Ex-Muslim Maronite Priest Flies With Blessed Sacrament Over Lebanon

Church Militant ^ | 3/14/20 | Jules Gomes

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Fr. Allawi ate only Holy Communion during a life-threatening illness

BEIRUT (ChurchMilitant.com) - A Maronite Catholic priest has taken to the skies with the Blessed Sacrament to "bless and protect" his homeland as the coronavirus spreads across Lebanon.

With his monstrance, crucifix and and a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr. Majdi Allawi Haqq Qurban hired a private plane and flew over Beirut and other parts of Lebanon last Saturday "pleading with the Lord to protect Lebanon" from the virus.

The French and Arabic speaking priest, who spoke briefly to Church Militant from Armenia, said that the purpose of flying over Lebanon with the Real Presence of Jesus was to "bless the country, protect the homeland and heal those who have been infected by the virus."

The flight, led by Captain Khalil El-Khoury and student pilot Joseph El-Masry from the Beirut Wings flying school, took over two hours as Lebanon's Health Ministry reported that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases had risen to 77 with three fatalities.

"We fear the coronavirus but we are not afraid of God," Fr. Allawi warned on Facebook. "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul."

Explaining from the words of St. Paul how "nature itself was convulsing on creation" the priest warned: "This is a chance to repent and return to God ... It's time to wake up. It's time to amaze the Lord by our faith. It's time to ask God's mercy for all the humanity."

In the video above, Fr. Allawi can be heard praying in Arabic: "We ask God to help us today and keep all sickness and epidemics away and to heal all those who are infected by the coronavirus and to bless the country and save it and most......

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