Year A - Blessed Trinity

Blessed Trinity - Year A

Exodus 34, 4 ... 9

Daniel 3

2 Corinthians 13, 11 - 13

John 3, 16 - 18

 

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- The grey rabbit is putting up with the rain (his umbrella is purple, colour of Lent), he's moaning, he's protecting himself  

- The blue rabbit thanks God for the rain. He's collecting it in his hands. He's drinking it.

- For the grey rabbit, everything is grey, the sky, the earth ... For the blue rabbit, the sky is blue and the earth is green, despite the fact they're under the same rain.

- The drops of rain are made of the letters of the biblical reference "Jean 3, 16" (John 3, 16) This verse is one ok the reading keys to understand the Bible. The blue rabbit is soaking in it, whereas the grey one doesn't see neither its richnees, nor its reach

Questions

- When hearing this verse, I can take it as a marvellous news : God loves the world so much. The consequence being he gave his only Son.

- We can also hear this verse and stay impenetrable, as if it was slipping over us. To hear this verse and to doubt of the Father's Love. I'm hit by the words of a grandmother, who always used to repeat "But how did he manage, the Father, to give his son to suffering and death. It's awful !" The first part of the verse clearly hadn't hit her. She's focused on the second one. They can't be separated.

- What about me, how do I receive this verse of "John 3, 16" ?

Year A - Pentecost

Pentecost - Year A

Apostles Acts 2, 1 - 11

Psalm 103

1 Corinthians 12, 3 - 13

John 20, 19 - 23

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- The rabbit on the left is Christ (reminder : we can recognise him thanks to the cross in his halo) He's blowing on his disciples : he's giving them the Holy Spirit. Only Jesus can give a spirit which sanctifies, and that is his.

- Everything is orientated forward (hands, body, ears ...). Christianism is orientated forward.

- The three rabbits taken in the breath represent the course of the one who lives under the action of the Holy Spirit. From grey, the rabbit goes to blue which means he's becoming more and more like God, therefore more and more himself (which may seem contradictory but isn't at all)

- At the beginning, the rabbit taken by the breath of Christ is surprised. He even seems shy because a force is taking him where he had not planned to go to.

- Then he's getting into the breath, laying onto an air cushion. He's reaching cruise speed, extended forward, he's staring at the Bible as his reference, smiling and at peace.

- In the end, he's like on a slide, in joy.

 

Questions

 

- If we look carefully at the movement of the three, we can see that the Holy Spirit first attracts to Christ and then he sends on a mission

- To live of the Spirit is to have this continual movement, to come back to the source to be able to spread the Good News in full knowledge of it. How do I live it ?

Year A - Ascension

Ascension - Year A

Apostles Acts 1, 1 - 11

Psalm 46

Ephesians 1, 17 - 23

Matthew 28, 16 - 20

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- For the Ascension, here, it's a descending slope … curious !

- Here, the Holy Ghost is represented in the form of an avalanche (to show the power that nothing can stop) and by the colour of fire in the « BROM BROLO »

- The Word from the Bible is coming out of the frame. So is the rabbit. When we live through the Holy Ghost, we sometimes don't fit in boxes, we're atypical (which does not mean that we are nonsensical or that the Church's rules don't exist anymore …)

- The rabbit is scared in front of that force. Rather than accepting it, he runs away from it, the same way we hide in front of God's greatness.

- Through his words, he's nonetheless decided to receive the Holy Ghost, because he « has not said yes YET » which implies that it will come but he's not quite ready yet.

Questions

- Receiving God in our life is something we prepare for. We wish for it. However we don't wish for Him to upset everything. We would like to keep our marks, our certainties, our quite little life.

- Am I ready to say « Holy Ghost, come through me. Take all that I am. I belong to you. Make me a witness like you want me to be.

Year A - Seventh Sunday of Easter

 Seventh Sunday of Easter - Year 

Apostles Acts 1, 12 - 14

Psalm 26

1 Peter 4, 13 - 16

John 17, 1 - 11

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- " One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek : that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life"

- The house of the Lord is that little house, with a big door and a window. The area of the ceiling is greater than the area of the floor. In Heaven, there is space.

- To enter this house, there is a doormat. We cannot go through the entrance without being pure. Jesus himself comes to purify us. He already starts down here, by the action of the Holy Ghost, with whom we must willingly cooperate.

- In the house, there is a light. It is God's light, the Light in the Darkness.

- The house is in the middle of the desert. There's nothing around it except two plants which are touching the wall of the house, sign of the Creation that leads to God (and comes from Him)

- The rabbit looks embarassed to ask for such a thing, as if he didn't feel worthy enough. From the answer which comes from within, he's not the first one to ask.

Questions

- Is living in the Lord's house every day of my life a desire which I have ? 

- Is it the only thing I'm looking for ? Yes ? No ? Why ?

Year A - Sixth Sunday of Easter

Sixth Sunday of Easter - Year A

Apostles Acts 8, 5 - 17

Psalm 65

1 Peter, 15 - 18

John 14, 15 - 21

 

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Details

- The grey rabbits (towards the back) are waiting for the blue rabbit to show his faith
- The blue rabbit is looking for his written testimony, which he's prepared well ... but he can't find it.
- He's turning his back to them, he's not willing to speak to people. He's looking for his means.
- He's searching his desk, in his desk, on his computer, in his bin and on himself
- He forgets to look INSIDE himself
- In his jacket, there's an ace of hearts which  falls from his sleeve, that means he's losing his means, his assets. He's facing his own poverty
- The grey rabbits are waiting ; one of them is eating an ice cream which is melting. That means that soon, it will be too late. This moment of grace will be gone

Questions

- To account for the Hope one has inside oneself should be a simple thing. It's answering to the question "Why am I a believer ? What has changed in MY life since I've known Jesus Christ ?" We're not asking for a theology demonstration, just a life testimony. It should come from the heart, quite simply. If we asked someone why he likes such dessert, and if he was to take a paper out to answer the question, that would be a bit weird, wouldn't it ? Such is faith.
- When we have given our testimony, maybe the other person will stay indifferent. No matter. In faith, I believe that God put that person on my path. Maybe he's only remembered one sentence.
-What about me, when was the last time I accounted for my Hope ? To whom ? How was that received ? Did I talk more about God or about myself ?

Year A - Fifth Sunday of Easter

Fifth Sunday of Easter - Year A

Apostles Acts 6, 1 - 7

Psalm 32

1 Peter 2, 4 - 7

John 14, 1 - 12

  

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- The blue rabbit is Jesus who's going from Earth (brown on the floor and green on the walls) to Heaven (blue in the lift). The lift door is red (same as last week for the door handle, it's the same meaning)

- He's pushing a trolley with bookings. The bookings don't mean that everything is played, that it's inevitable (either I am on it or I'm not, depending on what he's decided and that's all). On the contrary, the booking depends on me, on my life. The colour of the bookings is bright yellow, like the holiness.

- If we look at the lift buttons, the one going up has no number but the mathematical sign for infinite (an overturned 8)

- There is a grey rabbit who's going in the opposite direction. He's not coming out of the lift (impossible, it's a one-way system, fortunately !) He meets Jesus' look. What is happening inside him ? It's for you to guess.

Questions

- What about you, how do you hear Jesus' Word : "I am going there to prepare a place for you" ?

Year A - Fourth Sunday of Easter

Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A

Apostles Acts 2, 14 ... 41

Psalm 22

1 Peter 2, 20 - 25

John 10, 1 - 10

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- The symbolism is mainly in the colours. The room in which the rabbit stands is life on Earth (green floor like the grass, blue wall like the sky)

- The wall which the rabbit is turning towards is pale blue, that's Eternal life.

- The door is Christ. He has the same colour as the wall, because Eternal Life is, before all else, HIM.

- The handle is red (this is Jesus humanity. The access to the sky is possible through his sacrifice. The red represents the blood that was shed on the cross)

- The door is open, Jesus is always welcoming. There's no lock ; he is accessible to everyone without needing to study. The frame is white, like the holiness that covers us, without which we can't see God.

- On this drawing, the rabbit does not dare pushing the door, he stops at the frame. There's a branch of religion which is called « gnosis ». Salute is in knowledge (You « know » so you can be saved, otherwise you have no chance). This rabbit stops at knowledge and he can't go through the door because he's lacking faith and knowledge from the heart.

Questions

- If Jesus opens his door, do I let myself in ?

- If Jesus knocks on my door, will I let him in ?