Monday 26 January 2015

Year B - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
Deuteronomy 18, 15-20
Psalm 94
1 Corinthians 7, 32-35
Mark 1, 21-28






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Details

- This rabbit on the stage is a prophet. He speaks in the name of God, he "climbs on high", he proclaims (with all his might because we can see his tongue really extended). 
Curiously enough, there is no microphone but his words are reflected  in the speakers (which signifies that God helps to amplify the small part of the action that he has asked us to accomplish).
- Beneath, there is a priest who is with his Bible, to announce the Good News but without success, visibly.
- He who speaks to the priest reproaches to him the fact that he cannot hear him. We need to meet three criteria in order to be audible:
         1. To make oneself heard (if I speak very softly, I take the risk of not being heard)
         2. To make oneself understood (I adapt the message. I do not adapt the content of the message, but the manner of saying it, the vocabulary...)
         3. Live, myself, that which I say.

Questions

- What do I reproach to priests in the manner of conducting themselves? What do I expect of them?
- And I, how can I give a speech of life? With whom am I most at ease to speak with? Maybe it is in this place that God will call me?
- In the apostolic letter to the devoted Pope Francis said "The prophet receives from God the capacity to scrutinize the history in which he lives, and to interpret events: he is like a sentinel who watches during the night and knows when dawn comes (cf. Is 21: 11-12).  He knows God and he knows men and women, his brothers and sisters.  He is capable of discernment and also capable of denouncing the evil of sin and of injustices, because he is free; He answers to no master but God, he has no other interest but those of God.  The prophet is usually on the side of the poor and of those without recourse, because God himself is on their side"
- In what way does this speak to me? How ?

Monday 19 January 2015

Year B - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
Jonah 3, 1-10
Psalm 24
1 Corinthians 7, 29-31
Mark 1, 14-20
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Details

- Religion of fear, it is to do things by obligation, without necessarilly putting ones heart into it. I go along with something, but un reaility, why do I go along with it? Does it give me a place, and ideal, a goal? If I don't adhere to it, what will happen to me?
The rabbit of the religion of fear is livid. He has no strong colour. He does things which makes him lose his colour, his personality. He goes forward because he is forced to do so.
- The religion of love, it is not so much to follow the commandements, it is more to follow a living person, Christ. And starting from the moment that we follow Christ, it becomes logical to follow the commandments as well but we do the with all our heart, without judging he who does not do like me. The rabbit of the religion of love has a real colour, his own. He is motivated and has hi eyes fixed on the love of God.
The rabbit of the religion of fear and the one of the religion of love have the same remark "Ok Ok". Except that one of them believes in it, the other does not.
God is attractive to us when we feel loved by Him. Am I not attracted by someone because I feel there is love, goodness in them?

Questions

- And I, where am I? What does this comic strip reveal of myself, of the others, of God?
- And when I look to bring someone else to God, is it with force or love?
In the religion of fear, be careful to not put yourself in the place of God in saying to the other what they must do.
In the religion of love, it will be God himself who will educate you progressively.

Monday 12 January 2015

Year B - Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
1 Samuel 3, 3...19
Psalm 39
1 Corinthians 6, 13...20
John 1, 35 - 42





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Details

- John and Andrew are asking Jesus where he is staying. With a gaze, they are looking up.
- Jesus answers by showing his dwell : the heart of Man. To find Jesus, you need to go deep into the heart of human beings, very deep.
- There is a ladder, which shows how long the journey is. We have to go down one step at a time. Looking closer at the ladder, we can see that the further down we go,  the narrower it gets. This represents the spiritual path which becomes more and more refined.
- You don't get to know the Man's heart at once. Trust is something that gets created over time.
- The heart-shaped hole was covered by a stone which has been rolled away. This is an image of the Resurrection. When Jesus is present in the heart of the Man, there is life in the darkness.
- Jesus tells the two apostles to get ready before going down: "Come and see". To be able to come, you need shoes, and to be able to see, you need glasses.

Questions

- To walk and to watch, isn't that the attitude of whomever is constantly searching for God?
- Before sending off his disciples, Jesus invites them to come, to get to know him. He invites them to come down.
- What about me ? How does this image talke to me today ?
- What does it reveal to me about God ? About others ? About myself ?

Monday 5 January 2015

Year B - First Sunday in Ordinary Time

First Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year B
Isaiah 42, 1...7
Psalm 28
Apostles Acts 10, 34-38
Mark 1, 7-11




To go further
Details

- There is no likely detail which can help meditation, except for the rabbit at the top of the tree. Clearly, he missed the mark. He should have gone over or next to the tree, but no...

Questions

- Usually, the more I step back, the further I go
- Do I take the time to look back on my day ? To think about my behaviour, my words, my attitudes, so that I'm not in a slave position next time the situation presents itself ?
- To what extent are God's ways not necesarily the ones I was thinking about ?
- In what way did God surprise those who lived in his time ?
- What was expected of him ? How did he respond to it ?
- What about me ? What do I expect of him ? How do I react if he doesn't fulfill my expectations ?