May 13,2026 – Wednesday of the 6th week of Easter

Acts 17, 15. 22--18, 1; John 16, 12-15 

Homily 

          We have reached almost the end of that beautiful and long discourse of Jesus to His disciples at the Last Supper. He told them many things already, some of them profound and difficult. Now He tells them that He has still many more things to reveal to them, but they are not yet able to bear them. He also announces to them that the Spirit about whom He has been talking to them since the beginning, and whom He always call the “Spirit of Truth”, will guide them to all truth. There are two things that should be noticed in this promise. The first one is about the verb “to guide”.

          If they need to be “guided” – as we all need to be guided – it is because Christian life is an ongoing journey. As soon as we think that we have arrived and we want to settle, without continuing our journey, without pursuing our ongoing conversion, we are no longer Christians, and we certainly are no longer monks.

          The second thing that needs to be noticed in that promise is the goal towards which the Spirit of Truth will guide us. He will guide us, says Jesus, to “all truth”, that is, to the whole truth. Now, that Truth is Christ Himself. He is not only the Truth, but also the Way that leads to the Truth and the Life that we find in it. “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life” says He.

          Now, this brings us back to the aim, the goal, of our monastic life, as it is described in our Document on formation (our Ratio). We are called to be transformed into the Image of Christ. This is the goal of our monastic life.

          Since we are on such a journey, turned towards such a goal and guided by such a Spirit, we really do not have anything to fear, specially not from the spirit of lies. We can, as Saint Benedict says, run with an enlarged heart and with joy, in the way of God’s commandments. And the first of those commandments, the one that contains all he others, il the one of love.

May 12, 2026 – Tuesday of the 6th week of Easter

Acts 16, 22-34; John 16, 5-11 

Homily         

          At the end of yesterday’s Gospel, Jesus confided to His disciples that he had told them all those things, so that they would “remember” that he had told them. Remembering, or memory, is something very important in Christin life. At the very heart of Christian life, is the Eucharist, that we celebrate “in memory of “ Jesus, as he told us to do. It is also by keeping as constant a memory of Him as possible that we can lead a life of continuous prayer, which is the most important element of Christian life and of our monastic life.

Thursday, 14 May 2026 – Solemnity of the Ascension

Acts 1:1–11; Eph 1:17–23; Mt 28:16–20

H O M I L Y

         Already on the morning of the third day, the day of the Resurrection, an angel, through the women who had come to the tomb, sent the disciples back to Galilee, that is to say, to their usual occupations. It was there that Jesus would meet them. In Luke’s account of the Ascension at the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles, the angels who appear to the Apostles give them the same message: ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven?’ They are once again sent back to their everyday lives.    

12 mai 2026 - Mardi de la 6^ème semaine de Pâques

Actes 16, 22-34; Jean 16, 5-11

Homélie

À la fin de l’Évangile d’hier, Jésus confiait à ses disciples qu’il leur avait dit toutes ces choses afin qu’ils « se souviennent » qu’il les leur avait dites. Le souvenir, ou la mémoire, est une chose très importante dans la vie chrétienne. Au cœur même de la vie chrétienne il y a l’Eucharistie, que nous célébrons « en mémoire » de Jésus, comme il nous a dit de faire. C’est aussi en conservant une mémoire aussi constante que possible de Lui, qu’il nous est possible de vivre une prière continuelle, ce qui est l’un des éléments les plus fondamentaux de la vie chrétienne et de notre vie monastique.

13 mai 2026 – mercredi, 6^ème sem. de Pâques

Actes 17, 15. 22--18, 1; Jean 16, 12-15

Homélie

Nous arrivons presque à la fin de ce beau et long discours de Jésus à ses Disciples à la dernière Cène. Il leur a déjà dit beaucoup de choses profondes et difficiles. Il leur dit maintenant qu’il lui reste encore beaucoup de choses à leur révéler, mais qu’ils ne sont pas encore capables de les porter. Il leur annonce aussi que l’Esprit dont il leur parle depuis le début, et qu’il appelle toujours « l’Esprit de Vérité », les guidera vers la vérité tout entière. Il y a deux choses à remarquer dans cette promesse. Il y a tout d’abord le mot « guider ».

Homélie pour le 8 mai 2026 – Fête des bienheureux martyrs Christian de Chergé et ses compagnons.

          Nous célébrons aujourd’hui la mémoire de nos frères de Tibhirine, morts martyrs en Algérie, en 1996.

          Dans leur lettre circulaire envoyée à leurs familles et à leurs amis, à l’occasion de Noël 1995, donc quelques mois seulement avant leur mort, ils expliquaient comment, deux ans auparavant, compte tenu de la situation sécuritaire qui se détériorait, ils avaient discuté sur l’opportunité de partir et comment ils avaient finalement décidé de rester sur place, ensemble. Ils expliquaient, dans ce très beau texte comment ce choix avait été préparé par tous leurs renoncements antérieurs (à leurs familles, à leurs communautés monastiques d’origine, à leurs pays. Et ils ajoutaient que l´éventuelle mort de l’un d’entre eux ou d’eux tous ensemble ne serait qu’une conséquence de leur choix de vivre à la suite du Christ.