Homélies de Dom Armand Veilleux

Saturday of the 8th Week in Ordinary Time – May 30, 2026

Jude 17, 20b-25; Mk 11, 27-33

Homily

          In our reading of Mark's Gospel, we have now reached chapter eleven, which began with Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. And in the story we are reading today, we have a fine example of Jesus' confrontation with the scribes and the elders of the people. A confrontation that will continue to escalate and lead to Jesus' death on the Cross.

          The central issue in this confrontation is the question of authority. The chief priests, the scribes and the elders (all together, if we follow Mark's text) ask Jesus by what authority he freely teaches in the Temple. What undoubtedly troubled them was the fact that he was teaching ‘with authority’. On the other hand, they carefully avoided having the people against them, as in their attitude to John the Baptist, because they recognized a certain authority in the people.

          For the first reading, we had a passage from the letter of Jude, which is in fact the only passage of this short text that we have in the liturgical lectionary. This Jude is not the apostle Jude, but the brother of James, one of those whom the New Testament calls the ‘brothers of the Lord’, that is, members of his extended family. It is one of the last writings to be recognized by the early Church as inspired writing, part of Sacred Scripture or the Word of God.

         

Armand Veilleux

Samedi de la 8ème semaine du Temps Ordinaire – 30 mai 2026

Jude 17, 20b-25 ; Mc 11, 27-33

(En France, mémoire de sainte Jeanne d’Arc)

Homélie

          Dans notre lecture de l’Évangile de Marc, nous en sommes, depuis hier, au chapitre onze qui débutait avec l’entrée triomphale de Jésus à Jérusalem. Et, dans le récit que nous lisons aujourd’hui, nous avons un bel exemple de la confrontation de Jésus avec les scribes et les anciens du peuple. Une confrontation qui ne cessera de s’amplifier et qui conduira à la mort de Jésus sur la Croix.

27 May 2026 - Wednesday of the 8th odd week

1Pet 1:18-25; Mk 10:32-45

Homily

          There was a time when public functions in society were seen as services that certain people were called upon to render to the community, often at their own expense. Things are quite different today! Candidates often spend huge sums of money trying to convince people to elect them to these offices.

28 mai 2026   --   jeudi de la 8ème semaine ordinaire

Marc 10, 46-52

H O M É L I E

          Jéricho était une ville importante que les Galiléens devaient traverser dans leur montée vers Jérusalem, lorsqu’ils venaient par la vallée du Jourdain. Cette cité de palmes au milieu du désert de Juda était, dans l’Ancien Testament, la porte de la Terre Promise. Jésus y passe à quelques reprises mais ne s’y arrête jamais. Les Évangiles ne mentionnent pas qu’il y ait prêché ou fait quelque miracle. Dans l’Évangile d’aujourd’hui, alors que Jésus monte pour la dernière fois vers Jérusalem, où il sera mis à mort, il traverse encore une fois Jéricho, et c’est à la sortie de la ville qu’il passe devant un mendiant aveugle, à qui on dit que c’est Jésus de Nazareth qui passe, et qui se met à crier : « Jésus, fils de David, aie pitié de moi. »

27 mai 2026 – mercredi de la 8ème semaine impaire

1P 1,18-25 ; Mc 10,32-45 

H O M É L I E

          Il y eut un temps où les fonctions publiques dans la société étaient considérées comme des services que certaines personnes étaient appelées à rendre à la collectivité, souvent à leurs propres frais. Les choses sont assez différentes de nos jours! Les candidats dépensent souvent des sommes énormes pour tenter de convaincre les gens de les élire à ces fonctions.

28 May 2026 -- Thursday of the 8th ordinary week

Mark 10, 46-52

Homily

          Jericho was an important city that the Galileans had to pass through on their way up to Jerusalem, when they came through the Jordan Valley. This city of palms in the middle of the desert of Judah was, in the Old Testament, the gateway to the Promised Land. Jesus passed through a few times but never stopped there. The Gospels do not mention that he preached or performed any miracles there. In today's Gospel, as Jesus makes his last ascent towards Jerusalem, where he will be put to death, he passes through Jericho, and on the outskirts of the city he passes a blind beggar, who is told that it is Jesus of Nazareth passing by, and who begins to cry out: ‘Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me’.