Dear friends, "Here it is, the night of God, from which the day will be born like a fire" ... Those of you who have already participated in our Christmas liturgies will recognize here the words from our nocturnal celebration opening song. So, at last,...

This afternoon, while preparing myself for the vigil of Christmas, two words rose from within me: The first isn’t obviously linked to Christmas. One day when Jesus was speaking in the courtyard of the Temple of Jerusalem. Soldiers were sent to arrest...

On this 4th Sunday of Advent, the next part of Florin Callerand’s text on “The Blessing of hunger and thirst for justice,” which we shared the first part of last Sunday, will nourish our lives with joy as we head towards Christmas. Where can we draw strength...

This year the path to Bethlehem is not sparkling with the thousand lights from our dreams and our festive plans. The latest government announcements tell us that the night is not yet over and messages everywhere call out: "Stay home," "Protect yourself,"...

There is an essential common element that passes like a current from one beatitude to another. It passes so well, we could say each one contains them all. The essential common element of all beatitudes is that the time for liberation arrived because the...

It is impossible to understand the outburst of happiness which sprang from Jesus’ lips when proclaiming the blessing of evangelical poverty, without linking it with another outburst of happiness which came from Mary’s lips during her ‘Magnificat’ when...

A few days ago, in Fontanilles, we were greeted at sunrise by a magnificent and deeply moving show. In front of the house, radiant under the sun , the Melia was covered with dew beads . A thousand stars were gathered on this tree, appearing to us like...