7 juillet 2026 – Mardi de la 14^ème semaine (année paire)

Osée 8, 4-7.11-13; Matt. 9, 32-38.

                                                                   H o m é l i e

          Depuis quelques jours, la première lecture de la Messe est tirée du livre du prophète Osée, qui est sans doute le prophète de l’Ancien Testament qui, plus qu’aucun autre, a décrit les relations de Dieu avec son Peuple en utilisant les images de l’amour humain, et en particulier de l’amour conjugal.  Ses écrits sont souvent pleins d’une grande tendresse. Et puis, soudain, dans le texte du même Osée que nous avons aujourd’hui, le prophète nous présente Dieu sous les traits d’un Dieu blessé, courroucé, même d’un Dieu vengeur.  Malgré toute la beauté de ces textes, nous sommes encore loin du Nouveau Testament.

6 July 2026 - Monday of the 14th week (even year)

Hosea 2:16...22; Matthew 9:18-26

                                                               Homily 

            The Gospel account we have today in Matthew's version is the same as the one we had in Mark's eight days ago, on the 13th Ordinary Sunday. We saw then how the two healing stories in this account convey a message about life and its restoration. It is about physical life, which the woman is called to give.  The two women in this gospel are restored to the capacity to give life.

9 July 2026 – Thursday of the 14th even-numbered week

Hosea 11:1–4, 8c–9; Matthew 10:7–15

                                         H o m i l y

    What Yahweh says about His people Israel in the beautiful passage from Hosea that we have just heard as the first reading can just as easily apply to each of us as individuals or to us as a community.  ‘When Israel was a child, I loved him.’ God loved us first, showing us a love as tender as that of a mother for her son, or of a wet nurse for her infant.

9 July 2026 – Thursday of the 14th even-numbered week

Hosea 11:1–4, 8c–9; Matthew 10:7–15

                                         H o m i l y

    What Yahweh says about His people Israel in the beautiful passage from Hosea that we have just heard as the first reading can just as easily apply to each of us as individuals or to us as a community.  ‘When Israel was a child, I loved him.’ God loved us first, showing us a love as tender as that of a mother for her son, or of a wet nurse for her infant.

10 July 2026 - Friday of the ^14th week - even-numbered year

Hosea 14, 2-10; Matthew 10, 16-23

                                                               Homily

Today's first reading continues yesterday's beautiful text from the prophet Hosea, calling us to conversion. He calls us to return to the Lord by speaking to him. The formula is both beautiful and surprising: " Take words with you and return to the Lord ". We sometimes wonder whether it is really necessary to use words in our prayer, since God knows in advance everything we are going to say to him. And yet the prophet tells us " Take with you words...". It's because God wants to meet us on our own ground, to converse with us in human language. In the Old Testament, we could say that this was anthropomorphism. But in the New Testament, God became one of us and spoke to us in our own language. The Word of God became human speech. So we can - and must - speak to him. In reality, it is not He who needs to. We do.

6 juillet 2026 – Lundi de la 14^ème semaine (année paire)

Osée 2, 16...22 ; Matt. 9, 18-26

                                                       H o m é l i e 

          Ce récit évangélique, qui se trouve aussi dans une version très légèrement différente dans l’Évangile de Marc, est très bien construit.  Presque chaque détail y est chargé d'une signification symbolique ; et nous n'en percevrons certainement pas tout le message, si nous le lisons simplement comme une belle "histoire".  L'histoire n'est là que pour servir de support au message ; et ce message concerne la vie, sa restauration et son entretien.