Homélies de Dom Armand Veilleux

10 June 2024 Monday of the 10th Week in Ordinary Time

1 K 17:1-6; Mt 5:1-12a

Homily

          At the time when the Gospels were written, that is, when the memories of those who had known Jesus and had been his disciples were collected by the four Evangelists we know - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - after these writings had circulated first orally and then in small detached written accounts, the first Christians were already suffering persecution. We can therefore understand the importance given in these Gospels to the last beatitude: ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake...", as well as the way it is elaborated: “Blessed are you if you are insulted, if you are persecuted... rejoice, be glad...”. At the time, the tensions were between the authorities of the traditional Jewish religion and the nascent Christianity, which was seen as a new sect and a threat.

Dimanche, 9 juin 2024 : 10ème dimanche, année B

Genèse, 3, 9-15 ; 2 Cor. 4,13-5,1 ; Marc 3, 20-35

 

H O M É L I E

Cette scène racontée par l’Evangéliste Marc, se situe au début du ministère public de Jésus. Après son baptême par Jean, et le choix de ses premiers disciples, puis un jeûne de quarante jours au désert, il est retourné en Galilée, puis a commencé son ministère d’abord à Capharnaüm et ensuite dans les villages de Galilée. Il a déjà fait plusieurs guérisons, à commencer par la belle-mère de Simon-Pierre. Cette activité soudaine et débordante suscite de fortes réactions de la part des autorités du peuple, les scribes, et inquiète aussi sa famille.

8 June 2024 - Memory of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

2 Cor 5:14-21; Luke 2:41-51

Homily

            After the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, today's liturgical calendar celebrates the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. And the Gospel chosen for this feast is the story of Jesus' ascent to the Temple at the age of twelve, which ends with the affirmation that Mary kept all these things in her heart.

Sunday, 9 June 2024: 10th Sunday, Year B

Genesis 3:9-15; 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1; Mark 3:20-35

Homily

This scene, recounted by the Evangelist Mark, takes place at the beginning of Jesus' public ministry. After his baptism by John and the selection of his first disciples, followed by a forty-day fast in the desert, he returned to Galilee and began his ministry first in Capernaum and then in the villages of Galilee. He had already healed several people, starting with Simon Peter's mother-in-law. This sudden and overwhelming activity provoked strong reactions from the people's authorities, the scribes, and also worried his family.

Fête du Sacré Coeur, 7 juin 2024

Osée 11,1...9; Ephésiens 3, 8...19; Jean 19, 31-37

H O M É L I E

          Le coeur est conçu dans toutes les cultures comme le lieu où réside les sentiments, l'affectivité, l'amour. C'est pourquoi, à partir déjà du Moyen-Âge, des mystiques tels que Gertrude d’Hefta, Catherine de Sienne, Mathilde, Marguerite Alacoque, Jean-Eudes, développent une dévotion au Coeur Sacré de Jésus, qui n'est pas une dévotion à un organe physique, mais à l'amour divin vécu par Dieu fait homme. Si cette dévotion a pu connaître à certaines époques des expressions plutôt romantiques et sentimentales, comme en fait foi une vaste collections d'images pieuses au goût plutôt douteux, elle n'est, essentiellement, dans son intuition première, que la contemplation de l'amour de Dieu pour nous, incarné en Jésus de Nazareth. Et le récit de l’Évangile que nous venons de lire nous montre jusqu’où est allé cet amour.

8 juin 2024 – Mémoire du Cœur Immaculé de Marie

2 Co 5,14-21 ; Luc 2, 41-51 

 

H O M É L I E

          Après la fête du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, le calendrier liturgique nous fait célébrer aujourd’hui celle du cœur Immaculé de Marie. Et l’Évangile retenu pour cette fête est le récit de la montée de Jésus au Temple, à l’âge de douze ans, qui se termine par l’affirmation que Marie conservait toutes ces choses en son cœur.

Feast of the Sacred Heart, 7 June 2024

Hosea 11:1...9; Ephesians 3:8...19; John 19:31-37

Homily

          In every culture, the heart is seen as the place where feelings, emotions and love reside. This is why, from as early as the Middle Ages, mystics such as Gertrude of Hefta, Catherine of Siena, Matilda, Marguerite Alacoque and John Eudes developed a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which is not a devotion to a physical organ, but to the divine love experienced by God made man. While this devotion may at times have had more romantic and sentimental expressions, as evidenced by a vast collection of pious images of rather dubious taste, it is essentially, in its original intuition, nothing other than the contemplation of God's love for us, incarnate in Jesus of Nazareth. And the Gospel story we have just read shows us just how far that love went.