I’m going to talk about this wonderful great text which, nonetheless, has done so much harm. (Genesis 22, 1-18) I remember when I was young, having taken spirituality classes where we spoke of a God who could ask us to sacrifice things we held dear. “Look...
The events that took place during Jesus Christ’s life on earth are also the events of our lives. He took everything from our existence, from our human condition with all that it entailed, including death and all forms of death before we definitively die....
The wishes we make to one another for the new year speak of our desire to make the other happy. When we say kind words, we make the good come out of us and this is a strength for continuing to move forwards! God speaks too, and he only speaks the good,...
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...
During his Passion, in response to Pontius Pilate asking him, “So you’re a king?” Jesus said, “My royalty is not of this world.” We name kings and queens those who have a kingdom and who in service to a country, exert their power over its institutions....
Happy Whit Sunday! We know what human surges feel like and when we have the opportunity to emerge somewhat from what is conventional, or from what can be bleak in life, those moments pass as the days go by. On this day, we celebrate this surge of Joy...
During a conference, Thursday May 13, 2010, Fr. Roger Robert unfolds the mystery of the Ascension of Jesus at the heart of our lives. What would I be without you, Jesus, who came to meet me? No one has to believe but the intensity of someone who comes...
Good Friday: During the celebration of the Passion in April 2017, Father Roger Robert comments the « Suffering servant » (Isaiah 52.13 to 53.12) This text is one of the most enigmatic texts of the Bible. The Jews don’t fully understand its meaning, except...
During the celebration of the Last Supper in March 2018, Father Roger Robert comments the washing of feet gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ according to St John (13,1-15) “It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the time had come for...
Roger introduces the Holy Week in April 1998... "I won't let you be orphans... I am with you forever. » Without Jesus’ life, our lives would have the consistency of bubbles of soap. They were beautiful at a certain point, for those who looked at them,...