3 June 2025 - Tuesday of the 7th week of Easter

Acts 20:17-27; Jn 17:1-11a

Homily

Starting today and for the next two days, we will read, as the Gospel reading, Jesus' long prayer to His Father at the end of the last Passover meal he shared with His disciples. This prayer, often called Jesus' ‘sacerdotal prayer’, forms the entire chapter 17 of John's Gospel. It is followed in chapter 18 by the arrest of Jesus, which introduces the account of His Passion.

June 2, 2025 – Monday of the 7^th Week of Easter

Acts 19, 1-8; Jn 16, 29-33 

H O M I L Y

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

One thing that strikes me in the readings from the Acts of the Apostles that we have during this Easter Season is that there were many ways of becoming a Christian during that first Christian generation. It is also fascinating to see how the community of believers gradually became a Church and gradually gave itself structures in answer to new situations and new needs.

1 June 2025 – 7th Sunday of Easter

Acts 7:55-60; Rev 22:12...20; Jn 17:20-26

Homily

Communication is essential to human beings, whose social dimension is a fundamental part of their nature. Nowadays, not only does communication retain all the importance it has always had in human life, but it has also been taken over, in a way, by those who exercise or want to exercise power. Not so many years ago, power in society was in the hands of those who controlled money or ‘capital’. Today, it is in the hands of those who control communication. It is therefore important to reflect on the meaning of communication in God's plan. Did Jesus not send his disciples to communicate His message to all nations? What is the meaning of this communication? Today's biblical texts for the Eucharist shed light on this.

1 juin 2025 – 7^ème dimanche de Pâques

Ac 7, 55-60; Ap 22, 12...20; Jn 17, 20-26

H O M É L I E

          Communiquer est essentiel à l'être humain dont la dimension sociale est un élément constitutif. De nos jours, non seulement la communication conserve toute l'importance qu'elle a toujours eue dans la vie humaine, mais elle a été en quelque sorte récupérée par ceux qui exercent ou veulent exercer le pouvoir. Il n'y a pas tellement d'années, le pouvoir, dans la société était dans les mains de ceux qui contrôlaient l'argent ou le "capital". Aujourd'hui il est dans les mains de ceux qui contrôlent la communication. Il est donc important de réfléchir sur le sens qu'a la communication dans le plan de Dieu. Jésus n'a-t-il pas envoyé ses disciples communiquer son message à toutes les nations ? Quel est le sens de cette communication ? Les textes bibliques de l'Eucharistie d'aujourd'hui nous éclairent là-dessus.