National Unicorn Day History National Unicorn Day honours the mythical creatures which symbolize beauty, magic and dreams, known as Unicorns! The day is dedicated to acknowledging their cultural impact and their significant role in various mythologies and folklore. From being an emblem of purity and grace to serving as mascots […]
7th Sunday of Year A – 2023
Reading the word of God in the Bible, one can experience all kinds of feelings: joy and consolation, hope and anticipation, wonder and questioning, regret, perhaps… or helplessness?… But there are times when the feeling is one of surprise – total and unexpected amazement! The first lines of today’s 2nd […]
Nativity of the Lord, Year C – 2021
Someone telling a group of friends that he, or she, has received some good news would set their minds thinking. Their curiosity would lead them to try and guess what this piece of good news can be… A promotion? Winning the lotto? Going on holidays? Perhaps the visit of a […]
Feast of the Epiphany, Year B – 2021
The text of the gospel of the Feast of Epiphany is well known to us. We could repeat with much detail the story of the Magi searching for the new-born king and their visit to him. Yet, every year, there seems to be in the text something that speaks in […]
13th Sunday of Year B
The world of cinema production and that of the theater allow us to witness human experiences that often depict our own personal emotions. Watching a film, or seeing the actors evolve on the scene, can be powerful means of… introspection and self-knowledge. For my part, I feel that the same […]
Feast of Pentecost, Year B
« Each one bewildered… They were amazed and astonished… » This is what the 1st reading of this feast of Pentecost tells us (Acts 2:1-11) about the Christians of the first century. Fast forward to the 21st century, our own period of Christian living, could not this text describe us as […]
28th Sunday of Year A
On this Sunday (28th of Year A) we are given another of those parables well-known to us: the invitation to a wedding party (Mt.22:1-14). Who would want to miss this? But, obviously, some people are not keen on the idea… The gospel text says as much: “They were not interested…” […]
Pentecost, Year A
“The doors were closed (‘locked’, says another translation) in the room where the disciples were for fear of the Jews.” Have you ever been really afraid? If so, you surely remember the experience! In a threatening situation, it seems we can’t think straight! We try to figure out the best […]
Christmas, C
CHRISTMAS, a time to rejoice and to celebrate. We somehow move a short distance away from our routine tasks and daily activities. We try to take time – time to reflect, time to look at things, situations, and people, in a different way. Strange, but it seems that those very […]
3rd Sunday of Advent, C
You look at this picture, you read the text, you go from one layer to the other and you think to yourself: ‘Something is missing! Where is… JOY?’ Bliss can make us feel heavenly… for a while! Delight provides a feeling of pleasure in something or someone. Happiness is a […]