Homélies de Dom Armand Veilleux

1 November 2024 - Feast of All Saints

Rev 7:2-4.9-14; 1 Jn 3:1-3; Mt 5:1-12a

Homily

          These words of Jesus are surprising words. They are not very 'religious'. There is no question of religion, not even of prayer. They refer to real life - a life in which there are people who suffer and are comforted, people who are subject to their fate and are finally fulfilled, people who are hungry and thirsty for justice, people who are pure of heart and work for peace in this world, but also poor people and the persecuted. A world, after all, not so different from our own. And to this world Jesus offers happiness. A happiness that is available to everyone, if instead of running after the idols of money and power, we opt for the reign of God. "Blessed are the poor; they have chosen the kingdom of heaven".

1er novembre 2024 – Fête de tous les Saints

Apo 7,2-4.9-14 ; 1 Jn 3,1-3 ; Mt 5,1-12a

Homélie

          Ces paroles de Jésus sont des paroles surprenantes. Elles n’ont pas grand chose de « religieux ». Il n’y est pas question de religion, même pas de prière. Elles se réfèrent à la vie concrète – une vie où il y a des personnes qui souffrent et qui sont consolées, des personnes soumises à leur sort et qui finalement sont comblées, des personnes affamées et assoiffées de justice, des personnes qui ont le coeur pur et qui travaillent pour instaurer la paix en ce monde, mais aussi des gens pauvres et des persécutés.  Un monde, somme toute, pas tellement différent du nôtre.  Et, à ce monde, Jésus offre le bonheur. Un bonheur qui est à la disposition de tous, si au lieu de courir après les idoles de l’argent et du pouvoir, on opte pour le règne de Dieu. « Bienheureux les pauvres ; ils ont choisi le royaume des cieux ».

29 October 2024 - Tuesday of the 30th week of the even-numbered year

Eph. 5, 21-33; Luke 13, 18-21

Homily

          These two parables are part of a group of four found in the three synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke), even though each of the Evangelists has placed them differently in his narrative. The other two are those of the patient farmer who has placed his seed in the ground and waits for it to grow, and that of the weeds mixed with the good seed, and which will only be uprooted when the seed has reached its full growth. All four parables speak of the same reality, that is, the apparent failure of Jesus in his preaching, or at least the slowness with which the results of that preaching were manifested.  

30 October 2024 - Wednesday of the 30th week

Eph 6, 1-9; Lk 13, 22-30

Homily

If you don't mind, we'll begin by analyzing the meaning of several expressions in this passage from Luke's Gospel, and then we'll see how this message also applies to us.

29 octobre 2024 - Mardi de la 30ème semaine ordinaire, année paire
Eph. 5, 21-33 ; Luc 13, 18-21

Homélie

          Ces deux paraboles font partie d’un groupe de quatre paraboles qu’on retrouve dans les trois Évangiles synoptiques (Matthieu, Marc et Luc), même si chacun des Évangélistes les a placées différemment dans son récit. Les deux autres sont celles de l’agriculteur patient qui a déposé sa semence dans la terre et attend qu’elle croisse et celle de l’ivraie mélangée à la bonne semence et qui ne sera arrachée que lorsque la semence aura atteint sa pleine croissance. Toutes quatre paraboles parlent de la même réalité, c’est-à-dire l’échec apparent rencontré par Jésus dans sa prédication, ou au moins la lenteur avec laquelle se manifestaient les résultats de cette prédication.

30 octobre 2024 – mercredi de la 30ème sem. ord.

Eph 6, 1-9; Lc 13, 22-30.

H O M É L I E

          Si vous le voulez-bien, nous allons nous attacher, dans un premier temps, à bien analyser le sens de plusieurs expressions de ce passage de l’Évangile de Luc, pour voir, dans un deuxième temps, comment ce message s’applique aussi à nous.

30 October 2024 -- 30th Sunday ‘B

Jer 31:7-9; Heb 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52

Homily

Today's first reading is made up of three verses from chapter 31 of Jeremiah which, together with chapter 30, make up what is known as the ‘ Book of the Consolation of Israel ’, in which the whole message of the prophet culminates. The people are called to shout for joy, not because of a liberation or anything else they have just obtained, but because the Lord will bring them back, gather them and guide them. In Jeremiah's text, all these verbs are in the future tense. And who will benefit from this fatherly care of God, who is ‘a father to Israel’? - It will be the blind, the lame, pregnant women and women who have just given birth, these last two categories representing the pain of exile and the joy of returning to the promised land. The scene where, at the beginning of Jesus' ministry, he tells John the Baptist's disciples to go and tell their master what they have seen: “the lame walk, the blind see, the deaf hear...” makes the link between this prophecy and the scene in today's Gospel, which takes place at the gates of Jericho.