Category: Spiritual Issues

How can I have pure fun and still live a true repentant and a victorious Christian life?

For example, I am trying to read the Holy Bible everyday and apply it to my life and I read the 12th hour everyday and really pray for everyone; yet sometimes I feel bored. Can I continue to play sports for example? His Grace Bishop Youssef: Praying, reading the Holy Bible, and knowing about the …

I am worried about my friends, who are a big part of the youth group at my church. Lately they have been doing inappropriate things. What is worse is that their parents know, but do not bother. Please tell me what I should do besides praying.

His Grace Bishop Youssef: It is tough when you see parents backing up their children in doing the wrong things. Don’t loose faith or hope but continue on praying for them and their parents. Consider this: First and foremost keep on praying for them and for yourself that God may give you the wisdom to …

Isn’t fasting a decision made by a person according to his spiritual level? In the Catholic Church, it is logical that you shall not eat one hour before communion.

His Grace Bishop Youssef: In Christianity, fasting is not optional. In the Sermon on the Mount, regarded by Christians as the basis for Christian life, our Lord Jesus Christ emphasized on three points as requisites for living in Him. These are prayer, fasting and almsgiving. In preparing ourselves to partake of the Holy Communion, we …

What is the purpose of “hymns and spiritual songs”? Why is it an important part of our spiritual life?

His Grace Bishop Youssef:  The Holy Bible teaches us that in singing hymns we are imitating our Lord Jesus Christ, Who after instituting the holy mystery of the Eucharist, sang a hymn with His disciples just before he went to the Mount of Olives where He knew He were to be arrested “And when they …

Would I be judging my friends who are dating, if I stop mixing with them? I honestly do not want to harm my spiritual life. What is your Graces’s opinion in this matter?

His Grace Bishop Youssef: The first thing you should do is talk to your friend about dating and why it is wrong to date. A good book that you can give him to read is “I Kissed Dating Goodbye” by Joshua Harris. Secondly, concerning judging, when we disagree with peoples’ actions, we are not judging …