Year A - Third Sunday of Easter

Third Sunday of Easter - Year A

Apostles Acts 2, 14 ... 28
Psalm 15
1 Peter 1, 17 - 21
Luke 24, 13 - 35

 

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- The grey rabbits are the Emmaus disciples. The blue one is Christ.

- Jesus is opening the disciples' minds to the intelligence of the scriptures. The dark grey is the one who hasn't understood, the light grey has understood. At the origin, he was dark like the other one but he's been enlightened because his mind has been opened by Jesus.

- We can see the opening that's been made to insert the key is heart-shaped.

- We can also see that the inside of the dark grey rabbit is light (look at the contours of his heart) which means the key is inside him.

Questions

- Why draw such a key ? The youngest has never seen one like this. This key used to be used to rewind clocks, for instance, or any other mechanical engine that used to work with a spring in the shape of a spiral. That means you had to tighten the spring and by slowly expanding, it was making the engine work. When the spring was completely loose, the engine would stop and you had to use the key once again to tighten God is there, even if I can't feel anything. It's to believe that he's acting, even if I can't see him. To do an act of faith is free. I don't expect anything from God but I tell him I believe in him.

- There's even a prayer called « act of faith » which we can recite : « O my God, I firmly believe all the truths which the holy Church teaches, because in revealing them you can neither deceive nor be deceived. » This does not mean that we must quite simply believe, because that's a mystery, but that we must start with what has been revealed to us, dig further and understand it a bit more to understand.

- During my day, do I regularly take acts of faith ?

Year A - Second Sunday of Easter

Second Sunday of Easter - Year A

Apostles Acts 2, 42 - 47

Psalm 117

2 Peter 1, 3 - 9

John 20, 19 - 31

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- At a first glance, this drawing could seem disrespectful. That would mean not knowing well the author.

- This rabbit represents the apostle Thomas who's asking to put his hands in the wounds of resurrected Jesus in order to believe he's the same one who died and is now alive.

- On this drawing, his left hand is resting on the cross at the place of one of the nails. Yet, he doesn't believe, because his doubt is not in his hand but in his head.

- The « As you wish » said by the one holding the hammer shows a spiritual behaviour which I describe in the category « questions » just underneath.

- He's going to hit the hand … but without putting a nail in it, as if to give a lesson.

Questions

- The lesson in question is that we sometimes ASK God for suffering. You will probably tell me « That's absurd ». Have you never thought that way : « Lord, please take this person's suffering off him and put it onto me. » Let's be careful with this sort of prayer. He could respond to us « As you wish » (because WE want it, despite the fact that the rabbit's behaviour shows us he's not ready for this kind of ordeal …)

- The Lord doesn't want us to suffer. Let's not ask for extra sufferings even though we're already struggling to accept those that make up our life.

Year A - Easter Vigil

Easter vigil - Year A

Genesis 1, 1 - 2, 2

 Psalm 103 or 32

Genesis 22, 1 - 18

Psalm 15

Exodus 14, 15 - 15, 1

Exodus Cantics 15, 1 - 8 or Psalm 135

Isaiah 54, 5 - 14

Psalm 29

Isaiah 55, 1 - 11

Isaiah Cantics 12, 2 ... 6

Baruch 3, 9 - 15.32

Psalm 18

Ezechiel 36, 16 ... 28

Psalm 41 or 50

Romans 6, 11

Psalm 117

Matthew 28, 1 - 10

 

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- There are spring colours. Only the grave is grey.

- The angel is this snowman. Silly ? Maybe not that much … Its colour is the purest of all we know around us (snow). Its face is made with eight stones (two for the eyes, six for the mouth). The eighth day being the resurrection one.

- In its snow « hands » it's holding lightnings. Logically that's impossible. If it manages, it's because everything is possible for God, including resurrecting his Son.

-If we look at its hands, they are two blocks of snow that open into three fingers. Certain representations also have extremities which widen out or open like on this picture. The symbol is also the one of life, of resurrection, a bit like if the cross was coming into bud.

- There are two bubbles coming from the sky. The left one could be any saint. The right one is God who's answering him. We understood that if that angel looks odd, it's to attract attention.

- Three question marks in the three fundamental colours (yellow, blue and red) pop out of the rabbit who's watching this « angel ». He's asking himself fundamental questions.

Questions

- What if I was witnessing such a thing ? What would I do ? To whom would I tell about it ? Why ?

Year A - Good Friday - Passion service

Good Friday - Passion Service - Year A

Isaiah 52, 13 - 53, 12

Psalm 30

Hebrews 4, 14 - 16 ; 5, 7 - 9

John 18, 1 - 19, 42

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- The blue rabbit (representing the Christ) is resolutely walking towards his Passion. The mountain is grey, the sky is somber.

- On the other side, wealth (money on the buildings), luxury (sports car), glory (camera in front of the castle, orange colour), easiness (castle life), immediacy (fast plane), pleasure (blue sky), ...

- Right in the middle, a simple sign "give your life" with an arrow pointing towards the difficult side

- The cross is higher than everything else (money, plane, ...)

Questions

-In the Bible verse, it is question of "achievement". "My servant will prosper". Indeed he managed to give his life for you. We should put achievement on the left side of the picture. That's not what achievement is. The grey rabbit who's going towards the town can see the other resolute rabbit go past. You can tell he's questioning it. Is he also going to give his life ? What about me ?

Year A - Good Thursday - Mass of the Last Supper

Good Thursday - Mass of the Last Supper - Year A

Exodus 12, 1 - 14

Psalm 115

1 Corinthians 11, 23 - 26

John 13, 1 - 15

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- Foot washing was a job for slaves, for servants. Jesus wants to show his disciples that you must put yourself at the other one's service, that you must consider them as being above yourself. Therefore, he's on his knees, he's "beneath", contrary to St Peter who is "above".

- The only time when Jesus is "above" is when he's being put there, when he is "put up", on the cross, in a state of total despoliation

- Saint Peter is completely stuck in the way he sees Christ. On the picture, he's in a corner and can't move

- What will make him move is when he will disown Jesus three times. Sometimes, to get back on earth, we don't come down, we fall down

Questions

- There's a good thing about falling : you get to see misery. When you've fallen down, you experience the mercy of God who picks you up. When you've fallen down, you become more merciful and more humane towards those who fall. How does that meet my experience ? On which points do I never forgive ? Why ?

- Jesus, to come and meet me, never stops putting himself down. If I try to put myself up, I may miss him. Where are the places or the moments where he can meet me ? How do I encourage these meetings with him in my life ? In my week ? In my day ?

Year A - Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palm Sunday

Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palm Sunday - Year A

Matthew 21, 1 - 11

Isaiah 50, 4 - 7

Psalm 21

Philippians 2, 6 - 11

Matthew 26, 14 - 27, 66

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- The grey rabbit (classically dressed, with neutral colours), wants to melt into the crowd.

- As for the blue rabbit, he has everything to be noticed : pink glasses, red hat, he's screaming in bright colours, to make sure he gets seen. He doesn't look like he has a model lifestyle because he's just drunk a bottle and his teeth show that his food is not healthy. Yet here he is, compromising the other one with unflattering words.

Questions

- The grey rabbit ignores him by a gesture (he turns his back on him and swears with his hand) as well as by his words (I don't know this man)

- How many times do I look like the grey rabbit when conversation starts about Christ, the Church, the Pope, ... in a hostile land ? I don't like to be ignored. Have I ever wondered about Christ's feeling when I behave as such towards him, despite the fact he's perfect and no one can reproach him anything ?