From Their Fruits You Shall Know Them — Will the Pope’s Visit Bring Peace or Another Trial for Lebanon?

When Jesus said, “From their fruits you shall know them,” He gave humanity one of the clearest filters for truth. Not titles. Not robes. Not speeches. Not ceremonies. Fruits.
What a person produces in the world — that is the real measure of their spirit.

So when people across Lebanon heard that the Pope is expected to visit in 2025, two reactions rose instantly in the collective mind of the nation:

Hope…
and
Fear.

Hope, because Lebanon is exhausted and craving even a drop of blessing, unity, or healing. The land has been bleeding for decades. The people have carried burdens no nation should carry. A papal visit, for some, feels like a spiritual breath after years of suffocation.

But there is also fear — deep, instinctive, historical fear.

Because in Lebanon, history speaks loudly.
And its voice is never neutral.

Every major international visit in the past brought “promises,” “support,” “solidarity,” and “prayers”… yet afterward, Lebanon often found itself facing darker storms. The country knows all too well how political theatre can disguise geopolitical agendas. How blessings sometimes arrive with a knife hidden in the shadow. How foreign smiles can precede local suffering.

So the question becomes unavoidable:

**Will this visit bring peace…

or will it be the kiss of death that signals another brutal chapter for Lebanon?**

No one knows the future — but Jesus gave a rule to measure humanity:

“Look at the fruits.”

So let’s look.

If the visit brings:

• real protection for the innocent,

• unity for divided communities,

• empowerment for the weak,

• international pressure on those who harm Lebanon,

• encouragement for the youth,

• and dignity restored to Christians and all minorities…

Then the fruit is good.
Then peace is possible.

But if the visit is followed by:

• political manipulation,

• regional escalation,

• new proxy wars,

• pressure on Lebanon to carry conflicts not its own,

• silence toward aggressors,

• or spiritual speeches with zero real-world action…

Then the fruit is rotten.
Then danger is near.

Lebanon has learned something the hard way:
Peace is not a wish — peace is a responsibility.
And the wrong words at the wrong time can ignite fires across the Middle East.

This is why the people of Lebanon feel torn.

They crave a blessing…
But they fear becoming a battlefield again.

They want spiritual leadership…
But they know spiritual leadership must come with courage, not politics.

They want recognition…
But not at the cost of their survival.

The truth?

Whether this visit brings peace or war will not depend on speeches — it will depend on the fruits that follow.

If the Pope’s presence becomes a shield for Lebanon, then it is a blessing.
If it becomes an invitation for wolves to move closer, then it is a curse.

But one thing remains unshaken:

Lebanon survived everything for 2,000 years — and it will survive whatever comes next.
Not because of men in white robes or political alliances,
but because God/Jesus Himself walks with this land.

And in the end,
only the fruits will tell the real story.