Day after day, we read the Scripture to know and to understand – to know better, to understand more deeply who God is. The Bible texts offer us images and symbols, they relate events, they describe situations. Very often, they present us a message by way of contrast, of opposites. […]
The Alphabet of Lent – Letter L
L for Light Our cities drape themselves in light for all tastes – the modern lighting leaves nothing in shadow. The talents of artists and cinema producers is required to create the light-dark effect. Certain aspects of reality benefit from remaining in half darkness. Nowadays, many people complain that […]
Christmas, Year C
Some years ago, I saw a Christmas card of a very unusual design. It depicted the star of Bethlehem, shining bright. And the shadow this star cast on the ground had the shape of… a cross. Quite a prophetic expression and a unique evocation of the meaning of the Nativity. […]
3rd Sunday of the Year, A
‘Turn on the light,’ – it is an expression that we hear very often. All the more so in this mid-January period when the clouds seem to be ever present and darkness more obvious in the mornings and evenings. The solution is close at hand: we switch on the electric […]
Christmas Vigil
« The tender mercy of our God will bring the rising sun to visit us, to give light to those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace. » (Canticle of the Benedictus, Luke 1:78-79)