Kategoria: Spirituality

Remembering the Blessed White Fathers of Tizi-Ouzou

Data: 08/05/2024

Founded in 1874, six years after the creation of the Society, the community of Tizi-Ouzou remains our oldest still active community. It was in this community that our four confreres, Alain, Charles, Jean and Christian, Missionaries of Africa, were murdered on 27 December 1994.

River descending from Temple

Data: 03/05/2024

This
recollection can be a preparation for the F east of Pentecost (19 May) and I
propose to you a text from the AT that struck and inspired me greatly… One morning I
was still in Jerusalem I was leaving the O ld C ity through the Lions’ Gate and took the
road o n the other side of the Kidron V alley. I was suddenly struck by the scene before
my eyes: the high ramparts where once stood the TEMPLE … and below the deep
Kidron Valley… This view reminded me of Ezekiel’s vision…

Our Lady of Africa, Mother of Hope

Data: 30/04/2024

In the litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we invoke Mary, Mother of Hope. As we go about our daily lives, with its ups and downs, joys and sorrows, happiness and unhappiness, kindness and violence, laughter and suffering, life can quickly lose its taste and meaning without hope.

Recollection – April 2024

Data: 12/04/2024

The word “host” has two meanings: “the one who receives” or “the one who is received”, “the one who welcomes” or “the one who is welcomed”. Today, let’s ask ourselves:
– How do I accept to welcome and therefore to open my door, and be bothered?
– How do I accept to be welcomed, and therefore to be dependent?

Lenten Recollection: Sin and Conversion

Data: 20/02/2024

Lent is a special time in our liturgical calendar. In the Gospel of Ash Wednesday Jesus presents us with a triple advise, which goes much deeper than the simple practice of giving up A (alcohol), B (biscuits) and C (chocolates) during lent.