Homélies de Dom Armand Veilleux

April 13, 2024 - Saturday of the 2nd week of Easter

Acts 6:1-7; John 6:16-21

Homily

          There are many mysterious and highly symbolic details in this short text by Saint John. The scene takes place immediately after the first multiplication of the loaves (which we read about yesterday). We are still at the beginning of Jesus' public life, and his relationship with his disciples is still being established.   After the multiplication of the loaves, when the crowd wanted to make him king, Jesus withdrew alone to the mountain. The disciples were already used to the nights Jesus spent alone on the mountain, praying. When evening came and Jesus did not return, the disciples knew that he would spend the night there. So they went down to the lake and set sail for the town of Capernaum on the other side. John then uses one of those phrases full of mystery: "It was already night and Jesus had not yet joined them". John's reference to night also signifies confusion, lack of understanding and the absence of Jesus. The disciples were a little lost.

12 avril 2024 – vendredi de la 2ème semaine de Pâques

Actes 5,34-42; Jean 6, 1-15 

H O M É L I E

            La multiplication des pains est le seul signe accompli par Jésus qui nous soit rapporté par les quatre Évangiles. C'est dire l'importance que lui attribuaient les premiers Chrétiens. Aujourd'hui c'est dans la version de Jean que nous lisons ce récit. Jean raconte cet événement après environ 65 ou 70 ans de méditation. Ce n'est pas le signe ou le miracle comme tel qui l'intéresse. Tout son récit est centré sur la personne de Jésus. Il nous montre Jésus partageant simplement, très simplement, sans compter, sans faire attention à la dimension de la foule.

April 12, 2024 - Friday of the 2nd week of Easter

Acts 5:34-42; John 6:1-15

Homily

          The multiplication of the loaves is the only sign performed by Jesus that is recorded in the four Gospels. This shows the importance attributed to it by the first Christians. Today, we read the story in John's version. John recounts this event after some 65 or 70 years of meditation. He is not interested in the sign or the miracle as such. His whole story is centred on the person of Jesus. He shows us Jesus sharing simply, very simply, without counting, without paying attention to the size of the crowd.

April 11, 2024 -- Homily for Thursday of the 2nd week of Easter

Acts 5, 27-33; John 3, 31-36.

Homily

          The story we are reading these days from the Acts of the Apostles is both very profound and somewhat comic. Luke, who is an excellent writer, knows how to convey profound teaching using symbolic and poetic language. Here, he describes the beginnings of the Church in an almost playful style.

11 avril 2024 -- Homélie pour le jeudi de la 2ème semaine de Pâques

Ac 5, 27-33 ; Jean 3, 31-36.

Homélie

          Le récit des Actes des Apôtres que nous lisons ces jours-ci a quelque chose d’à la fois très profond et de quelque peu comique. Luc, qui est un excellent écrivain, sait transmettre un enseignement profond en utilisant un langage symbolique et poétique. Ici, il décrit dans un style presque enjoué les débuts de l’Église.

10 avril 2024 – Mercredi de la 2ème semaine de Pâques

Ac 5, 17-26; Jn 3, 16-21 

H O M É L I E

Il y a quelque chose qui m'a toujours intrigué dans le texte des Actes que nous venons de lire. Pourquoi l'ange s'est-il donné la peine de fermer les portes de la prison après avoir laissé sortir les apôtres ?... En effet, au début du texte, Luc dit que l'ange du Seigneur a ouvert les portes de la prison et a fait sortir les apôtres ; mais quand le gardien du temple arrive le matin, il trouve les portes bien fermées ! Il doit y avoir une signification symbolique dans cette histoire de portes ouvertes et puis verrouillées.

10 April 2024 - Wednesday of the 2nd week of Easter

Acts 5, 17-26; John 3, 16-21

Homily

There is something that has always puzzled me in the text of Acts that we have just read. Why did the angel go to the trouble of closing the prison doors after letting the apostles out? In fact, at the beginning of the text, Luke says that the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and let the apostles out; but when the temple guard arrived in the morning, he found the doors firmly shut! There must be a symbolic meaning in this story of the doors being opened and then locked.