Charbel: The Movie (2009) - full transcript

May he rest in peace, Father Superior.

May he rest in peace, Father Superior.

May he rest in peace, Father Superior.

May he rest in peace, Father Superior.

May he rest in peace, Father Superior.

May he rest in peace, Father Superior.

May he rest in peace, Father Superior.

Father Superior, Father Superior!
Light, light, light!

What's the matter brother Boutros?

Father, a light, a light shines from
F. Charbel's face at the church!

It seems you fell asleep
in the Church and dreamt.



Go and ring the bell
for the midnight's Mass.

Look, this is the skull of F. Elias.

Is this how we are going
to become, F. Ephram?

There is no other way to heaven.

Blessed be F. Charbel!

He knew how to live and die.

You are right Bou Mikhael.

The dead of this hermit is like his life.

He knew what one takes with him.

One might live about 70 or 80 years
living his life to the full.

And forgets how he is going to end up:
a handful of soil and some bones.

Help me putting these 2 pieces
of wood as a mattress for F. Charbel.

It would be better than
laying him on the mud.

A mattress or two pieces of wood ? !



It does not matter.

All his live, he slept on the ground
and his pillow was just a piece of wood.

The one who used to
die each day for this world

would he be afraid
to sleep on this mattress?

And this water leaking from the ceiling.

And coming out from the walls?

We asked if we could put him in
a coffin and burry him in a dry place.

They replied that "this does
not comply with the rules"

- He should be treated like the others.
- He should be treated like the others.

Did you see it?

Welcome, what's going on?
What's happening, Georges?

Father, last night was like the other nights.

We saw a light shining
from F. Charbel's tomb!

I saw the light as well.
I saw it many times by my own eyes.

Our house is opposite the monastery
anyone could see the light.

What you're telling could be true.

But to be frank with you, I won't
believe it unless I personally see it.

I myself have to see it.

When you'll see it tonight
errr... give me sign.

Let's say a gunshot.

And I will come with you to see it.

All right! The sign will be a gunshot.

We are security officers.

We're looking for an offender
and we are sure that he's here.

Ahmad Hamady, director of the region.

- Have a seat.
- We're looking for the criminal.

From a distance, we saw
a light near the monastery.

We came, when we reached
the place, it disappeared.

How would you explain this?
We would like to know.

This light, everyone sees it
it's really weird!

According to our monastery's rules.

All lights must be turned off
at 9 p.m. and it's already midnight.

I have no idea about the
light you're talking about.

- It's the criminal!
- No.

There is no doubt, Charbel is a Saint!

- Glory be to God!
- Which monk is buried here?

Open the tomb! Why are you
keeping him under the ground?

I'm sorry Mr. director.

We can't open the tomb unless
by the Patriarch permission.

The Patriarch? Very well, he's our friend.

Tomorrow morning, I'll go to Bkerky
to explain to him what I saw.

Allow me, your Excellency.

You know, people
are obsessing about this.

They insist on opening the tomb
and taking the rests of F. Charbel.

We present to you our notice
to take the adequate procedures.

The General Abbot
presented to us the issue.

And we are taking it into consideration.

The light on the tomb must be explained.

Your Excellency, I myself
saw the light on the tomb.

I'm not saying that to advertise.

He has been in the tomb for 4 months
we must take him out, lay him in a coffin

and put him in a hidden place.

I mandate F. Eghnatios, the Superior
of the monastery, to open the tomb.

The tomb was opened.

The body of Charbel was sound
and secreting water and blood.

Then the miraculous phase
of the body started.

First, he was put in a special coffin and then
he has been taken out from it several times.

And at each time, the hermit's
body secreted water and blood

soaking thus the sacerdotal
vestment and the pillows.

When the tomb was opened in 1950
a half century after Charbel's decease

thousands of believers streamed
over Annaya's monastery.

And they were all full of piety
fervour and faith.

in the holiness of the monk buried there.

In the presence of a special
committee of priests and doctors

the body was taken out from
the metal coffin damaged by rust.

It was fresh and sound except
for the miraculous water and blood.

The body was then washed and
dressed with sacerdotal vestments

as if he was dead a week ago.

The body was lied in state and the crowds

rushed to get the blessing and
to kiss the hand of Annaya's saint.

The wife of the President
of the Republic headed them.

This holiness has appeared
through many miracles

the most important of which were
the healing of Sister Mary Abel

and that of Alexander Obeid, so they
were kept in the beatification file in Rome.

The government was also
interested in this event.

Thus, it send its delegates to investigate.

They saw with their own eyes the miracles
and they witnessed to Charbel's holiness.

Would you, Minister, add on
to your signature: Finance Minister

and Deputy of Mount Lebanon?

Father, in front of the majesty of Charbel
all other majesties prostate.

And what I've just written is enough.

Can you tell me Father, what is the
biggest Miracle that Father Charbel ever did?

The biggest Miracle is his life!
Charbel was born in 1828.

The same year in
which the monastery was built.

No, Joseph!
You cannot climb! You will fall!

No my son.

O Holy Virgin what a boy!

Hurry up Antoine
it's time for dinner, come on kids.

In the name of the Father, and
the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen.

Antoine Makhluf?

Upon the governor's request,

you're subject to forced labour
with your donkey starting tomorrow

to pass on munitions and food
to the army from Mejdlaya to Beiteddine.

Officer, from whom will I leave
my family? We are poor.

These poor children have no one but me.

This is none of our concern.

Give me 2 days so I can provide
the needs of my children.

It is an order!
Tomorrow morning, or else...

My brother, take care of my children.

You'll take my place in my absence.

I'm going in peace for I count on you.

Gherfine, Gherfine, he died
in Gherfine, where is Gherfine?

It's a village near Amchit.

He died indignantly on the road.

Because of our poverty, we could
not bring him and bury him in the village.

They buried him there.

We didn't know neither how nor where.

Before he left, he entrusted me
with his house and family.

Wardeh and John are already adults
and can take care of themselves.

But, this little Joseph...

Joseph, Joseph!

Come here.

Go to the Church.

Your uncle the priest should be
waiting for you, it's time for prayer.

Tanios, why are you worried so much?

Your sister-in-law got married.

And her husband became
the priest of the village.

He now takes care of the children
and can lift the burden from your shoulders.

Joseph.

It's time for the procession of the Icon
go and start the preparations.

You tender Mother of God,

Treasure of Mercy and help,

You are our shelter

and Hope.

Intercede for us

Holy Virgin

And have mercy on our dead.

Good, sit down.

Quiet, children!

You too, not a word!

Joseph, go ahead.

Blessed be the man who provides
for the needs of his family.

God, sit down.

Do not forget kids, tomorrow
is the Transfiguration Day.

I want to see you all
at church, understood?

Put your things away and go to play.

Look and this smoke! Is this a fire?

Bless me Father.

Give me some water, Bou Karam.

- I'm out of cigarettes, can I have one?
- Of course you can.

You'll have two instead of one.

Tell me, this child sitting on the rock
isn't your relative Joseph?

Yes, he is.

Since his childhood, we find him
either on the rock or in the grotto.

Why does he go there, father?

The story of the rock and
the grotto is long, Bou Karam.

He turned 13
on the Feast of Our Lady.

Since then, his visits to his hermit uncles
to the rock and to the grotto keep going on.

Such is his life.

What will be the future
of this boy? Only God knows.

Tell me, is there any news
about the Ottoman soldiers?

They say that a troop came
to Bcharry and took 7 or 8 persons

and it's the same situation
in the neighbouring villages.

They ruined us!
We wait the harvest impatiently.

And then, they come like
locusts and eat everything.

What can we do?

It's out of our hands.

But, one day, this holy mountain will wake up
and it will shake up the whole world.

Gazelle! You still stay calm.

Take a rest.

and behave well!

I'm going to pray..

I have a very good idea
but I'm not going to tell it to You.

First, I will ask my uncles at the
hermitage of Kozhaya for advice.

My nephew, do you know
what it is said about us, the hermits?

Crazy.

But the words of St. Paul
are as sharp as the sword.

"What is the considered insane by people
is however seen wise by God".

Let's keep the Judgment of people aside.

Only God is our lot.

Everything is ephemeral.

Life is ephemeral.

Beauty is ephemeral.

Pleasure is ephemeral.

Only God is the Eternal happiness of man.

The wise man is the one who doesn't
find his lantern empty at the time of death.

Prayer, meditation, I agree.

But God said, "act so I can help you"

We must work hard
in order to live and pay taxes.

Stop your illusions.!

Can you tell me
why are you weird lately?

It seems that during your visit to your uncles
they impressed you to join the monastery.

I'm telling you now, this issue
is out of the question, forget it!

We asked for the hand of Mariam
daughter of Manneh, in marriage for you.

It is time, what are you
waiting for? Look at Simon,

he is your age
and he is getting married today.

We'll go and congratulate
them this evening.

Your mother and your uncle
are waiting for us at home.

Finish removing the leaves
of this blackberry and follow me.

God is the love of my life.
I should have no fear.

What's the matter, Mariam?
I can see you are worried and anxious.

He always runs away from me.

Distracted and always absent.

I can see him just for a while
on Sunday at Church.

What have I done to him?
As if he is not my cousin.

You know how he lives.

The closest to his heart are the Church and
the field and we need him to give us a hand.

- What shall we do without him?
- You are right.

He is so strong, he is devoted to work
and he is extremely handsome.

Look at you! I can see your eyes shining.

Do you have something you want
to tell me about it daughter? Tell me.

- Are you still baking bread?
- We finished.

We still have two loaves.

Virgin Mary! Where did this goat go?

Leave everything and follow me!

- Praise be to God.
- Always to God.

Where do you come from, young man?

From Bka'kafra.

My name is Joseph Makhluf.

Is it possible that I see the
Superior of the monastery?

Certainly, come with me.

Did you come here to become a monk?

It's my aim, master, if God wills.

You said you come from Bka'kafra.

- It's a village facing Bcharry.
- Facing Bcharry and the Cedars.

It's a village which gives good monks.

- Hope you'll be pious like them.
- Hope so, master.

Go help this monk
to put the cows in the byre.

Young man, young man.

Give me a hand please.

May God bless you!

912 years before Jesus' coming,

Eli, is an Hebrew word
which means "The Lord"!!!

May his prayer be with us, amen
and bless us, father.

Joseph Makhluf.

Son, what are you asking from our order?

I come to ask the help of God
and Salvation for my Soul.

Son, the monastic life is so hard.

It requires from you to work
stay awake and bear the Cross.

Can you put up with all this?

By the help of God and your
entreaties, I'm ready, Father.

Seeing that you're ready, courage, son!

May God be with you!

Who is brother Charbel?
They're waiting for you at the gate.

Father, we, poor farmers, can't do without
the help of a young man like Charbel.

We need to work hard, we want to live.

Does God force a man to leave
his family against their will?

His parents who sacrificed
themselves in order to raise him.

Joseph knows very well that his
mother can't do without his help.

All what you're interested in, you
the monks, is to reach your target.

Here you are, the saint!

Do you you thing that you love God by making
your parents dissatisfied with you?

You know what is your duty, your duty is
to be with your mom so that she survives.

We are already old.

Do you want us to take
a bag and go begging?

Take off the black and come with me!

Brother Charbel is not a child.

He is aware of what
he's coming to do here.

His father died when he was 3 years old.

I suffered a lot in order to raise him.

Now that he became a young man
and give me a hand.

He leaves me in my old age
without even saying, "goodbye mom"?

We proposed to him
a very good girl, Mariam.

Since he left us, she didn't stop crying.

Mom, uncle, I love you so much.

I know very well how much you suffered.

But, since God wants me for him only.

You can't... you can't refuse no more.

What will you benefit from your Order?

The monk of the monastery
depends on the monastery.

If you won't be a good monk
you'd better come with me.

I know, God wants you to serve Him alone.

I tell you from the bottom of my heart.

"May God be with you, son! May He Bless
you and protect you and make you a Saint!"

Look, this is the monastery
of St. Maron in Annaya.

Do you see this high mountain?
On the top, stands a hermitage.

The hermitage of St. Peter and St. Paul.

You'll spend the 2nd year
of Novitiate at this monastery.

You will like the field
and you won't see anyone.

- Praise be to God!
- Always to God.

- Praise be to God!
- Always to God.

Praise be to God!

Praise be to God!

- Praise be to God!
- Always to God.

You, Bread of Life.

And Food of spirits.

Did you see how F. Charbel
is passionate about the theory?

And he is still so as usual.

He is pretentious and hypocrite
he wants to show off!

Brother Abraham!

This is the last warning!

This isn't the first time you disobey
the rules and judge people unfairly.

Go on, all of you to plant onion.

- Tell me, how old are you Brother Charbel?
- Forgive in the name of Jesus.

You are 23 years old and you do not know
that we plant the onion upside down?

Stupid! You'll never be able
to do anything in the Order.

That if you ever become a monk.

Do you all think, brothers
consciously and honestly.

That brother Charbel and brother Rukoz
deserve that the Order accepts their Vows?

Answer the question by secret voting.

Wheat means accepted.
Barley means rejected.

I, brother Charbel, promise
and vow before God the almighty

and the blessed ever Virgin Mary and
our Father St. Antoine to keep obedience,

chastity and voluntary poverty until death
in accordance with our laws and rules.

- Praise be to God!
- Always to God.

I'm the mother of brother Charbel.

I came from Bka'kafra
to congratulate him for wearing the cowl.

- Can't we enter the monastery?
- It's forbidden according to the rules.

Would you come in to the reception room
and we'll talk to the Father Superior.

Brother Charbel
the Father Superior is asking for you.

Your mother and your relatives
want to see you.

I allow you to see them
in the reception room.

My brother and my relatives?
Who are my mother and my relatives?

It's true my son that the rules are firm
but the cicumstances are exceptional.

I do not order you, but I give you
the permission to see them.

Thank you, father.

Is that so? You will not let me see you!

I came on foot from
Bka'kafra to see you!

In Heaven, in Heaven
we will see each other.

And we will be together forever.

I envy him.

He became a monk and he
is relieved of the Novitiate difficulties.

How is it so? This one forgets his
comfort and looks for his duties.

He feels more proud in wearing this
old habit instead of wearing the new one.

Didn't you see his mother? His mother!

Is there anyone dearer than the mother is?
And he didn't want to see her.

You are right, what a meeting!

He said two words from inside the church
they did not even see each other!

He gave her a meeting in Heaven, brother.

He sees everything in this
World beyond Immortality.

What did Jesus himself say

when His mother came to see Him?

"Whoever does the will of my Father in
Heaven is my brother and sister and mother".

It is not harshness, brother
it is not hard-heartedness.

It is courage and sacrifice.

It is obedience to the rules.

Come in.

Sit down, my brother.

My son, your time as a novice is over.

The General Abbot named you student
to devote yourself for the Sacerdotal studies.

Tomorrow morning
you will go to Kfifan's monastery.

You will be accompanied by... brother Paul.

This if F. Nehmatallah Hardiny
known as "The Saint of Kfifan".

Poor one!

He thinks that the Novitiate is over
and that he comes to rest here.

He doesn't know that another
Novitiate is waiting for him with us!

Praise be to God, master.

Welcome my brothers.

- Where do you come from?
- From Annaya, master.

Annaya? How is the Community there?

- Are they all fine?
- Yes, they are master.

Everyone kisses your hand
and your hermit brother is fine also.

Thank God.

The Novitiate is the most
beautiful period in the monastic life.

During the Novitiate

One forgets the whole world
and attaches himself to God.

Well brother Charbel, now go to work.

Follow your brothers and help them
in the tobacco's cultivation.

And you brother Paul, after having
your breakfast and resting for a while

and when you go back to Annaya
send our regards to the monastery's monks.

Look, what a theological school!

It seems that it is purely
a cultivation school.

Everything is good
by obedience, my brother.

- Praise be to God, master.
- Always to God, brother.

What do you think about
the theology course, brother?

Master, I am a farmer By God's grace
and your prayer, I am willing to do my best.

My son, the priest is a second Christ.

And the one who wants to become a priest,

he only has one way to follow:

The way of Golgotha.

The Blessed Sacrament, yes
yes, I think that I've understood.

Come quickly,
F. Nehmatallah had an attack!

- Healer of the sick.
- Pray for him.

- Refuge of sinners.
- Pray for him.

- Help of Christians
- Pray for him.

- Comforter of miserable people.
- Pray for him.

- Queen of angels
- Pray for him.

I anoint you in the name
of the Father and the Son.

And the Holy Spirit, amen.

Master F. Nehmatallah
the brothers here ask for you blessing.

My brother, the wise man is the one
who knows how to save his soul.

It is good to confess to God.

And to venerate Your name
You the Sovereign

And to declare Your mercy.

Look, this is F. Rukoz coming back
from the spiritual retreal

we were just mentioning you.

What news are you bringing?

Praise be to God, brother.

- May God reward you.
- Always to God.

"I am the Lord's servant
may it be to me as you have said"

F. Charbel, F. Charbel!

Come quickly, my son is dying
hurry up to help him.

Help me!

Mom is still absent.

I'm here son.

I went to bring you this monk.

To pray so you'll get healed
it's him the saint.

A monk? Take him away!

I don't want any monk!

Let me die my way.

Where is the ache, son?
If I can help you, I'm ready.

I feel, a fire in my chest.

My mouth burns from thirst!

I feel pain all over my body

as if I've been beaten with a thousand
bludgeons as if I've been crushed with a mortar.

Be strong my son!
The fire of pain purifies our soul.

God is a tender father
he loved us more than the whole world.

And our penitence pleases him
if He wants you to be with Him.

Then what are you afraid of?

God loves you more
than your mother does.

You hace a mother in heaven
who open her heart for you.

Tell her with me, You refuge
of sinners, intercede for me

You refuge of sinners, intercede for me.

Rest.

Who is interested in you?

Why is all this effort?!

Take advantage of your life.

You are still young.

Enjoy the pleasures of this world!

Eat... drink... be happy!

Everyone makes fun of you.

And you are better than them.

You are a saint Charbel!

If you want, you can become rich
and lead a luxurious life.

You can become the Superios
of this monastery.

Wake up and get rid of this burden.

Your life is passing in vain.

It does not benefit anyone.

You are a poor man.

You will end up dead.

Damnation...

Damnation...

Damnation...

This evening, we're
holding a monastic chapter.

There 2 reasons for this meeting:

sharing the harvest between partners
and the breah of F. Ephram.

Let's deal first with F. Ephram's case
go ahead F. Ephram.

Brother Mathew, would you read
the article concerning the visit rules?

"the monk must, while traveling, ride only
a donkey and take with him a companion!"

"when he goes out of the monastery"

Brother Ephram.

Where were you going alone yesterday
at sunset and riding a horse?

The one who respects the rules
the rules respect him as well.

You punishment is... to kneel during meals
having only water and salt, for a week.

Master, Father Superior
forgive him in the name of the Christ.

I sent him to make a tour in the fields
and there were no one to accompany him.

May God forgive you, stand up.

About Father Charbel, can you ask the General
Abbot the permission for him to become a hermit.

Master, he has been asking
for this for a long time.

I'm against encouraging this,

we need F. Charbel for the mission
more than for the hermitage.

I beg you master
to convince him against this idea.

This issue of F. Charbel's moving
to the hermitage is out of question now.

The meeting is over.

- Praise be to God.
- Always to God.

Hurry up Abdo.

There is not a drop of oil in the lamp.

The Father Superior has ordered
the monks not to light their lamps.

Please, fill my lamp up with oil.

Praise be to God.

Oil in the lamp? Fine, put it here.

I will fill up and take it to your room.

Well! Charbel brings his lamp with him.

Is he disobeying the orders
of the Father Superior?

No. F. Charbel was absent
when the Superior gave the warning.

How did you tell him
that you'll fill up his lamp?

Don't you know that here is no oil?

No oil? Do not worry Saba?

I have the best quality of oil.

No, no what are you doing?

- You're pouring water?
- Yes, I am

so that F. Charbel learns a lesson
who told him to come late to the dinner

and not to know what the Superior said?

- Here it is master, your lamp is filled up
- May God reward you, Abdo.

Stay with me to see what he will do.

Look! The lamp of F. Charbel is lit!

It's impossible! Maybe he has
another lamp, can water be lit?!

Lower your voice!
The monks will hear us.

F. Charbel has no other lamp.

What is going on?

What are you doing here at this time?

I'm afraid of telling you Father Superior.

I filled up the lamp of F. Charbel
with water instead of oil.

And look, it's lit!

Water?

Are you playing with F. Charbel?

Are you his age to joke with him?
Go to bed, we'll see tomorrow.

I'm surprised F. Charbel.

This is the first time
you disobey an order.

Why is your lamp lit?

Forgive me in the name
of the Christ, Father.

Stand up my brother Charbel.

Forgive me and pray for me
and bless me brother.

God, I came to You.

Here in the field you can hear me better.

I come to Golgotha to share with you
your suffering for the rest of my life.

My weakness is scaring me.

But Your grace is my weapon.

With You, the hermitage
is for me bigger than a palace.

And I can see the fiels getting
wider and blossoming.

And the light of Your face
the aim of my life, shining.

Lord, everything is ephemeral
in this world except Your charity.

- Praise be to God, brother.
- Always to God.

Welcome my Father hermit.

Come with me to show you your room.

The tools of the hermitage, I counted them
one by one after the death of F. Lichah.

The Father Superior told me
to hand them to you as I received them.

Here is your room, master.

And this is F. Makarios.

And this is the one where the tools
are kept and here are the vineyards.

It's the harvest time and
we're waiting for you to help us.

May God reward you my brother.

The hermit does not isolate himself
to get away from the monastic rules

and from loving the others but in order to improve
oneself through mortification and the virtues

And this is in silence and
suppressing the heart

The hermit must respect everyone.

He is forbidden from talking
unless it is necessary.

The word hermit should suit him well.

He is a person who choses the loneliness
and oppresses his feelings and throughts.

He doesn't eat with anyone in his room.

He eats once a day

one kind of food and
absolutely without meat

and he does not eat fruits
nor have dessert.

He does not drink alcohol

and never leaves the hermitage

unless according to a written
permission from the Father Superior.

It is sbsolutely forbidden
for women to enter the hermitage.

In addition to his life of meditation,

the hermit must practice manual labour
at the hermitage and in the field.

- Praise to be to God, master.
- Always to God, son.

Here are a Mass fee.

Give them to F. Makarios, son.

The once who gave them to me wants you to
take them and to personally celebrate the Mass.

Take this money, my brother.

Do you think that he will go on eating the
stalks of purslane and the burnt bread?

Poor him! He has a poor health.

The food is in front of him.

It has been 5 years, don't you
know by now that it's his habit?

That is how he likes to eat
he is happy and despise his health.

Who is it?

I'm the brother of the hermit
Charbel from Bka'kafra.

Wait until I see if the hermit is here.

My brother is at the door,
can I open to him, please?

Or course, of course master.

You are asking me for permission
and you are the hermit!

- How are you brother?
- I'm fine thank God.

Do your family and you practice
your religious duties?

Excuse me brother, I have a meeting.

It has been 10 years
since he's at the hermitage.

Will he change his habits?

- Who does he have a meeting with?
- He always has a meeting.

With whom?

With the once who said:
"Anyone who loves a father, a mother"

"a brother or a sister more than
he loves me, is not worthy of me".

Do you know now with whom?

Your brother is a man totally taken by God.

He lives out of this world.

I know very well master.

He hasn't changed since
his childhood we used to lose him

And find him in the grotto praying.

Look F. Charbel!

What did you watch over
last night? The foxes ruined us!

They were hungry,
I let them eat some grapes.

Alright my brother.

Let us go and help them in the wine press.

Go to the hermitage and
give his order to F. Charbel:

to bless the water and sprinkle it
around the monastery.

The locusts didn't leave anything in the
country and they are about to get here.

And if he is very ill

you take the holy water
and sprinkle it yourself.

Look! Poor one!
He had an attack once again.

Are you suffering a lot F. Charbel?

- Take a rest.
- It's alright brother,

we have to plough these two furrows.

We only see you three times a year:

during the big feasts.

What can we do?
These are the rules.

You are right brother, I miss you a lot.

You've been at the hermitage
for 20 years, haven't you?

How time flies fast!

Someone is asking for you.

I have a permission from the Superior
for you to accompany me.

Dear God!

The poor! The son of
the "bey" (a lord) is dying.

- They brought him a priest.
- Najib is their only son.

He's got typhoid
no doctor could help him.

Look at this monk how he's huddled
he's afraid that we eat him.

He is afraid of seeing us
and being tempted.

They said he is a Saint,
this is why the "Lady" sent after him.

Mom, I'm hungry, I want to eat.

By the power if God
your son is healed.

Father Charbel healed the bey's son!

You brought me to this
Golgotha, I thank You.

I have no regrets

But the people who are my brothers, and for
whom you have redeemed by shedding your blood

Are drowning in the tears of suffering.

Don't forget Charbel that you're a hermit.

Don't forget that your vocation
is the loneliness and deprivation

even from the joy of preaching the Gospel.

Hermit?

I know very well that I'm a hermit

But what holds me from sharing
with others their suffering?

Aren't You who said once, "Comfort
the miserable, visit the prisoner?"

Charbel, Charbel!

I'm still suffering on Golgotha
until the end of the world.

I need disciples

to save the world through silence.

Get on your knees and stretch your arms
as Moses did on the mountain.

Your vocation is to save with me
the people throught silence

through praying on the mountain.

Love me and leave the rest
for me and not for you.

My Lord, I love you.

On my sinful hands, I present to You
the tears of those who suffer on earth

the joy of those who are happy
in this world and in heaven.

Father the hermit, Father the hermit!

We need you.

He is a crazy man from
Ehmej, please bless him.

Enter the church my son.

Get on your knees and fold your arms

Go in peace son, may God protect you!

The essential of the Gospel's content

Is the Offering of Christ's love

This Offering remains and
is renewed during the Mass.

The Mass is nothing but an effective
participation in the Jesus Christ redemptive work

Which is renewed anywhere and anytime.

Let us pray.

Your Father of Justice

Here is Your Son
an Offering that pleases you.

Accept the one who died
for me and forgive me.

This Blessed Sacrament, accept it
from my hands, and be pleased with me.

Many are my sins

But Your mercy is enormous!

if You weight, You kindness
abounds like mountains,

look at the sins
and grant Your forgiveness

For the forgiveness and the Offering

are much more important
than the trespasses

because of my sins, Your beloved Son
suffered from the nails and the javelin.

His sufferings are enough to please
You as well as the whole world.

Leave the chalice!

Give me the Blessed Sacrament!

Master, do you want some soup
with butter, it's good for you.

It is Christmas Eve

May the Child Jesus heal you master

Our Father Who art in heaven

Hallowed be Thy name

Thy Kingdom come

Thy will be done
on earth as it is in Heaven.

Hail Mary, in Your hands
I entrust my soul.

The poor!

He died on Christmas Eve

and the snow is piled up.

How are we going to bury him
tomorrow in this bad weather?

And the Superior is absent.

He went to the the funerals
of the Patriarch Hanna el-Haji.

Who cares about this poor hermit?

Go and warm up a little.

It's freezing cold!

What a cold!

This night, we couldn't stay
at church because of the cold.

How did he spend 23 years
on is knees as a statue.

without warming up
or wearing some woolen clothes!

Blessed is he!

He was warming himself up
with the fire of God's love.

Now he has rested.

Every single moment of joy with God
is worth a thousand years of pain!