Homily for 8 May 2026 – Feast of the Blessed Martyrs Christian de Chergé and his companions.

               Today we commemorate our brothers of Tibhirine, who died as martyrs in Algeria in 1995.

               In their circular letter sent to their families and friends at Christmas 1994 – just a few months before their death – they explained how, two years earlier, given the deteriorating security situation, they had discussed whether to leave and how they had finally decided to remain in Tibhirine, together. In this beautiful text, they explained how this choice had been shaped by all their previous renunciations (of their families, their original monastic communities, their countries). And they added that the possible death of one of them or all of them together would be merely a consequence of their choice to follow Christ.

Thursday, 7 May 2026 – 5^th week of Easter

Acts 15:7–21; John 15:9–11

H O M I L Y

Jesus’ final instruction to His apostles, during the Last Supper He shared with them, is a call to brotherly love. Similarly, the accounts in the Acts of the Apostles that we read during this Easter season show us how this brotherly love is lived out in practice, within a community, through relationships that are not always necessarily easy. Indeed, this love is sometimes lived out through the resolution of conflicts.

Jeudi, 7 mai 2026 – 5^ème semaine de Pâques

Actes 15, 7-21; Jean 15, 9-11

H O M É L I E

          La dernière recommandation de Jésus à ses Apôtres, lors du dernier repas qu’il prend avec eux, est un appel à l’amour fraternel. De même, les récits des Actes des Apôtres que nous lisons durant ce Temps Pascal, nous montrent comment cet amour fraternel se vit concrètement, au sein d’une communauté, à travers des relations qui ne sont pas toujours nécessairement faciles. Cet amour se vit même parfois à travers la résolution de conflits.

5 mai 2026 - Tuesday of the 5th week of Easter

Acts 14:19-28; John 14:27-31a

Homily

The first reading tells us about a particularly eventful period in the apostolic ministry of Paul and Barnabas. Nothing discouraged them, even when they were subjected to violence and Paul was stoned and left for dead. If such violence was directed against them, it was precisely because not only did they refuse to use violence themselves, but they preached the Good News to everyone, without exception, thus recognising that every person has the same dignity and the same vocation as a child of God, beyond all differences.

6 May 2026 – Wednesday of the 5^th week of Easter

Acts 15:1–6; John 15:1–8

Homily

Having read almost the whole of chapter 14 of St John, we begin chapter 15 today and find the theme of ‘abiding’—so often mentioned in the previous chapter—once again at the forefront. “Abide in me, as I abide in you… Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit.”

6 mai 2026 – Mercredi de la 5^ème semaine de Pâques

Actes 15:1-6; Jean 15:1-8

Homélie

          Après avoir lu à peu près en entier le chapitre 14 de saint Jean, nous commençons aujourd'hui le chapitre 15 et nous retrouvons en pleine évidence le thème de la "demeure" évoqué si souvent dans le chapitre précédent. "Demeurez en moi, comme moi en vous… Celui qui demeure en moi, et moi en lui, celui-là porte beaucoup de fruit."