by L'équipe de publication | Dec 8, 2024 | Evangelium
Psalter: Proper
The Immaculate Conception
of the Blessed Virgin Mary –
Solemnity
White
The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception is the doctrine that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin, a grace that enabled Mary to give a “Yes” to becoming mother of the incarnate God, Jesus. The doctrine was formally defined as a doctrine of the Church by Pope Pius IX in 1854.
Entrance Antiphon: Is 61: 10
I rejoice heartily in the Lord, in my God is the joy of my soul; for he has clothed me with a robe of salvation, and wrapped me in a mantle of justice, like a bride adorned with her jewels.
Collect
O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son, grant, we pray, that, as you preserved her from every stain by virtue of the Death of your Son, which you foresaw, so, through her intercession, we, too, may be cleansed and admitted to your presence. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: Genesis 3:9-15,20
After Adam had eaten of the tree the Lord God called to him. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the woman you put with me; she gave me the fruit, and I ate it.’ Then the Lord God asked the woman, ‘What is this you have done?’ The woman replied, ‘The serpent tempted me and I ate.’ Then the Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this, ‘Be accursed beyond all cattle, all wild beasts. You shall crawl on your belly and eat dust every day of your life. I will make you enemies of each other: you and the woman, your offspring and her offspring. It will crush your head and you will strike its heel.’ The man named his wife ‘Eve’ because she was the mother of all those who live.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 97(98):1-4
R/ Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders.
Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders. His right hand and his holy arm have brought salvation.
The Lord has made known his salvation; has shown his justice to the nations. He has remembered his truth and love for the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout to the Lord, all the earth, ring out your joy.
Second reading: Ephesians 1:3-6,11-12
Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all the spiritual blessings of heaven in Christ. Before the world was made, he chose us, chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence, determining that we should become his adopted sons, through Jesus Christ for his own kind purposes, to make us praise the glory of his grace, his free gift to us in the Beloved, And it is in him that we were claimed as God’s own, chosen from the beginning, under the predetermined plan of the one who guides all things as he decides by his own will; chosen to be, for his greater glory, the people who would put their hopes in Christ before he came.
Gospel Acclamation: cf.Lk1:28
Alleluia, alleluia! Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee! Blessed art thou among women. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 1:26-38
The angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. He went in and said to her, ‘Rejoice, so highly favoured! The Lord is with you.’ She was deeply disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean, but the angel said to her, ‘Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God’s favour. Listen! You are to conceive and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David; he will rule over the House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.’ Mary said to the angel, ‘But how can this come about, since I am a virgin?’ ‘The Holy Spirit will come upon you’ the angel answered ‘and the power of the Most High will cover you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of God. Know this too: your kinswoman Elizabeth has, in her old age, herself conceived a son, and she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month, for nothing is impossible to God.’ ‘I am the handmaid of the Lord,’ said Mary ‘let what you have said be done to me.’ And the angel left her.
Prayer over the Offerings
Graciously accept the saving sacrifice which we offer you, O Lord, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and grant that, as we profess her, on account of your prevenient grace, to be untouched by any stain of sin, so, through her intercession, we may be delivered from all our faults. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon
Glorious things are spoken of you, O Mary, for from you arose the sun of justice, Christ our God.
Prayer after Communion
May the Sacrament we have received, O Lord our God, heal in us the wounds of that fault from which in a singular way you preserved Blessed Mary in her Immaculate Conception. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
The solemnity of the Immaculate Conception invites us to recognise the privilege that God has given to the Virgin Mary by giving her graces. Mary is, according to the salting words of the Angel, “so highly favoured” and “Filled with Graces.” This woman, full of grace, has a special space in her heart to help us. We are invited on this day not to limit the possibilities of God, that is to say, to let his mystery unfold gradually in us without constituting us as obstacles to grace. Suppose today’s feast is to be about more than the ‘privileges’ of Mary. In that case, we need to see it in the light of the second reading of the Mass: God chose us in Christ, to be holy and spotless, and to live through love in his presence” (Eph 1:4). God’s great project: the humanity that doesn’t flee from his presence, full of shame like Adam and Eve, but which he can draw to himself in Christ, through the Spirit. Mary is God’s “sign of favour to the Church at its beginning, and the promise of its perfection as the bride of Christ, radiant in beauty….” (Preface of today’s Mass).
by L'équipe de publication | Dec 7, 2024 | Evangelium
2nd Sunday of Advent
Psalter: Week 2
Purple
Entrance Antiphon : Cf. Is 30: 19, 30
O people of Sion, behold, the Lord will come to save the nations, and the Lord will make the glory of his voice heard in the joy of your heart.
Collect
Almighty and merciful God, may no earthly undertaking hinder those who set out in haste to meet your Son, but may our learning of heavenly wisdom gain us admittance to his company. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading: Baruch 5:1-9
Jerusalem, take off your dress of sorrow and distress, put on the beauty of the glory of God for ever, wrap the cloak of the integrity of God around you, put the diadem of the glory of the Eternal on your head: since God means to show your splendour to every nation under heaven, since the name God gives you for ever will be, ‘Peace through integrity, and honour through devotedness.’ Arise, Jerusalem, stand on the heights and turn your eyes to the east: see your sons reassembled from west and east at the command of the Holy One, jubilant that God has remembered them. Though they left you on foot, with enemies for an escort, now God brings them back to you like royal princes carried back in glory. For God has decreed the flattening of each high mountain, of the everlasting hills, the filling of the valleys to make the ground level so that Israel can walk in safety under the glory of God. And the forests and every fragrant tree will provide shade for Israel at the command of God; for God will guide Israel in joy by the light of his glory with his mercy and integrity for escort.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 125(126)
R/ What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad.
When the Lord delivered Zion from bondage, it seemed like a dream. Then was our mouth filled with laughter, on our lips there were songs.
The heathens themselves said: ‘What marvels the Lord worked for them!’ What marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad.
Deliver us, O Lord, from our bondage as streams in dry land. Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap.
They go out, they go out, full of tears, carrying seed for the sowing: they come back, they come back, full of song, carrying their sheaves.
Second reading: Philippians 1:4-6,8-11
Every time I pray for all of you, I pray with joy, remembering how you have helped to spread the Good News from the day you first heard it right up to the present. I am quite certain that the One who began this good work in you will see that it is finished when the Day of Christ Jesus comes; and God knows how much I miss you all, loving you as Christ Jesus loves you. My prayer is that your love for each other may increase more and more and never stop improving your knowledge and deepening your perception so that you can always recognise what is best. This will help you to become pure and blameless, and prepare you for the Day of Christ, when you will reach the perfect goodness which Jesus Christ produces in us for the glory and praise of God.
Gospel Acclamation: Lk3:4,6
Alleluia, alleluia! Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight, and all mankind shall see the salvation of God. Alleluia!
Gospel: Luke 3:1-6
In the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar’s reign, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the lands of Ituraea and Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrach of Abilene, during the pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas the word of God came to John son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. He went through the whole Jordan district proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the sayings of the prophet Isaiah: A voice cries in the wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley will be filled in, every mountain and hill be laid low, winding ways will be straightened
and rough roads made smooth. And all mankind shall see the salvation of God.
Prayer over the Offerings
Be pleased, O Lord, with our humble prayers and offerings, and, since we have no merits to plead our cause, come, we pray, to our rescue with the protection of your mercy. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon : Bar 5: 5; 4: 36
Jerusalem, arise and stand upon the heights, and behold the joy which comes to you from God.
Prayer after Communion
Replenished by the food of spiritual nourishment, we humbly beseech you, O Lord, that, through our partaking in this mystery, you may teach us to judge wisely the things of earth and hold firm to the things of heaven. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
John the Baptist gained popularity because many individuals were struggling with the issues present in their society. He indicated an alternative path. He informed people about the impending change and advised them to prepare themselves. However, this was not a situation of passive waiting. To succeed, individuals must make changes within themselves and eliminate any obstacles. His baptism was an invitation to let go of the old ways and prepare for the new. John is considered to be a prophet. We were anointed as priest, prophet, and king during our baptism ceremony. John informed the individuals that God was actively working. We are also obligated to do this. We should strive to make those around us feel the presence of something greater than ourselves through both our words and actions. We should strive to live our lives in a way that inspires those we come across to have an encounter with Jesus. However, there could be some obstacles in the form of challenges and setbacks hindering our progress.
by L'équipe de publication | Dec 6, 2024 | Agenda Biblique
Saint Ambroise,
Evêque et Docteur de l’Eglise
Violet
Haut fonctionnaire romain, né à Trèves vers 340, Ambroise est un homme estimé de tous. Le 7 décembre 374 à Milan, alors qu’il vient s’assurer que l’élection épiscopale se déroule sans trouble, ce chrétien, quoique catéchumène, ententd la foule reprendre, unanime, le cri lancé par un enfant : ’’Ambroise évêque’’. La ‘’vocation’’, c’est aussi l’appel lancé par le peuple de Dieu.
Antienne d’ouverture : I S 2, 35
Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu : «Je me susciterai un prêtre fidèle, qui agira selon mon cœur et mon désir ».
Prière d’ouverture
Seigneur, tu as fait de saint Ambroise un docteur de la foi catholique et un courageux successeur des Apôtres ; suscite en ton Église des hommes selon ton cœur, capables de la gouverner avec force et sagesse. Par Jésus Christ.
1ère Lecture : Esaïe 30, 19-21,23-26
Ainsi parle le Seigneur Dieu, le Saint d’Israël : Peuple de Sion, vous vivrez à Jérusalem et ne pleurerez plus. Il vous fera grâce quand il entendra votre cri ; quand il entendra, il répondra. Quand le Seigneur vous aura donné le pain de souffrance et l’eau de détresse, celui qui est votre maître ne se cachera plus, et vous verrez votre maître de vos propres yeux. Que vous vous tourniez à droite ou à gauche, vos oreilles entendront ces paroles derrière vous : «Voici le chemin, suivez-le.» Il enverra la pluie pour la semence que vous semez dans la terre, et le pain que la terre fournit sera riche. et nourrissante. Ton bétail paîtra, ce jour-là, dans de vastes pâturages. Les bœufs et les ânes qui labourent la terre mangeront un fourrage salé, vanné à la pelle et à la fourche. Sur toute haute montagne, sur toute haute colline, il y aura des ruisseaux et des cours d’eau, au jour du grand carnage quand les forteresses tomberont. Alors le clair de lune sera brillant comme la lumière du soleil et la lumière du soleil elle-même sera sept fois plus brillante – comme la lumière de sept jours en un – le jour où le Seigneur pansera la blessure de son peuple et guérira les meurtrissures laissées par ses coups.
Psaume : 146(147), 1-6
R/ Heureux tous ceux qui espèrent dans le Seigneur. ou Alléluia !
Il est bon de fêter notre Dieu, il est beau de chanter sa louange! Le Seigneur rebâtit Jérusalem, il rassemble les déportés d’Israël.
Il guérit les cœurs brisés et soigne leurs blessures. Il compte le nombre des étoiles, il donne à chacune un nom.
Il est grand, il est fort, notre Maître : nul n’a mesuré son intelligence. Le Seigneur élève les humbles et rabaisse jusqu’à terre les impies.
Acclamation : Is 55, 6
Alléluia. Alléluia.Le Seigneur est notre juge, il nous donne des lois, le Seigneur est notre roi : c’est lui qui nous sauve. Alléluia.
Évangile : Matthieu 9, 35-10, 1.5.6-8
En ce temps-là, Jésus parcourait toutes les villes et tous les villages,
enseignant dans leurs synagogues,
proclamant l’Évangile du Royaume
et guérissant toute maladie et toute infirmité. Voyant les foules, Jésus fut saisi de compassion envers elles parce qu’elles étaient désemparées et abattues comme des brebis sans berger. Il dit alors à ses disciples : « La moisson est abondante, mais les ouvriers sont peu nombreux. Priez donc le maître de la moisson d’envoyer des ouvriers pour sa moisson. » Alors Jésus appela ses douze disciples et leur donna le pouvoir d’expulser les esprits impurs et de guérir toute maladie et toute infirmité. Ces douze, Jésus les envoya en mission avec les instructions suivantes : « Allez vers les brebis perdues de la maison d’Israël. Sur votre route, proclamez que le royaume des Cieux est tout proche. Guérissez les malades, ressuscitez les morts, purifiez les lépreux, expulsez les démons. Vous avez reçu gratuitement : donnez gratuitement. »
Prière sur les offrandes
Que ton Esprit, Seigneur notre Dieu, nous donne, dans cette eucharistie, la lumière de la foi qui éclairait saint Ambroise quand il annonçait ta gloire à son peuple. Par Jésus.
Antienne de communion : Jn 10, 11
Le bon pasteur, le vrai berger, donne sa vie pour ses brebis.
Prière après la communion
Puisque tu nous as réconfortés, Seigneur, par cette communion, fais-nous si bien profiter des leçons de saint Ambroise que notre énergie à suivre tes chemins nous prépare aux joies du festin éternel. Par Jésus.
Méditation
L’Évangile évoque rapidement deux images : celle du Pasteur avec son troupeau et celle de l’agriculteur dans son champ. Ces images laissent une impression douloureuse : un troupeau sans berger, et un maître se souciant peu de sa moisson. En fait, ce passage de l’Évangile nous révèle la conscience missionnaire de Jésus et nous annonce le sens et le but de l’appel des disciples. En Jésus, personne et mission ne font qu’un: la compassion qu’il éprouve pour les foules représente l’expérience terrestre du Christ face à son peuple. Jésus n’éprouve pas seulement de la compassion, il est la compassion de Dieu qui se manifeste dans l’histoire. La prière faite au maître de la moisson pour qu’il envoie des ouvriers dans sa moisson est la prière que les disciples doivent adresser à Dieu, mais celle-ci est déjà exaucée, puisque le Christ est venu. Ainsi, parce que le Père nous a envoyé son propre Fils, les disciples, à leur tour, doivent s’offrir eux-mêmes ; ils doivent être capables d’entendre l’appel qui, dans le Christ, les rejoint et les atteint.
by L'équipe de publication | Dec 6, 2024 | Evangelium
Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor
(340 – 397)
White
He was born in Trier, Germany, between 337 and 340. Coerced by the people and by the emperor, he was baptized, ordained, and installed as bishop in 374. Ambrose was a key figure in the conversion of St Augustine to Catholicism, impressing Augustine by his intelligence and scholarship. He died on Holy Saturday, 4 April 397.
Entrance Antiphon: Cf. Sir 15: 5
In the midst of the Church he opened his mouth, and the Lord filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding and clothed him in a robe of glory.
Collect
O God, who made the Bishop Saint Ambrose a teacher of the Catholic faith and a model of apostolic courage, raise up in your Church men after your own heart to govern her with courage and wisdom. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
First reading : Isaiah 30:19-21,23-26
Thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: People of Zion, you will live in Jerusalem and weep no more. He will be gracious to you when he hears your cry; when he hears he will answer. When the Lord has given you the bread of suffering and the water of distress, he who is your teacher will hide no longer, and you will see your teacher with your own eyes. Whether you turn to right or left, your ears will hear these words behind you, ‘This is the way, follow it.’ He will send rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the bread that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. Your cattle will graze, that day, in wide pastures. Oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat a salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and fork. On every lofty mountain, on every high hill there will be streams and watercourses, on the day of the great slaughter when the strongholds fall. Then moonlight will be bright as sunlight and sunlight itself be seven times brighter – like the light of seven days in one – on the day the Lord dresses the wound of his people and heals the bruises his blows have left.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm
146(147):1-6
R/ Happy are all who hope in the Lord. or Alleluia!
Praise the Lord for he is good; sing to our God for he is loving: to him our praise is due. The Lord builds up Jerusalem and brings back Israel’s exiles.
He heals the broken-hearted, he binds up all their wounds. He fixes the number of the stars; he calls each one by its name.
Our Lord is great and almighty; his wisdom can never be measured.The Lord raises the lowly; he humbles the wicked to the dust.
Gospel Acclamation : Is 55:6
Alleluia, alleluia! Seek the Lord while he is still to be found, call to him while he is still near.Alleluia!
Gospel : Matthew 9:35-10:1,5,6-8
Jesus made a tour through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Good News of the kingdom and curing all kinds of diseases and sickness. And when he saw the crowds he felt sorry for them because they were harassed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is rich but the labourers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to his harvest.’ He summoned his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits with power to cast them out and to cure all kinds of diseases and sickness. These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them as follows: ‘Go rather to the lost sheep of the House of Israel. And as you go, proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is close at hand. Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils. You received without charge, give without charge.’
Prayer over the Offerings
As we celebrate the divine mysteries, O Lord, we pray, may the Holy Spirit fill us with that light of faith by which he constantly enlightened Saint Ambrose for the spreading of your glory. Through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon: Cf. Ps 1: 2, 3
He who ponders the law of the Lord day and night will yield fruit in due season.
Prayer after Communion
Lead us, who have been strengthened by the power of this Sacrament, O Lord, so to profit from the teaching of Saint Ambrose that, hastening fearlessly along your paths, we may be prepared for the delights of the eternal banquet. Through Christ our Lord.
Meditation
Today Jesus empowers the apostles to go out and preach the good news and baptise people, thereby making them Christians. By our Christian vocation, Jesus gives us the same mandate to go out and preach the good news. Preaching the good news may not necessarily mean becoming a pastor, but we can do much of this by how we live. We become witnesses to Christ through our conduct. As Christians, certain moral conduct is expected from us. We can convert people or bring about positive change in people’s lives through our daily encounters with them. Let us ask Christ to give us his grace to live up to our Christian expectations.
by L'équipe de publication | Dec 5, 2024 | Agenda Biblique
Saint Nicolas,
Evêque
Violet
S’il est difficile de discerner dans la légende de saint Nicolas la part de l’histoire, il reste qu’il fut évêque de Myre en Asie Mineure au moment de la crise arienne, au début du 4e siècle, et qu’il défendit la foi en la divinité de Jésus. Ce saint très populaire apparaît comme la bonté même.
Antienne d’ouverture
Voici que le Seigneur viendra. Dans la lumière il vient, pour visiter son peuple pour lui donner la paix et la vie éternelle.
Prière d’ouverture
Déploie, Seigneur, ta puissance, et viens : puisque, dans le péril où nous mettent nos péchés, nous ne pouvons obtenir que de toi la délivrance et le salut. Par Jésus Christ.
1ère lecture : Is 29, 17-24
Ainsi parle les Seigneur Dieu: Ne le savez vous pas? Encore un peu de temps, très peu de temps, et le Liban se changera en verger, et le verger sera pareil à une grande forêt. En ce jour-là, les sourds entendront les paroles du livre. Quant aux aveugles, sortant de l’obscurité et des ténèbres, leurs yeux verront. Les humbles se réjouiront de plus en plus dans le Seigneur, les pauvres gens exulteront à cause du Dieu Saint d’Israël. Car ce sera la fin des tyrans, ceux qui se moquent de Dieu disparaîtront, et tous les gens empressés à mal faire seront exterminés, ceux qui font condamner quelqu’un par leur témoignage, qui faussent les débats du tribunal et font tomber l’innocent par leur mensonge. C’est pourquoi, ainsi parle le Seigneur, Dieu de la maison de Jacob, lui qui a racheté Abraham : Désormais Jacob n’aura plus de honte et son visage ne pâlira plus; car, en voyant ce que j’ai fait au milieu d’eux, ils proclameront la sainteté de mon nom, ils proclameront la sainteté du Dieu Saint de Jacob, ils trembleront devant le Dieu d’Israël. Les esprits égarés découvriront l’intelligence, et les récalcitrants accepteront qu’on les instruise. »
Psaume : 26, 1, 4abcd, 13-14
R/ Le Seigneur est ma lumière et mon salut
Le Seigneur est ma lumière et mon salut ; de qui aurais-je crainte ? Le Seigneur est le rempart de ma vie; devant qui tremblerais-je ?
J’ai demandé une chose au Seigneur, la seule que je cherche : habiter la maison du Seigneur tous les jours de ma vie.
Mais j’en suis sûr, je verrai les bontés du Seigneur sur la terre des vivants. « Espère le Seigneur, sois fort et prends courage ; espère le Seigneur.»
Acclamation
Alléluia. Alléluia Voici qu’il vient avec puissance, notre Seigneur, pour éclairer les yeux de ses serviteurs. Alléluia.
Évangile : Mt 9, 27-31
En ce temps là, Jésus était en route ; deux aveugles le suivirent, en criant : « Aie pitié de nous, fils de David!» Quand il fut dans la maison, les aveugles l’abordèrent, et Jésus leur dit : «Croyez-vous que je peux faire cela ?» Ils répondirent: « Oui, Seigneur. » Alors il leur toucha les yeux, en disant : « Que tout se fasse pour vous selon votre foi ! » Leurs yeux s’ouvrirent, et Jésus leur dit sévèrement : « Attention ! Que personne ne le sache ! » Mais, à peine sortis, ils parlèrent de lui dans toute la région.
Prière sur les offrandes
Laisse-toi fléchir, Seigneur, par nos prières et nos pauvres offrandes; Nous ne pouvons pas invoquer nos mérites, viens par ta grâce à notre secours. Par Jésus.
Antienne de la communion : Ph 3, 20-21
Nous attendons notre Sauveur, le Seigneur Jésus Christ, lui qui transformera nos pauvres corps à l’image de son corps glorieux.
Prière après la communion
Pleins de reconnaissance pour cette eucharistie, nous te prions encore, Seigneur: Apprends-nous, dans la communion à ce mystère, le vrai sens des choses de ce monde et l’amour des biens éternels. Par Jésus.
Méditation Deux aveugles le suivirent, en criant. Ce cri vient du plus profond du cœur : un cri que, seul, peut lancer un homme qui ne voit pas les choses dans leur beauté, ni dans leur vérité. Seul, un aveugle peut crier ainsi pour recouvrer la vue. C’est de cette façon si singulière et, pour ainsi dire, si violente, qu’il implore pitié, tant sont cruelles toutes les frustrations imposées par la cécité. Les deux aveugles ne prennent pas la peine de dire ce qu’ils veulent: ce cri parle pour eux, quand ils s’approchent de Jésus. Mais auraient-ils crié, s’ils n’avaient pas été sûrs que cet homme pouvait accomplir ce qu’ils demandaient? On crie pour demander pitié si on est mû par un besoin irrépressible, un désir inassouvi, mais seulement lorsqu’on rencontre celui qui peut accomplir un miracle. Or, Jésus exauce cette demande de foi. Il ouvre les yeux des deux aveugles. Pourquoi notre foi n’a-t-elle pas la force de ce cri ?
