"...a hermit of the Lebanese mountain is inscribed in the number of the blessed, a new eminent member of monastic sanctity is enriching, by his example and his intercession, the entire Christian people. May he make us understand, in a world largely fascinated by wealth and comfort, the paramount value of poverty, penance and asceticism, to liberate the soul in its ascent to God..."

Read more about Saint Charbel:

Three Lights From the East, by Father Mansour Awad

The Call of the Desert, by Bishop Francis M. Zayek