SUNDAY July 16- 2023- YEAR 2- Episode# 72 Good Sunday Morning with Fr Andre on KNUS 710 am  “I Count On You, O Lord: it is You, Lord God, who will answer” (Psalm 38)   RADIO SHOW Description    Good Holy Sunday Morning my dear friends, listeners to the show, supporters of the Mission of Hope and Mercy, and people of good will. This Sunday, I like to announce to you the Inauguration of the Center For Blessings of Our Mission of Hope and Mercy in Lebanon. A Dream comes true. After 7 years of making impact, the Mission of Hope and Mercy establishes its Epicenter in the Middle East to be the place for new hope for Lebanon and the Region. This is the birthplace for christianity. This is the place from which the greatest revolution of love will begin, until the Peace of Christ covers all the peoples and nations of the earth. In 2015, the Mission of Hope and Mercy was founded, driven by the profound words of Pope John Paul II. In 1997, he had famously proclaimed, "Lebanon is more than a country. It is a powerful message of freedom and a shining example of pluralism, uniting East and West."   Every year since then, the Mission of Hope and Mercy, from our base in Colorado, has touched the lives of countless individuals who yearned for a safe place to call home and the means to support their families. Our many donors, predominantly from America, have offered their generous donations so that our many volunteers in Lebanon who worked tirelessly on the front lines could provide for essential needs like food, shelter, education, and safety. Building upon this strong foundation, we are thrilled to announce the grand opening of the Center for Blessings, located in Halat, Lebanon, just north of Beirut, as the headquarters for our work in Lebanon. With great anticipation, we have welcomed the Lebanese people, local media, government officials, and individuals across the Middle East to this momentous inauguration event of the Center for Blessings, officially launching the work of the Mission of Hope and Mercy at its headquarter location in Lebanon.   This Center will serve as a powerful affirmation of the American people's solidarity with the Lebanese people and their dedication to supporting the Christian presence in Lebanon.   This Center will heal old wounds between the US and Lebanon and open up new avenues of mutual cooperation and advancement.   This Center will attract significant US investment and philanthropy and have a meaningful impact on the future of Lebanon and her people . This Center for Blessings is the fruit of these last seven years of generous support from our American donors and dedicated work by myself and countless volunteers. Together, we overcame challenges, endured hardships, and faced persecution. Through it all, we never lost sight of our mission: to create a humanitarian arc and faith-based bridge that connects the East and the West, transcending barriers of culture, nation, continent, color, religion, gender, and politics.   The Greatest Commandment. 34 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35and one of them [a scholar of the law]: tested him by asking, 36* Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" 37. He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38This is the greatest and the first commandment. 1.The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 2.! The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.   Guided by these two greatest commandments in the Bible, we have built a haven of hope and mercy. This is a place where all forms of life and peaceful civilizations can thrive, and where the power of love is the driving force.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.