Le 29 Avril

Évangile de Jésus Christ selon

saint Matthieu 11,25-30.

En ce temps-là, Jésus prit la parole et dit : « Père, Seigneur du ciel et de la terre, je proclame ta louange : ce que tu as caché aux sages et aux savants, tu l’as révélé aux tout-petits.
Oui, Père, tu l’as voulu ainsi dans ta bienveillance.
Tout m’a été remis par mon Père ; personne ne connaît le Fils, sinon le Père, et personne ne connaît le Père, sinon le Fils, et celui à qui le Fils veut le révéler.
« Venez à moi, vous tous qui peinez sous le poids du fardeau, et moi, je vous procurerai le repos.
Prenez sur vous mon joug, devenez mes disciples, car je suis doux et humble de cœur, et vous trouverez le repos pour votre âme.
Oui, mon joug est facile à porter, et mon fardeau, léger. »

Le message

Ce jour de la fête de sainte Catherine de Sienne, Jésus nous invite à prendre un peu de repos, car Il va prendre le poids de notre fardeau. S’il a pris notre poids, il est demandé que nous prenions son fardeau, car il est léger.

En ce jour, l’évangile nous demande d’apprendre du Seigneur à être doux et humble de cœur, car Il est doux et humble. Puisque nous sommes ses disciples et puisque nous portons en nous son nom (le Christ), il y a une exigence d’être comme Lui.

In English

Scripture: John 12:44-50

44 And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And he who sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority; the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me."

The message

“He who believes in me may not remain in darkness.” Do we believe in Jesus? What is the depth of our faith?

Living in darkness, is living in ignorance. Ignorance of ourselves and others, our very being and the finality of our existence. It is in and through us that we can discover Jesus, because He is living in us.

Only if we discover Jesus, in His totality, we will be able to understand His Father. The more we get close to Jesus, the more we will be thirsty for Him. The more we get to know Jesus, the more we desire to know the Father.

In this search and discovery, we will understand that Jesus is in the Father and the Father is in Jesus. It is in this union we are called to be united. Thus we implore the Holy Spirit to accompany us and help us to be united in the Trinity. It is only in this union that we will be able to accomplish the will of the Father.