It is recorded that Niels Bohr, a brilliant physicist told the no less brilliant Einstein : « Einstein, stop telling God what to do. » It seems that we, human beings, often give in to the temptation of doing exactly that: telling God what to do! We see the apostles doing this […]
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Year C – 2022
Among us, people, signs are very much part of our interaction. A wink, a scowl, a frown, a shaking of the head – all of these give a message. But to be truly meaningful, such signs need to be interpreted. If not, then the message can be either lost or […]
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 […]
Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ, Year B
Last week, on the Feast of the Holy Trinity, we reflected on ‘promises’ especially those from… God himself. We focused on the one of Jesus in the last verse of the gospel of the day (Mt.28:16-20) a promise assuring us: ”I am with you always; yes, to the end of […]
2nd Sunday of the Year, C
The Wedding Feast at Cana It seems that we know the text of this gospel scene so well (Jn.2:1-11), we could repeat it with all its details. And that is precisely the danger: perhaps we know it too well! If someone were to ask me to summarize this text in […]