1er dimanche du Carême, année B – 2024

Chaque année, l’évangile du 1er dimanche du Carême nous offre le texte de la tentation de Jésus au désert. Le texte de l’évangéliste Marc, cette année, est le plus court (Marc 1:12-13). Nous apprenons simplement que Jésus a été tenté. « Jésus venait d’être baptisé. Aussitôt l’Esprit le pousse au […]

3rd Sunday of Lent, Year A – 2023

It happens so often with Bible texts: the events related and the scenes described there reflect much of… ourselves. The way people act and react often depicts something of our own attitudes. Today’s first reading is a good example of this (Exodus 17:3-17). The people of Israel, having escaped from […]

6è dimanche de l’année C – 2022

Dieu travaille à la racine… C’est ce qui m’est venu à l’esprit en voyant – par hasard – cette image. Et la 1ère lecture de ce dimanche le confirme (Jérémie 17:5-8): « Béni soit l’homme qui met sa foi dans le Seigneur… Il sera comme un arbre, planté près des eaux, […]

30th Sunday of Year B – 2021

To speak about God and to call upon him, all kinds of names are used: God Almighty, Heavenly King, Creator of the universe, Master of all things, Ruler of the world, etc. Very early in the history of the people of Israel, their great leader, Moses, had asked God who […]

1st Sunday of Lent, Year B

The text of Mark relating the temptation of Jesus is much shorter than that of Matthew and Luke. Notice that ‘temptation’ is printed in the singular because Mark does not give details about this experience of Jesus. I find this short text (1st Sunday of Lent – Mk.1:12-15) of only […]

Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, Year A

Hungering for more… Walking across the desert… Food given as yet unknown… Life beyond the present… A body more than the flesh… Hungering for more… Something else, something more – So much deeper, more satisfying, more enduring… “The Lord led you in the wilderness to test you and know your […]