C pour CALME Le quotidien a souvent de quoi chambouler nos plans et nous secouer. Tout ce qu’on avait anticipé faire et tout l’imprévu qui s’impose soudain – ça dépasse nos limites. Et en plus des activités du moment il y a celles qu’il faut prévoir… On se sent bousculé/e, […]
The Alphabet of Lent – Letter C
C for Calm Daily life often brings much to upset our plans and shake us. All that we had foreseen to do and all that suddenly comes up – this is all too much. And apart from all the activities of the moment, there are those that we must foresee. […]
6è dimanche de Pâques, année C – 2022
Il se peut que nous lisions la Bible régulièrement et que nous connaissions certains textes de mémoire. Cela peut être utile, mais cela peut aussi présenter un piège, ou du moins, un défi: celui de ne pas toujours porter une attention soutenue à la lecture. Et pourtant, ces textes ont […]
Feast of the Epiphany, Year C – 2022
At times, listening to some people talking, we may hear a person say: “It’s all a question of planning”. True, much in life depends on the plans we make to achieve our goals. Strangely enough, this thought came to me as I reflected on the texts of this Feast of […]
3rd Sunday of Lent, Year B – 2021
The Scripture texts offered to our reflection for Sundays and Feast days come in different… ‘attires’. Some interesting, some encouraging, some quite challenging. The 2nd reading of this Sunday gives us a short text of the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians (1 Cor.1:22:25). According to me, the message […]
S’arrêter… ne rien faire…par choix
Ne rien faire, vraiment? C’est parfois bien difficile! Les plans, les projets, les activités, il faut bien s’y adonner, s’y affairer. Et, tout à coup, nous voilà… arrêté/es, on n’a pas le choix! Un intrus – le Coronavirus – a tout chamboulé, notre quotidien est perturbé, et nous les sommes […]
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Year A – 2020
The gospel text of today (Mt.3:13-17) is rich in insights, perhaps not obvious at first sight but looking into and beyond the words we discover the deeper meaning of what we see and hear. A modern reporter could give this scene of Jesus baptized by John the striking title of: […]
Déménagement… changement… pour bâtir!
Je déménage, tu déménages, ils déménagent… Eh oui, c’est la saison des ‘grands dérangements’! Souvent cela veut dire altération, modification, changement, et quoi encore? Toujours pour bâtir quelque chose et… bâtir sa vie aussi! Gertrude (personnifiée par Francine Robillard) nous en parle.
11th Sunday of the Year, B
The gospel accounts, especially that of Matthew, offers us many texts on the kingdom of God. The specialists on those gospel texts discuss among themselves about the meaning of this term: “the kingdom of God”. They generally agree that it refers to God’s special relationship with human beings, his presence […]
4th Sunday of Lent, Year B
When told that something is free, or at a big discount, some people will rush to benefit from the offer. Others may be more suspicious wondering whether this is a genuine bargain or not. Could it be that we react in a similar way when what is on offer is… […]