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\n

God chose to make us wait<\/strong><\/h2>\n

God, you chose to make yourself wait all the time for an Advent.<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t like waiting in line.
\nI don\u2019t like to wait my turn.
\nI don\u2019t like waiting for the train.
\nI don\u2019t like waiting to judge.
\nI don\u2019t like waiting for the moment.
\nI don\u2019t like waiting another day.
\nI don\u2019t like to wait because I don\u2019t have time and I live only in the moment.<\/p>\n

As you well know, everything is done for me to avoid waiting : credit cards and free services, credit sales and cash machines, phone calls and photos with instant development, telex and computer terminals, television and radio flashes… I don\u2019t need to wait for news, it precedes me.<\/p>\n

But you, God, have chosen to make yourself wait for the time of an entire Advent.
\nBecause you have made waiting the space of conversion, face to face with what is hidden, wear and tear that does not wear out.<\/p>\n

Waiting, only waiting, waiting for waiting, intimacy with waiting that is in us because only waiting awakens attention and only attention is capable of loving.<\/p>\n

Everything is already given in expectation, and for You, God, Waiting conjugates Praying.<\/p>\n

by Father Jean Debruynne<\/em><\/p>\n

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40 days of Lent and a small test<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Here we are in the Lenten Season. We still know some days of the rigours of Winter (cold, rain, wind) and we are already invited to turn to the Feast of Easter, associated with Spring.<\/p>\n

Easter is, indeed, the horizon of our approach. Forty days of Lent are a path which makes us cross the desert to open us to life. The desert reminds us of lack, fasting, a kind of hardship, the purpose of which is to direct our desire to something better. It is not a question of “mortifying” ourselves but, on the contrary, “to animate” ourselves, to do good to ourselves, by digging within us a space to welcome what only God can give us: his Life in plenitude.<\/p>\n

To favour this opening to the Gift of God, each can look for the appropriate way suited to one\u2019s situation, to one\u2019s concrete existence, \u00a0and to one\u2019s daily life. So THIS way is not an “extraordinary” effort, it is to be chosen \u00a0in the “ordinary” of life, for example the relation to God – prayer, reading of the Word of God, or the relation to the others – sharing, solidarity, listening, or the relation to goods – fasting of food, drink, tobacco, Internet, computer, TV \u2026
\nTo know if the chosen means or “effort” for Lent is good, a small test: does it make me less unpleasant towards those who live with me? Does it put peace and joy in my heart?<\/p>\n


\nBro. Jean-Yves Hamon<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\n

New year: a blessing<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To bless, it is to speak well or to speak well of somebody (bene-dicere<\/em> ). We bless God who gives us everything. But it is at first God who blesses us. The blessing is as the BASICS of any true relation. To bless should be the basic attitude of every educator (parent, teacher, and animator). Children need that their parents and their educators bless them. In their turn, they will address the adults who trust them, and whom they trust, words of blessing, gratitude, and thanksgiving.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To trust in ourselves and to grow up, we need to be blessed, to hear encouraging words, which help us to live, to continue the road, to overcome obstacles, to overcome trials \u2026 Let us remember ourselves all these words which were for us factors of self-fulfilment, of growth \u2026 On the contrary, other words hurt us, destroyed us, discouraged, brought down, excluded, rejected…<\/p>\n

In Mark’s Gospel (10: 46-52), we find this situation: Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, is on the side of the way, completely off! \u2026 Jesus speaks to him through other people – Jesus loves the intermediaries: “Take heart, get up, he is calling you\u201d. Here is a word of blessing, a word of encouragement, a friendly word (which wishes well) and a word which is beneficial.<\/p>\n

Let us address each other words of blessing. By so doing, we contribute to the well-being of those who live with us, and thus really live as the children of God who does not stop blessing us … It is never too late to begin!<\/p>\n

Bro. Jean-Yves Hamon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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En marche\u2026\u00a0!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Marcher, c\u2019est d\u00e9placer notre pied d\u2019un lieu connu, ferme et s\u00fbr, pour le poser un peu plus loin, c\u2019est prendre appui alternativement sur la jambe droite puis sur la jambe gauche. C\u2019est \u00e9vident pour nous, nous n\u2019y pensons pas\u2026 Et pourtant, observons un enfant qui risque ses premiers pas\u00a0: au d\u00e9but, que d\u2019efforts pour d\u00e9coller sa jambe du sol et la projeter en avant\u00a0! Mais apr\u00e8s quelques semaines de t\u00e2tonnements, d\u2019h\u00e9sitations, de chutes aussi, quelle fiert\u00e9 de pouvoir se d\u00e9placer avec une aisance toute relative\u2026<\/p>\n

De m\u00eame lorsque nos d\u00e9cidons de partir \u00e0 pied sur une longue distance, pour un p\u00e8lerinage, nous pouvons \u00eatre partag\u00e9s entre l\u2019ivresse de l\u2019aventure et la peur de l\u2019inconnu. Nous h\u00e9sitons\u2026 Rester sur place est tellement plus confortable, mais nous pressentons que la vie est en avant\u00a0!<\/p>\n

Partir sur la route, c\u2019est laisser derri\u00e8re nous ce qui nous encombre, ce qui est lourd, inutile, superflu\u00a0: all\u00e9ger notre sac permet d\u2019avoir l\u2019esprit et le c\u0153ur l\u00e9gers\u2026 Partir, c\u2019est aussi quitter, pour un temps, parents et amis, pour nous risquer \u00e0 devenir nous-m\u00eames, \u00e0 exister par nous-m\u00eames\u2026 C\u2019est choisir de tracer notre propre chemin, d\u2019aller seuls, m\u00eame si nous marchons \u00e0 plusieurs, car pour chacun l\u2019exp\u00e9rience est unique\u2026<\/p>\n

Seuls, mais pas solitaires, car accompagn\u00e9s, conduits, pouss\u00e9s par l\u2019Esprit, sur des chemins toujours nouveaux, o\u00f9 il nous devance\u2026 L\u2019Esprit en effet aime ces moments de disponibilit\u00e9, de calme, de gratuit\u00e9, pour inspirer ceux qui lui font confiance, ceux qui vont l\u00e0 o\u00f9 ils nous voulaient peut-\u00eatre pas aller\u2026<\/p>\n

Prendre la route, c\u2019est sortir de chez nous, sortir de nous-m\u00eames, pour aller \u00e0 la rencontre des autres diff\u00e9rents, de ceux qui cheminent comme nous, anim\u00e9s par le d\u00e9sir d\u2019aller voir ailleurs, et de ceux qui vivent dans les villes et villages que nous traversons\u2026 C\u2019est savoir nous arr\u00eater pour saluer, pour dire une parole de salut, de bienveillance, pour faire conversation, pour \u00e9couter, pour partager, recevoir et donner.<\/p>\n

Marcher, c\u2019est avancer, non seulement avec nos\u00a0pieds, mais aussi avec notre t\u00eate et notre c\u0153ur\u00a0; nos pens\u00e9es, elles aussi, cheminent. La marche est souvent propice \u00e0 la r\u00e9flexion, \u00e0 la m\u00e9ditation, \u00e0 la contemplation, \u00e0 la relecture de vie, \u00e0 la pr\u00e9paration d\u2019une d\u00e9cision\u2026 Marcher c\u2019est se projeter vers l\u2019avant\u2026<\/p>\n

Marcher, c\u2019est aller quelque part, avoir une destination, tendre vers un but\u2026 et c\u2019est souvent trouver autre chose que ce que nous avions imagin\u00e9 au d\u00e9part\u2026 Au fond, n\u2019est-ce pas chercher Dieu\u2026 l\u2019Autre par excellence, qui toujours nous \u00e9chappe et nous invite \u00e0 le chercher encore\u00a0?\u2026<\/p>\n

C\u2019est enfin, comme les mages, regagner notre pays par un autre chemin, car la route nous a transform\u00e9s, creus\u00e9s, lib\u00e9r\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

F. Jean Yves Hamon<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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