Words cannot express the gratitude
owed to our dear friend and brother Maged. A man of integrity, faithfulness,
commitment, selflessness, dedication, clarity and honesty who will be missed,
but who has left a legacy beyond reproach and and example that must be
followed, no matter how difficult that may turn out to be.
With Mona, their fruits in Mira, Micky and Maury are indeed
evidence of a good tree bearing very good fruits indeed as the Scriptures tell
us. Maged lives on in and through them.
After an exemplary life and a valiant struggle against
illness, may he now rest in peace and remember us before the Lord, still being
an advocate, but now of a different sort. Having been 'faithful in what is
little' Maged is now given what is infinitely more as he enters with all the
faithful servants who have preceded him.
I paid tribute yesterday in the best way I felt I could:
