HOMELIES DE L'ANNEE C #Gospel

Salvation is achieved through the humility of those who agree to embark on the path of passion. We relive the same journey today, as we retrace the procession that advances toward Jerusalem with branches in hand. Let us once again sing loudly and clearly HOSANNA SON OF DAVID in our various desolations and solitudes, accompanying Christ toward his passion, his death, and his resurrection.

We are celebrating the Fifth Sunday of Lent. This coming joy should motivate us to greater perseverance in the life of conversion. God is merciful toward our sins; let us cooperate with his grace to help our brothers and sisters escape the yoke of their errors instead of judging them.

The father, in the parable of this Fourth Sunday of Lent, exults with joy at the return of his lost son (15:24). This is the same attitude displayed by the shepherd who goes in search of a single lost sheep, leaving the other 99 (15:6) and by the woman who found the coin in her house (15:9).

Our history is strewn with pitfalls that rob us of our happiness. Happiness is a light that attracts the gaze of every being. It is the meaning of our struggles for survival. Let us commit ourselves today to the desert with Christ to overcome temptation, the assurance of our Easter.

Today's Gospel opens our reflection on a right conscience. These short sentences read this Sunday invite us to act with discernment and judgment in order to produce good fruits capable of pleasing God and society. All this is only possible when our hearts conceal the treasure that should enlighten our actions. To this end, I propose these three steps.

On this second Sunday of Year C, we are invited to Cana to participate in the Lord's meal during which he takes care to transform the bread into his body and the wine into his blood. With the help of the Virgin Mary, let us enter this Eucharist with a purified heart.

Every time we gather in the Church under the impulse of the Holy Spirit, we manifest with gratitude the faith received in the Church since the day of our Baptism. In the footsteps of our Lord on this solemnity, we celebrate the mystery of his death and resurrection with the help of his Spirit.