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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It is April 3rd and it is as well the feast of Our Lady of Charity in Cartagena. In a municipal notice, we are invited to go out at 10 pm and sing the “Salve de Cartagena,” a great devotion in this city. The community asked us how this would be done. At 8 p.m.,…
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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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Testimonies Confined! A difficult and unexpected experience. Our whole community and inter-congregational life is marked by it. We learned vigilance: a learning to establish a circuit, to limit the number of people in the kitchen, to implement barrier measures. We are confined within the residence, but not in our rooms, and we appreciate the small…
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Christ is truly risen ! “The first Christians made the resurrection of Christ the first affirmation: “God raised him from the dead.” If the Easter proclamation has placed itself at the heart of faith, it is because the risen Christ is also a “resurrecting” Christ … Jesus heals the sick and raises them up. The…
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