، والتّجاربَ تُنضِجُ بصيرتَكَ، والعثراتِ تُعمِّقُ إنسانيتَكَ، وكلُّ ذلك يزيدُ من فرحِكَ الداخليِّ ويُثري غِنى حُبِّكَ. فالحُبُّ نارٌ مُباركةٌ تتغذّى مِن كلِّ شيء، مِنَ الفرحِ كما منَ الحزن، ومنَ اللّقاءِ كما منَ الفِراق، ومنَ النَّجاحِ كما منَ الانكسار. إنَّه يُحوِّلُ الجراحَ إلى حكمةٍ، والدُّموعَ إلى نورٍ، والخساراتِ إلى عطاءٍ.

امضِ في طريقِكَ مُحبًّا، ولا تَخَفْ ممَّا يُلقيهِ الزَّمانُ في دربِكَ، لأنَّ القلبَ الّذي امتلأَ حبًّا لا يُفقِرُه شيءٌ، ولا يَهزِمُه شيءٌ، بلْ يزدادُ اتِّساعًا وإشراقًا كلَّما ازدادَ بَذلًا وعطاءً.

الأب سايد قزحيا

Surrender your heart to God, not as the weary one seeking fleeting comfort, but as the son who has finally returned to h...
06/04/2026

Surrender your heart to God, not as the weary one seeking fleeting comfort, but as the son who has finally returned to his Father’s house. For the heart was created for God, and it remains restless as long as it seeks its fulfillment in anything else. Every love that does not pass through God remains incomplete, and every peace that does not flow from Him remains fragile before the winds of time.

When God touches the depths of a human being, He does not first change their circumstances, but their heart. Pain becomes a silent prayer, waiting becomes hidden communion, and brokenness becomes a place through which grace quietly seeps in. And there, in the depths no one can reach, a person discovers that God was never far away in the moment they thought He was absent, but was working in a silence deeper than noise, closer to the soul than breath itself.

Surrender your heart to God, for His greatest miracles are not what He changes around you, but what He creates within you. He does not promise a life without a cross, but a presence that never leaves you to carry it alone. Nor does He promise to shorten the path, but to walk with you upon it, until the shadows of the valley become a place of encounter, and wounds turn into windows through which the light of Christ enters.

And when the soul is filled with His presence, it understands that holiness is not elevation above the earth, but fullness in God. And that heaven is not merely the end of the journey, but the beginning of a new life within the heart, where divine love dwells, the ancient hunger is stilled, and the spirit finally rests in the One who has loved it from the beginning.

Fr. Sayed Kozhaya


سلِّمْ قلبَكَ لله، لا تسليمَ الْمُتعبِ الَّذي يبحثُ عنْ راحةٍ عابرة، بلْ تسليمَ الابنِ الَّذي عادَ أخيرًا إلى بيتِ أبيه. فالقلبُ خُلِقَ لله، ولذلكَ يبقى قلقًا ما دامَ يبحثُ عنِ اكتمالِه في غيرِه. وكلُّ محبَّةٍ لا تَعبُرُ بالله تبقى ناقصةً، وكلُّ سلامٍ لا ينبعُ منه يبقى هشًّا أمامَ رياحِ الأيَّام.

حينَ يَلمسُ الله أعماقَ الإنسان، لا يُغيِّرُ ظروفَه أوَّلًا، بلْ يُغيِّرُ قلبَه. فيصيرُ الألمُ صلاةً صامتةً، والانتظارُ شركةً خفيَّةً، والانكسارُ موضعًا تتسرَّبُ منه النّعمة. وهناكَ، في الأعماقِ الَّتي لا يبلُغُها أحدٌ، يَكتشفُ الإنسانُ أنَّ اللهَ لم يكنْ بعيدًا يومَ ظنَّه غائبًا، بلْ كانَ يعملُ في صمتٍ أعمقَ منَ الضَّجيج، وأقربَ منَ الأنفاسِ إلى الرّوح.

سلِّمْ قلبَكَ لله، لأنَّ أعظمَ معجزاتِه ليستْ ما يُبدِّلُه حولَكَ، بلْ ما يخلُقُه في داخلِكَ. فهو لا يَعِدُكَ بحياةٍ بلا صليب، بلْ بحضورٍ لا يتركُكَ تحملُه وحدَكَ. ولا يَعِدُكَ بأنْ يختصرَ الطَّريقَ، بلْ بأنْ يسيرَ معكَ فيه، حتَّى تتحوَّلَ ظلالُ الوادي إلى موضعِ لقاءٍ، وتَغدو الجراحُ نوافذَ يَدخلُ منها نورُ المسيح.

وعندما تمتلئُ النَّفسُ مِن حضورِه، تُدرِكَ أنَّ القداسةَ ليستْ ارتفاعًا عنِ الأرض، بلِ امتلاءً بالله. وأنَّ السَّماءَ ليستْ مجرَّدَ نهايةَ الرّحلة، بلْ بَدايةُ حياةٍ جديدةٍ في القلب، حيثُ يَسكنُ الحبُّ الإلهيُّ، ويَهدأُ الجوعُ القديم، وتستريحُ الرّوحُ أخيرًا في مَن أحبَّها منذ البَدء.

الأب سايد قزحيا

06/02/2026

Sacrament of Holy Orders

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