Charbel Makhlouf

"One does not have to look far to see evidence of Satan’s plan in our world today, as the family is further fragmented and divided in modern culture."

"Success in life consists of standing without shame before God."

"A man who prays lives out the mystery of existence, and a man who does not pray scarcely exists."

"On Christmas Eve in 1898, Father Charbel died. His body was interred in the ground without a coffin and without embalming, according to the monk's custom, dressed in the full habit of the order."

"Pray to soften heartened hearts, to open darkened minds."

"The Father's will is always for your good."

"In an article in Nadia Sader described what happened to her when she drank a brew in which oak leaves from Nouhad's tree had been soaked... she was totally paralyzed; she suffered tremendous pain and …"

"Tradition has it that Charbel showed ample evidence of extraordinary gifts during his life. And so it was, for instance, that he was able to rescue fellow monks from a poisonous snake simply by asking…"