Year A - Easter Vigil

Easter vigil - Year A

Genesis 1, 1 - 2, 2

 Psalm 103 or 32

Genesis 22, 1 - 18

Psalm 15

Exodus 14, 15 - 15, 1

Exodus Cantics 15, 1 - 8 or Psalm 135

Isaiah 54, 5 - 14

Psalm 29

Isaiah 55, 1 - 11

Isaiah Cantics 12, 2 ... 6

Baruch 3, 9 - 15.32

Psalm 18

Ezechiel 36, 16 ... 28

Psalm 41 or 50

Romans 6, 11

Psalm 117

Matthew 28, 1 - 10

 

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- There are spring colours. Only the grave is grey.

- The angel is this snowman. Silly ? Maybe not that much … Its colour is the purest of all we know around us (snow). Its face is made with eight stones (two for the eyes, six for the mouth). The eighth day being the resurrection one.

- In its snow « hands » it's holding lightnings. Logically that's impossible. If it manages, it's because everything is possible for God, including resurrecting his Son.

-If we look at its hands, they are two blocks of snow that open into three fingers. Certain representations also have extremities which widen out or open like on this picture. The symbol is also the one of life, of resurrection, a bit like if the cross was coming into bud.

- There are two bubbles coming from the sky. The left one could be any saint. The right one is God who's answering him. We understood that if that angel looks odd, it's to attract attention.

- Three question marks in the three fundamental colours (yellow, blue and red) pop out of the rabbit who's watching this « angel ». He's asking himself fundamental questions.

Questions

- What if I was witnessing such a thing ? What would I do ? To whom would I tell about it ? Why ?

Year A - Good Friday - Passion service

Good Friday - Passion Service - Year A

Isaiah 52, 13 - 53, 12

Psalm 30

Hebrews 4, 14 - 16 ; 5, 7 - 9

John 18, 1 - 19, 42

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- The blue rabbit (representing the Christ) is resolutely walking towards his Passion. The mountain is grey, the sky is somber.

- On the other side, wealth (money on the buildings), luxury (sports car), glory (camera in front of the castle, orange colour), easiness (castle life), immediacy (fast plane), pleasure (blue sky), ...

- Right in the middle, a simple sign "give your life" with an arrow pointing towards the difficult side

- The cross is higher than everything else (money, plane, ...)

Questions

-In the Bible verse, it is question of "achievement". "My servant will prosper". Indeed he managed to give his life for you. We should put achievement on the left side of the picture. That's not what achievement is. The grey rabbit who's going towards the town can see the other resolute rabbit go past. You can tell he's questioning it. Is he also going to give his life ? What about me ?

Year A - Good Thursday - Mass of the Last Supper

Good Thursday - Mass of the Last Supper - Year A

Exodus 12, 1 - 14

Psalm 115

1 Corinthians 11, 23 - 26

John 13, 1 - 15

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- Foot washing was a job for slaves, for servants. Jesus wants to show his disciples that you must put yourself at the other one's service, that you must consider them as being above yourself. Therefore, he's on his knees, he's "beneath", contrary to St Peter who is "above".

- The only time when Jesus is "above" is when he's being put there, when he is "put up", on the cross, in a state of total despoliation

- Saint Peter is completely stuck in the way he sees Christ. On the picture, he's in a corner and can't move

- What will make him move is when he will disown Jesus three times. Sometimes, to get back on earth, we don't come down, we fall down

Questions

- There's a good thing about falling : you get to see misery. When you've fallen down, you experience the mercy of God who picks you up. When you've fallen down, you become more merciful and more humane towards those who fall. How does that meet my experience ? On which points do I never forgive ? Why ?

- Jesus, to come and meet me, never stops putting himself down. If I try to put myself up, I may miss him. Where are the places or the moments where he can meet me ? How do I encourage these meetings with him in my life ? In my week ? In my day ?

Year A - Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palm Sunday

Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palm Sunday - Year A

Matthew 21, 1 - 11

Isaiah 50, 4 - 7

Psalm 21

Philippians 2, 6 - 11

Matthew 26, 14 - 27, 66

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- The grey rabbit (classically dressed, with neutral colours), wants to melt into the crowd.

- As for the blue rabbit, he has everything to be noticed : pink glasses, red hat, he's screaming in bright colours, to make sure he gets seen. He doesn't look like he has a model lifestyle because he's just drunk a bottle and his teeth show that his food is not healthy. Yet here he is, compromising the other one with unflattering words.

Questions

- The grey rabbit ignores him by a gesture (he turns his back on him and swears with his hand) as well as by his words (I don't know this man)

- How many times do I look like the grey rabbit when conversation starts about Christ, the Church, the Pope, ... in a hostile land ? I don't like to be ignored. Have I ever wondered about Christ's feeling when I behave as such towards him, despite the fact he's perfect and no one can reproach him anything ?

Year A - Fifth Sunday of Lent

Fifth Sunday of Lent - Year A

Ezekiel 37, 12-14

Psalm 129

Romans 8, 8-11

John 11, 1-45

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- This rabbit who's all wrapped up is Lazarus in his grave who Jesus has come to resurrect. He is embalmed and his bandages make him trip over a branch that is growing inside the grave.

- This picture could be a representation of the purgatory. The purgatory is a state (not a place)where we've made the choice of God instead of death ... except we're not quite ready enough to see it straight away. Him, his absolute Holiness (on the picture, he's the light on the right).

- The rabbit is stretching forward, ears included (the light is the resurrection), his desire to see God is there, and it will be granted after this time of purification. He looks quite impatient.

- Some things are still holding him back (the bandages) which are mainly unforgiveness or the awareness of everything wrong he has done during his existence on Earth. Here, it's close to nothing that prevents him from going further, but there's still something ... 

Questions

- Jesus is asking for him to be released but he doesn't do it himself. Maybe we'll have to ask for forgiveness to those who we've hurt, therefore repairing an insult, and we will then be the instrument that will release and free the other ...

Annunciation

Annunciation

Isaiah 7, 10-14 . 8-10

Psalm 39

Hebrews 10, 4-10

Lk 1, 26-38

  

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- This picture is inspired by the impossible stairs created by Lionel Penrose in 1958

- Four rabbits are forever climbing up

- The blue rabbit, enthusiastic, is counting the stairs. The orange rabbit serenely walks on but looks back. The pink one is starting to get tired and needs the help of his hands. The purple one is sighing, it's starting to be long ...

- These stairs could represent the spiritual life which must never stop. At the beginning we're ardently enthusiastic, we try and evaluate our progress, we count. Then we realise what we've lost by following Jesus. Sometimes with regret or bitterness if we forget to look forward. Then we're starting to struggle. We stick to our humanity, we experience our very down to earth misery. We have the choice to stop or carry on struggling.

Questions

- This picture can also represent how I represent Lent. Never forget that on this picture, all seems to depend on the man's efforts without counting on God's grace.

- What is the proportion between the efforts I make and the grace I'm welcoming (by praying, supplication, listening) ? 50%-50% ? 20%-80% ? 90%-10% ?

- I'll help you, the best solution is 100%-100%. The Virgin Mary tested it first. My turn to follow. Nothing is impossible for God, is it ?

Year A - Fourth Sunday of Lent

 Fourth Sunday of Lent - Year A

1 Samuel 16, 13

Psalm 22

Ephesians 5, 8-14

John 9, 1-41

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- The rabbit giving the  unction is the prophet. The one receiving it will become the king.

- The horn has the colours of a flame. Fire and oil are symbols of the Holy Ghost which resides in the king. The king is praying.

- The oil is being poured in abundance, just like God's grace which flows abundantly.

- The other rabbits are unstable on their legs, they're slipping. The oil is also what wrestlers put onto their body to escape from their opponent. In the spiritual field, it's the oil unction (the baptism, as there are the symbols of water and oil) which allows us to fight against evil forces.

- Oil is also used for lamps (oil lamps ... of course), symbol of foresight and fidelity ("keep your lamps on" Jesus tells us)

- And finally there is an aspect of "permanence". Oil penetrates (try and get rid of an oil stain ...). Unction is indelible, permanent.

-The horn, in the Bible, is a symbol of power.

Questions

- Of all the meanings, which is the one that talks to me the most when I think about the action of the Holy Ghost in my life ? Why ?