Homélies de Dom Armand Veilleux

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

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

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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 14ème 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.

July 5, 2026 -- 14th Sunday "A"

Zech 9,9-10; Rom 8,9.11-13; Mt 11,25-30 

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The Gospel we have just read has very interesting and extremely revealing points of contact with the Magnificat, the Virgin Mary's song of praise.

5 juillet 2026 -- 14ème dimanche "A"

Za 9,9-10; Rm 8,9.11-13; Mt 11,25-30

                                                     H O M É L I E

L'Évangile que nous venons de lire comprend quelques points de contact avec le Magnificat de la Vierge Marie, qui sont très intéressants et extrêmement révélateurs.

4 July 2026 - Saturday of the 13th ordinary week (even-numbered year)

Am 9:11-15; Matthew 9:14-17

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The first chapters of Matthew's Gospel describe the beginnings of Jesus' missionary activity. Very early on, the young rabbi and his disciples began to amaze everyone. Of course, people began to realise that Jesus had come to bring something new. His miracles, his teaching, the power he claimed to have to forgive sins - all these things were causing a stir throughout Galilee. Everyone wanted to see and hear him.

4 juillet 2026 – Samedi de la 13ème semaine ordinaire (année paire)

Am 9,11-15 ; Matthieu 9:14-17 

                                                    H o m é l i e 

Les premiers chapitres de l’Évangile de Matthieu décrivent les débuts de l'activité missionnaire de Jésus. Très tôt le jeune rabbin et ses disciples commencent à étonner tout le monde.  Bien sûr, on a commencé à s'apercevoir que Jésus est venu apporter quelque chose de nouveau.  Ses miracles, son enseignement, le pouvoir qu'il affirme avoir de remettre les péchés, tout cela fait grand bruit dans toute la Galilée.  Tout le monde cherche à le voir et à l'entendre.

3 July 2026 - Feast of Saint Thomas

Eph 2:19-22; Jn 20:24-29

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Each of the Evangelists has told us in his own way about the events that followed Christ's Resurrection. Above all, we must not try to reconcile their chronology of events. In reality, they are not interested in chronology and are not trying to give us an exact description of the events. Rather, they want to give us a theological vision. Luke, who organises his Gospel around Jerusalem and the Temple, spreads the events after the Resurrection over a period of fifty days, corresponding to the Jewish liturgy. John, the mystical theologian with the piercing gaze, brings together almost all these events in a single day, the day of the Resurrection itself.