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 ?

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.

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 ?

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

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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 ?

Year B - Second Sunday of Christmas

Second Sunday of Christmas

Epiphany

Isaiah 60, 1-6

Psalm 71

Ephesians 3, 2-6

Matthew 2, 1-12

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Details and questions

- Three lost wise men, guided by a capricious satnav.

- Two of them are transfixed on the device (their own security).
Not one of the three has seen the sign "open your eyes" (You don't know that one?... you have to get out a bit)

- The rabbit who is behind - place of weakness - it is he who collides with the post (the unforeseen). 

- As a result, he sees 8 stars, one of which is large (8 like le 8th day, day of the ressurection of Christ. The star is also the symbol of Christ; "Shining star of the morning") 

- In the décor, there is only the manger, we cannot miss it... and yet  they do not see what is apparent. And I, what do I refuse to see? By what am I blinded ?

- In the manger, we can only distinguish a cow and a donkey and a crib. We do not see Jesus, nor Marie or Joseph.  No, of course, God could not be in this shabby place, unworthy of Him... What do you think?

- The stars are the same colour as the crowns. 

The only one who sees the 8 stars is he who has lost his crown, he has become poor, and it is to he that is revealed that which we are all searching.  The two others have each their crown (their power) and their satnav (their riches and security). All that they have found us their incapacity. Maybe they are now on the right track?

- The unexpected events steer us to something where we can find God. Sometimes, a brutal shock can help us understand. Have you experienced this?

Year B - Christmas Day

Year B - Fourth Sunday of Advent

Fourth Sunday of Advent - Year B

2 Samuel 7, 1...16

Psalm 88

Romans 16, 25 - 27

Luke 1, 26 - 38

To go further

Details

- A marine blue rabbit looks through a slot in the church door. He has a partial revelation.

- Another is inside but walks against the walls very preciously. He has not yet had the total revelation either because he does not seem to know how to love and how to open up to others.

- And he who invites the other rabbit to enter, he is the one sufficiently at ease « inside » and « outside». His feet and heart are inside, his head and ears outside. He invites the one outside to enter, coming towards him. The "mystery in 3D"  is that which is sought , discovered and lived . As long as one is not anchored in ones life , it is only in 2D ...

Question

- The Revelation is accomplished in Jesus. In the Church, we speak of "mystery". The mystery is not a secret thing that we will never understand and therefore must not even try to think on it. Au contraire, the mystery is something that we will never finish to understand but can discover always more. Take the example of the universe. We discover things always more fabulous, science allows us to go further, to explore the mystery under different facets. It is the same for the mystery of man; we have never finished to go to the deepest depths of understanding. We could say "in any case, it is a mystery, we will never discover the totality, so useless to look". Or, we could say "it is extraordinary, look further still, there is always something to discover". Therein lies the mystery of God. We will never cease to discover but we can go deeper and deeper still. And I, have I given up ? Do I also say (as I have already heard) "That is the way it is, it is a mystery, don't think on it". Should reason actually resign ?