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The mystery of the Holy Trinity, which the Church celebrates just after Pentecost Sunday, reveals to us the glory that God holds from before the beginning until eternity. The One God in Three Persons can only be better understood through the love he manifests and through the faith and hope of our disciples in him.

Si le Fils de Dieu s’est incarné, c’est pour permettre à l’humanité de se lier à la vie divine grâce à l’Esprit Saint qu’il répand sur nous. C’est cet Esprit qui illumine certains hommes pour poursuivre, dans l’Eglise, la mission du Fils qui est Un avec son Père. C'est la méditation que nous proposons ce sixième dimanche de Pâques.

Le Père a envoyé son Fils par amour ; Jésus est passé par la passion et par la mort au nom de l'amour. En ressuscitant, il nous envoie son Esprit qui nous émerveille et nous ouvre le Royaume des cieux. C’est dans cet élan que nous célébrons ce cinquième dimanche de Pâques avec la conviction que Dieu nous aime et nous devons aimer les uns les autres.

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.

If last Sunday we were in the baths of 4 beatitudes followed by 4 lamentations, today Christ shows us the way to follow to really reach these beatitudes. It is about this passage from the animal man to the spiritual man. An obligatory scheme to savor the effects of the Kingdom from now until everything is fulfilled at the end of time.