When God questions us… A neighbor, a colleague, someone we are familiar with, can question our ways of doing, or our attitude in a given situation – this is something usual.Bu when it is God who does this, then the situation is altogether different… the implications go much deeper… It […]
Lundi, 3è semaine du Carême – 2025
L’évangile de l’omission, du manque d’attention et de compassion.On pourrait le nommer: l’évangile de… l’absentéisme. Les questions qu’il pose nous accusent:Où étions-nous?Comment n’avons-nous pas vu?Pourquoi n’avons-nous pas secouru? Est-il possible que nous ne l’ayons PAS reconnu, LUI?…En ces jours qui sont les nôtres, il dit encore: « J’ai eu faim… J’ai […]
Monday, 3rd week of Lent – 2025
The gospel of omission, of the lack of attention and the lack of compassion.It could be called: the gospel of… absenteeism. The questions that it asks accuse us:Where were we?How is it that we did not see?Why have we not helped? Is it possible that we did NOT recognize HIM?…In […]
24è dimanche de l’année B – 2024
Des questions dérangeantes… Nous les connaissons bien! Les parents soumis par les enfants aux « Pourquoi, maman? » « Pourquoi, papa? » en savent quelque chose! Les « Comment? » peuvent aussi être difficiles à solutionner: Comment faire ceci? Comment éviter cela? Comment réussir cet examen? Comment résoudre ce problème? […]
Les SARS, ce qu’ils sont… ce qu’ils offrent…
Connaissez-vous les SARs? Non, pas les STARS mais bien les SARs – l’acronyme qu’utilise le monde anglo-saxon pour présenter les Socially Assistive Robots. Nous les nommerions sans doute: Assitants Sociaux Robotiques, ou simplement: Robots Assistants Sociaux. Évidemment, leur origine se trouve dans… vous l’avez deviné: l’intelligence artificielle – la IA dont […]
Holy Thursday, The Last Supper, Year B – 2024
Human beings are complex beings, to say the least! Somehow, we know this from experience. The scene of the Last Supper of Jesus with his apostles gives us a vivid picture of it as well (Jean 13:1-15). Especially the dialogue between Jesus and Peter. It starts silently as Jesus comes […]
The Alphabet of Lent – Letter Q
Q for Questions Questions – they are part of our life in many forms. From our childhood, we learn to use them in all kinds of situations: Where? When? How? Who? What? Why? We want to know, to learn, to understand. We ask questions from people around us and they […]
21st Sunday of Year A – 2023
QUESTIONS: there are all kinds of them, they are countless. There are short questions, easy; others are intricate, or vague. Some are intriguing, others are disturbing, they make us feel uncomfortable. People ask us questions, of course. Life also asks questions of us, often difficult questions. And even… God asks […]
11th Sunday of Year A – 2023
We ask one another many questions, questions about all kinds of things. But it happens also that we ask questions of… ourselves. This situation may arise especially when faced with situations which we find disturbing. At such times, we may wonder: “Is God unaware of what is happening to me? […]
Un texte qui parle…
Il y a des textes qui parlent, oui, des mots qui nous rejoignent là où ils apportent la lumière attendue… Un verset de l’évangile de ce 5è dimanche de Pâques parle à Maxim Brais et il nous partage sa réflexion.