The Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, in his Sunday sermon from Diman, pointed out that "the homeland is a mission, and the Lebanese is sent to his country not to withdraw but to participate, not to hide in his privacy but to build a shared future with others. Yet how many officials have forgotten that responsibility is a mission of service and sacrifice, not a transaction."

He continued: "What weakens our homeland today is not just poverty or the economic crisis, but the loss of a sense of mission. When politics loses the spirit of service, it turns into a conflict of interests. When citizens shrink in their worries and despair of change, the mission stops."

He added: "We are all called today to reclaim the meaning of national mission, which is to move out of comfort zones into the realm of initiative. To meet the other, not fight them. To serve one another, not exploit each other. To return to the values on which Lebanon was built—love, dignity, coexistence, openness, and creativity."

Rahi also emphasized that "Lebanon will not stand unless its people carry their responsibilities with a missionary spirit. Lebanon demands that we be messengers in politics, economy, education, justice, and every field that serves the public good. Every authority bearer must carry their mission as a trust, not a privilege. Every citizen must see their homeland as a mission to be preserved, not a spoil to be divided."