I would like to share with you a little of my experience with the FRATER (Christian Fraternity of Sick and handicapped people). My mission at the Frater began in 1978 in Cochabamba (Bolivia) with two handicapped persons and one Little Sister of the Assumption, Anna Renelde van Destraten (of Belgium nationality) who is now in…
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The Ascension (Matthew 28, 16 – 20) “And remember, I’m with you always, to the end of the age” The texts of St. John, which have been suggested recently,we have been encouraged to meditate, to pray to God the Father and to renew our Faith in his Love.Stéfan Thériault reminds us in the Hymn to…
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VI Sunday of Easter (John 14, 15-21) “I will ask the Father,and He will give youanother Advocateto be with you forever – even the Spirit of truth” The movement in this Gospel passage is very striking. This flow of Trinitarian Life, has been very marked in the readings since Easter. I will ask the Father…
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V Easter sunday (John 14, 1-12) “Don’t let your heart be troubled!You believe in God,believe in me too… Today’s gospel is set in the context of Jesus saying goodbye to his disciples. Faced with His farewell, the disciples are worried. Jesus whom they follow, in whom they have put their trust, will disappear from their…
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When life is shared in Madagascar! It has been more than a month that Madagascar has been in “war” against this very ugly virus! Since then, one of the main challenges for the country has been to combine two parallel struggles; on the one hand to protect the population so as to prevent the virus…
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Since the end of ‘La Fete du Tet’ holidays – around the end of January 2020 – the rhythm of life in our community has been changing a lot because of Covid-19. Each week we were waiting for the authorization from the national Education department to be allowed to open the school. It is one…
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IV Easter Sunday (John 10, 1-10)(World Day of Prayer for Vocations) Today we live in moments of darkness, uncertainty and insecurity. The virus circulating in the world has taken us out of our security, stopped us, slowed us down, quarantined us to preserve life and take care of it. And in these moments, we are…
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III Easter Sunday (Luke 24, 13-35) “And it happened that as they were talking and discussing together about what had happened, Jesus came up and walked by their side… Jesus asked them, “What were you talking about while you were walking?” Everything seemed to be over with the death of Jesus; it is the return…
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II Easter sunday (John 20,19-31) “It was the first day of the week”… what week? Because the confinement we are living in makes us lose track of time. Most of the world is in confinement, with doors closed for fear of contagion, illness and death. Now the only enemy is called: Coronavirus. Yes, the virus…
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The Community of Conflans tells us: We’ve been housebound for four weeks now. At the beginning we accepted it by saying to ourselves, we have time to rest, to tidy up, to read, to pray, to find ourselves together…..but the days pass by, the pandemic takes its toll: much suffering, many questions for many. Five…
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