[NYer]

GG .... cherish your sacred Maronite heritage! Help it to blossom and grow outside of Lebanon. If Islam continues on its course of destruction, the christians throughout the Middle East will flee, leaving nothing behind but memories. The Eastern Catholic Churches may soon disappear entirely from the Middle East. Plant the seeds and nourish them here in the US.

HIS BEATITUDE MAR NASRALLAH BOUTROS CARDINAL SFEIR.
MARONITE PATRIARCH OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE EAST
IN A MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
March 2005

[GipperGal]

GG .... cherish your sacred Maronite heritage! Help it to blossom and grow outside of Lebanon.

Thank you, friend. And bless you. We Maronites (by "we" I mean you too) are a strong and proud folk. We ain't going nowhere.