17 avril 2026 – vendredi de la 2^ème semaine de Pâques

Actes 5,34-42; Jean 6, 1-15 

H O M É L I E

            La multiplication des pains est le seul signe accompli par Jésus qui nous soit rapporté par les quatre Évangiles. C'est dire l'importance que lui attribuaient les premiers Chrétiens. Aujourd'hui c'est dans la version de Jean que nous lisons ce récit. Jean raconte cet événement après environ 65 ou 70 ans de méditation. Ce n'est pas le signe ou le miracle comme tel qui l'intéresse. Tout son récit est centré sur la personne de Jésus. Il nous montre Jésus partageant simplement, très simplement, sans compter, sans faire attention à la dimension de la foule.

19 avril 2026 -- 3ème dimanche de Pâques « A »

Ac 2, 14.22b-33; 1P 1, 17-21; Luc 24, 13-35

H O M É L I E

          Tous les Évangiles des dimanches du temps de Pâques sont tirés de l'Évangile de Jean, sauf celui d'aujourd'hui, qui est de Luc. Ce dernier rapporte trois apparitions de Jésus le jour de Pâques : 1) celle aux femmes, qui furent les premières à avoir le courage de venir au tombeau de grand matin ; 2) celle aux deux disciples qui avaient décidé de retourner à leur village et à leurs occupations ; 3) celle aux Douze qui étaient encore paralysés par la peur dans l'endroit où ils s'étaient enfermés.

17 April 2026 – Friday of the Second Week of Easter

Acts 5:34–42; John 6:1–15

H O M I L Y

         The feeding of the five thousand is the only sign performed by Jesus that is recorded in all four Gospels. This shows the importance the early Christians attached to it. Today we read this account in John’s version. John recounts this event after some 65 or 70 years of reflection. It is not the sign or the miracle as such that interests him. His entire account centers on the person of Jesus. He shows us Jesus sharing simply, very simply, without counting, without paying attention to the size of the crowd.

April 18, 2026 – Saturday of the 2^nd week of Easter

Acts 6, 1-7; John 6,16-21

H O M I L Y

          In this brief text from the Gospel of John, there are several mysterious details that are full of symbolic meaning.  The scene happens immediately after the first multiplication of the bread, the narrative of which we read yesterday morning.  We are still at the beginning of Jesus’ public life; and his relationship with his disciples is gradually taking shape.  After the first multiplication of the bread, when the crowd wants to crown him their king, Jesus withdraws, alone, to the mountain.  The disciples are already used to those nights of prayer that Jesus spent once in a while on the mountain.  When it is already evening and Jesus has not returned, they know that he will spent the night there in prayer.  They then go down to the shore of the lake and ready their boat to go to the city of Capharnaum, on the other side of the lake. John has then one of those small sentences full of mystery. “It was already night and Jesus had not returned to them”.  The mention of the night in John usually means also trouble, lack of comprehension, absence of Jesus.  The disciples are somewhat lost.