Beseme Abe weWeled weMenfiskidus Ahadu Amelak, Amen! Ye Emnet Tselot! "And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. Lk 17:5" St. Paul the Apostle says, "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Prove yourselves. " (2 Cor. 13:5). The faith here is not that of the mind or just the name; it is the real faith, a life-style that one lives in God and shows in all his deeds and all his feelings. The life of faith means complete submission to God an extreme trust in His work within you and within the Church. Faith cuts a road in the sea and lets water flow from the rock. It is enough to see that the Bible says, "With God all things are possible. " (Matt. 19:26). Do you have the practical faith by which you can do everything in Christ? Or is your faith weak and cannot stand tribulations? If it is so, what should we do? The Lord says, "According to your faith, let it be to you. " (Matt. 9:29). The only solution is to pour ourselves before God and openly say to Him: Lord I believe, but my faith has not reached the practical level yet. My faith is like the bruised reed that You, due to Your love, wouldn't break; and like the smoking flax that, due to Your compassion, You would not quench. Accept me, O Lord, with my weaknesses! Grant me this faith, a gift from You. Do not say, "I will give you according to your faith" and do not make faith a condition for the gift. Let faith be the gift itself. Grant me to believe in You, submit my life to You and trust in Your dispensation. It is sufficient for me to believe that You will grant me faith. Isn't it also "a gift from above," from You, and nobody can believe without Your grace? You say, "Only believe". Even this faith I want from You so I would not think that my humanity has done anything without You...I am still waiting for this faith by which I could do everything through Your grace. I believe that You'll give me, and I wish, after being in Your presence, to say, "I believe that You have given me." My faith will then change from a desire and a request to a reality and a life.

Besme Ab weWeld weMenfesqidus ahadu amlak, amen. A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said,I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat." "Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No," she said, "he's out." "Then we cannot come in," they replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a House together," they replied. "Why is that?" she wanted to know. One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success,and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home," The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!" he said. "Since that is the case,let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!" His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house.She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!" "Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest." The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, why are you coming in?" The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!" MY WISH FOR YOU...Where there is pain, I wish you peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubting, I wish you a renewed confidence in your ability to work through them. Where there is tiredness, or exhaustion, I wish you understanding, patience, and renewed strength. Where there is fear, I wish you love, and courage. Invite love by sharing this story with all the people you care about.