Since the 1960s, the phenomenon of self religion, where everyone makes their own religion, continues to grow. It takes the form of “new spiritualities” which irrigate a host of personal development practices, alternative medicines or apocalyptic ideological causes, which goes as far as occultism and witchcraft. This return to esotericism and “magical thinking” is the … Read more
Jesuit Father Adrien Lentiampa Shenge introduces us to meditation with the readings of the Solemnity of Christ King of the Universe Readings: 2S 5, 1-3; Ps 121 (122), 1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Col 1, 12-20; Luke 23, 35-43 Dear brothers and sisters, on this Sunday, which inaugurates the last week of the liturgical year, we celebrate … Read more
Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke During that time,some Sadducees– those who maintain that there is no resurrection –approached Jesusand asked him:“Master, Moses commanded us: If a man has a brother who dies leaving a wife but no children, he must marry the widow to raise up offspring for his brother.Now there were … Read more
I was lying quietly in my bed when suddenly the following verse came to mind: For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be despised. » (1 Samuel 2.30) This verse resonated with me so much that I thought the following: So if I honor God in my dating, … Read more
Sread the scriptures Praise him for his great deeds, praise him for his immense greatness! (…) Let everything that lives praise the Eternal! Praise the Lord! Psalm 150.2-6 In 1735, Englishmen John and Charles Wesley were sent by their church to America as emissaries. What were their qualifications? They had been given this assignment because … Read more
February 22, 2022Therese Kanange I make a donation For to which of the angels did God ever say: You are my Son, I have begotten you this day? And again: I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me? Hebrews 1.5 Excerpt from Interlinear Annotated Bible. The Superior Son … Read more
Jesuit Father Antoine Kerhuel introduces us to meditation, with the readings for the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time of liturgical year C. First lecture: 2 M 7, 1-2.9-14 Psalm: Ps 16 (17), 1ab.3ab, 5-6, 8.15 Second Reading: 2 Th 2, 16 – 3, 5 gospel: Lk 20, 27-38 What is this life to which, according … Read more
Sread the scriptures Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” John 6.35 If hunger in the world has sadly progressed in recent years, another kind of hunger also seems to be rampant, particularly in the … Read more
The Jesuit Father Jean Paul Savi introduces us to meditation with the readings for the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time of liturgical year C. Dear brothers and sisters, on this 31th Sunday of Ordinary Time, we are invited to meditate on the gaze that God places on each of us. The first reading is the … Read more
The Jesuit Father Rigobert Kyungu introduces us to meditation with the readings for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time. Brothers and sisters, today we celebrate the 28th ordinary Sunday of liturgical year C. The first reading is taken from the second book of Kings (2 Kings 5, 14-17). The second reading comes from the second … Read more