The conversations overheard at a bus shelter or in the waiting-room of a clinic can be quite revealing. A woman may tell another: “You look tired…” To which the other replies: “Tired is not the word I am exhausted! It seems I get up in the morning as tired as […]
Pause-Café, 9è jour
Impossible de deviner… Improbable de trouver… Irrésistible le désir de regarder la vidéo qui suit… avec la lettre I !…
Feast of Epiphany, year A
Day after day, week after week, the Bible texts call to us in different ways. We believe that this is God’s message addressed to us. We are convinced that the words we hear are not simply human words but God’s own words. They may be words of invitation, or words […]
1st Sunday of Advent, A
Some people are… shall we say: ‘bossy’ by nature. It seems that their preferred mode of relationship is ordering others around – telling them to do things, or not to do them. To have their way, they often resort to coercion. Domination is what they know best. Other people are […]
16th Sunday of the Year, C
Comparisons, contrasts – they are part of our daily life and in all kinds of situations. From them, a judgement arises deciding that things are different, equivalent, or plainly opposite! The texts of the liturgy of this Sunday (16th, year C) present us with situations that reflect this. In the […]
Les étoiles…
As-tu compté les étoiles? Un jésuite américain, Guy Consolmagno, est directeur de l’Observatoire du Vatican. Il fait partie de ce groupe de savants qui étudient les étoiles, les planètes et tous les ‘habitants’ de ‘l’au-delà’. Il est spécialiste en météorites. Les textes qu’il publie attirent toujours mon attention. Pourquoi? Parce […]