Many people want to know the God in whom they believe. But people are sometimes faced with a difficulty as they try to understand matters of faith. They are so eager to find out what to believe, and how to believe, that they forget to focus on whom to believe! […]
15th Sunday of Year B – 2024
Rich, deep, and enlightening are the words I would use to describe the text of today’s 2nd reading (Ephesians 1:3-14). Paul is writing to the first Christians of Ephesus, and he has much to tell them – much about God and much about themselves. Reading again this long reflection, I […]
11th Sunday of Year B – 2024
The readings of our celebrations are many and they are rich in what they offer us. The third reading – the gospel – brings us to Jesus himself, what he said and what he did. Today’s last verse of the gospel has a message for us. It tells us that […]
31st Sunday of Year A – 2023
There are things we are told that we believe we know, yet… We sometimes think that because we have heard something said many times, we understand them, but… This could apply to… the word of God. Writing to the early Christians of Thessalonica, the apostle Paul tells them (1 Th.2:7-9,13): […]
27th Sunday of Year C – 2022
Most of us are in contact with many people every day. We approach some of them spontaneously, considering them as friends. Others, we keep our distance from them, we are not sure how we will be received. There are some, we know that we will always be welcomed when knocking […]
Feast of Pentecost, Year C – 2022
In the Acts of the Apostles, we read that when Paul visited a community of Christians in Ephesus, he asked them: “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” They replied: “We were never even told there was such a thing as a Holy Spirit” (Acts 19:1-3). So, […]
Holy Thursday, Year C – 2022
Parents sometimes ask their children: “Do you understand?” A teacher will ask the same question to a class of students. A contractor may use the same words addressing workers at a building site. « Do you understand? » When, at the Last Supper, Jesus asked this question from his apostles (John 13:1-15), […]
15th Sunday of Year B – 2021
Many of us have collected, over the years, some pictures – photos of ourselves and our loved ones. From time to time, we take out an album, or an envelope, where these souvenirs are safely kept. We enjoy going through these mementoes and see what we looked like at different […]
Pentecost, Year B – 2021
Three readings offering 27 verses of texts, 6 verses of a Psalm, and added to all this, a poem-prayer, the Sequence, as a second Response! Overwhelming riches – and overwhelming is the word! How can one choose a theme? How can we focus on a single verse, or topic, for […]
Feast of the Holy Trinity, Year C – 2019
Some people ask themselves questions about God. In fact, many people would want to know more about him – know more, more clearly, more deeply. But could it be that they miss some important revelation about him? Revelation: showing clearly, removing what is covering something, making known. Yes, God has […]