Monday 30 June 2014

Year A - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A

Zachary 9, 9 - 10
Psalm 144
Romans 8,9 11 - 13
Matthew 11, 25 - 30




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Details

- The rabbit is digging. He's taking a break, he seems tired.
- The little earthworm discovers the treasure by chance. The wormhole he's digging is zig-zagging.
- The chest looks solid, yet it's easy to open, there's no lock.
- On this picture, the rabbit represents the scholar : he's digging ... and the more he digs, the more he's piling soil on top of the chest, the less chance he has to find this treasure. He's digging, but in the wrong place.

Questions

- Digging is going deeper. We sometimes long for knowledge and we want to dig, but not in the right place. For Christians, Jesus achieved the Revelation, which means he opened the doors to knowledge for us, and nothing is left hidden. There's no more intrigue, neither secret nor mystery that only the Vatican would know. There's no need to look elsewhere, in other private revelations, apparitions, or particular literature. Everything is in the Bible (and in the Tradition, for catholics). Everything. 
- What about me, do I go elsewhere, in magic, in horoscopes, in private revelations, in other religions ? If so, why ? Wouldn't that be called idolatry as I'm not putting all my trust in God only, but in something else.  
- Has it ever happened to me to meet a person who is "lesser" than me (in terms of age, ideas or experience) and who is much more advanced than me in terms of faith ?

Monday 23 June 2014

Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Apostles Acts 12, 1 - 11
Psalm 33
2 Timothy 4, 6 - 8, 16 - 18
Matthew 16, 13 - 19



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Details

- On this drawing, nothing can help this rabbit except his perseverance. There's nothing but water all around him. If he stops swimming, there will be a problem ...



Questions

- The second letter of Saint Paul to his disciple Timothy was written shortly after his martyr in 67 AD. We can feel that his end is near.
- "Fighting a good fight", that's sometimes using all of one's strength to ... flee. Like on this picture. To fight against sin can be done by either facing it or running away from it. The same Saint Paul, in his epistle to the romans (Rm 12, 9) says : "Hate what is evil, cling to what is good". Sometimes I overestimate my strengths, I think I will stay strong when facing temptation and I put myself into a dangerous situation in front of temptation. Looking for caution is starting to know myself, to know where I am weak and fragile, and avoid putting myself into situations where I have every other chance to fall. If I stay away from this situation, I will have every other chance to avoid fallling.
- What is the sin that often makes me fall ? Have I taken stock of it ? Do I wave a red flag and wait for it to bite me or do I avoid it by staying away from it ?
- What means do I have to run away from it ?

Monday 16 June 2014

Year A - Blessed Sacrament

Blessed Sacrament - Year A

Deuteronomy 8, 2 ... 16
Psalm 147
1 Corinthians 10, 16 - 17
John 6, 51 - 58

 
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Details

- The rabbit on the left is wondering about that "bread down from heaven". Who never wondered about that bread which we receive every Sunday, that bread which is in reality the body of Christ, God in our hands, God on our tongues. He's thinking in a human way : some bread, the sky, a slide, ...
- An angel tells him he's misguided and shows him child Christ's crib. That's where he should be looking : Jesus was born in Bethleem (which can be translated by "House of bread")
- Jesus was born of God and Virgin Mary. So he's coming down from Heaven.
- At birth, he was put in a manger, which means he's giving himself as food. Today, this Word comes true : "He's the living bread that came down from heaven"

Questions

- To understand what Jesus says, we must often read and listen to the scriptures. The answer is there. Why go and look somewhere else in such or such private revelation, unheard of.
- God doesn't like scoop. He acts like the continuous flow that polishes a rock.
- Where do I look for answers to my questions ? Do I make them up like this rabbit ?

Monday 9 June 2014

Year A - Blessed Trinity

Blessed Trinity - Year A

Exodus 34, 4 ... 9
Daniel 3
2 Corinthians 13, 11 - 13
John 3, 16 - 18

 

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Details

- The grey rabbit is putting up with the rain (his umbrella is purple, colour of Lent), he's moaning, he's protecting himself  
- The blue rabbit thanks God for the rain. He's collecting it in his hands. He's drinking it.
- For the grey rabbit, everything is grey, the sky, the earth ... For the blue rabbit, the sky is blue and the earth is green, despite the fact they're under the same rain.
- The drops of rain are made of the letters of the biblical reference "Jean 3, 16" (John 3, 16) This verse is one ok the reading keys to understand the Bible. The blue rabbit is soaking in it, whereas the grey one doesn't see neither its richnees, nor its reach

Questions

- When hearing this verse, I can take it as a marvellous news : God loves the world so much. The consequence being he gave his only Son.
- We can also hear this verse and stay impenetrable, as if it was slipping over us. To hear this verse and to doubt of the Father's Love. I'm hit by the words of a grandmother, who always used to repeat "But how did he manage, the Father, to give his son to suffering and death. It's awful !" The first part of the verse clearly hadn't hit her. She's focused on the second one. They can't be separated.
- What about me, how do I receive this verse of "John 3, 16" ?

Monday 2 June 2014

Year A - Pentecost

Pentecost - Year A

Apostles Acts 2, 1 - 11
Psalm 103
1 Corinthians 12, 3 - 13
John 20, 19 - 23


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Details
 
- The rabbit on the left is Christ (reminder : we can recognise him thanks to the cross in his halo) He's blowing on his disciples : he's giving them the Holy Spirit. Only Jesus can give a spirit which sanctifies, and that is his.
- Everything is orientated forward (hands, body, ears ...). Christianism is orientated forward.
- The three rabbits taken in the breath represent the course of the one who lives under the action of the Holy Spirit. From grey, the rabbit goes to blue which means he's becoming more and more like God, therefore more and more himself (which may seem contradictory but isn't at all)
- At the beginning, the rabbit taken by the breath of Christ is surprised. He even seems shy because a force is taking him where he had not planned to go to.
- Then he's getting into the breath, laying onto an air cushion. He's reaching cruise speed, extended forward, he's staring at the Bible as his reference, smiling and at peace.
- In the end, he's like on a slide, in joy.
 
Questions
 
- If we look carefully at the movement of the three, we can see that the Holy Spirit first attracts to Christ and then he sends on a mission
- To live of the Spirit is to have this continual movement, to come back to the source to be able to spread the Good News in full knowledge of it. How do I live it ?