A Lebanese national, I have been living in the Community house of Gharzouz, in Lebanon, for two years. I am an interior designer since 2012.

I felt a strong calling from God several years ago, and after a long discernment, I realized that this calling rested on several points : a life of intense prayer and a desire for union with God, a fraternal life (that is to say, in a community) with the communion of all states of life (mixed), a missionary outreach and a total gift of myself while remaining in touch with the world. But in which community ?

One day, a friend suggested that I help the brothers and sisters of the Gharzouz house in one of their missions (the organization of spiritual days for schools during Lent). This is when I really got to meet the Community up close. Little by little I realized that it corresponded to what I wanted and I decided to join the Community.

I live my calling in everything I do :

• in a life of prayer with daily Eucharist and adoration, with the various Divine Services (as well as the Easter Triduum) that strengthen my relationship with God, deepening more and more my trust in Him.
• finally, in evangelization missions, which teach me to become a true disciple : the joy of making others taste the Kingdom of Heaven and interceding for the world that needs much prayer.

Oh I don‘t forget the little struggles of every day that root me in my calling to open the doors of holiness to me.

“A soul united to Jesus is a living smile that radiates Him and gives Him” (St Elizabeth of the Trinity).

Julie