Category: Spiritual Issues

Can a priest tell others about a sin I confessed?

His Grace Bishop Moussa: NEVER! I assure you that a priest is not allowed to tell your secrets to anyone – this is just your imagination, because sins are more or less the same, especially in certain stages of life. Your secrets and your confessions are guaranteed, for if the priest mentions your sins to …

What is the difference between love and lust?

His Grace Bishop Youssef: The Book of Esther reveals the two sides of one man who operated in lust at first; but then learned love. Notice how King Ahasuerus was driven by lust when he requested of Vashti, the queen, to parade her beauty before the drunken crowd. When she refused this exploitation, he dethroned …

I am suffering from laziness and lack of energy. Can you help me?

His Grace Bishop Youssef: A student’s day schedule can be overwhelmingly packed with lectures to attend, people to meet, studying, and decisions to make. If students do not learn how to mange their time properly, they can be in trouble. Everyday, we must desire and seek the will and guidance of God. Making good decisions, …

What can I do when my parents drive me crazy?

His Grace Bishop Mousa: It is important first to look at yourself. Are you egocentric and unwilling to let your parents share in your life? This is surely not correct because you are in need of your parents’ advice and guidance, and you cannot rely on your own wisdom. These days we may feel that …

I have a very close friend of the opposite gender and we love each other as friends; and we’ve spoken about keeping our friendship pure. We’ve become very close and we sometimes hug. Although neither of us feels lust, I wonder if what we are doing is wron

His Grace Bishop Youssef: What you are doing is playing with fire. Examine where this relationship is leading you. You have started as regular friends; then you love each other ‘as friends’; then you have become ‘very close’ that you sometimes ‘hug’. Can you see the trend? The next is going to be a little …