God’s ways are… so often different from what we expect… Different and puzzling… we are tempted to question them… In fact… they question us! The text of today’s 1st reading does precisely this (Number 11:25-29). In the scene described, we see the Jewish leader, Moses, and we are told that, […]
30th Sunday of Year C – 2022
Reading the gospel text of this Sunday (Luke 18:9-14) some could exclaim: “This is the world upside down!” Somehow, it is! The last verse says: “All those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.” It seems obvious from these words that we […]
3rd Sunday of Lent, Year C – 2022
Do you sometimes wonder at… God’s ways? What he does can be quite astonishing… And, at times, the way he deals with us, human beings, can leave us rather puzzled. The scene presented in the 1st reading of this Sunday is indeed surprising (Ex.3:1-8,10,13-15). We see a bush burning but […]
4th Sunday of Year C – 2022
God’s ways are not our ways – we have been told long ago and we know it, perhaps… from experience! The prophet Jeremiah had certainly learned this from experience! The 1st reading of today is a good example of this (Jeremiah 1:4-5,17-19). « Get yourself ready. Stand up!” With these words, […]
1st Sunday of Advent, Year C – 2021
There is no doubt about it: this 1st Sunday of Advent invites us to look to the future. A promise is essentially doing this and it is a promise that we are given in the 1st reading (Jr.33:14-16). The text of the prophet Jeremiah gives us God’s words in a […]
21st Sunday of Year B – 2021
Reading the gospel is not an exercise that always provides… comfort. It certainly does at times, but at other times it can be rather upsetting. It happens that Jesus questions us, and even confronts us, in a way that can be disturbing. This is what we see in today’s gospel […]
Palm Sunday, Year B
As an introduction to the celebration of Palm Sunday, we are given a choice between two gospel texts: one from Mark (11:1-10) and the other from John (12:12-16). In the shorter text from John, one verse caught my attention: “At the time, his disciples did not understand… Later… they remembered.” […]
2nd Sunday of Lent, Year B
In our conversation, some words have a special meaning, they can have an impact of their own. Usually, such words do not leave a person indifferent. When someone says: “Trust me!” the expression catches our attention and calls for a decision: to trust, or not, the person before us… These […]
2nd Sunday of Advent, Year B
Some theologians have said that philosophy is the handmaid of theology. In other words, some philosophical reflection can lead to a deeper understanding of some aspects of the faith. I personally think that the same can be said of psychology. Again, I am inclined to believe that a better knowledge […]
21st Sunday of the Year, C
I heard someone say : ‘God does not know how to count’. In any case, his way of counting is not ours. The Psalmist had understood this when he wrote: “A thousand years in your sight are like a day” (Ps.90:4) . And through the prophet Isaiah, God had told us […]