“Lookout, how much is left of the night? Lookout, how much is left of the night? The lookout answers: “The morning will come and the evening will come too. If you want to ask again, come back and ask”
Roger Lenaers is an elderly, wise Belgian Jesuit, author of books such as Another Christianity is Possible and Although there isn’t a God up there[1], written with intelligence and soul for those who want to go on being Jesus’ disciples without cutting themselves off from today’s world with its worldview, science and language. Having devoted […]
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Happy those who feel the permanent need to generate comfort through small gestures of closeness, tenderness and affection. Happy those who are moved by the images that show pain, misery, hunger, war and who strive not to have their insides closed by the bonds of consumption, isolation and selfishness. Happy those who have seen that […]
God is the energy that cheers us up.God is the Spirit that drives us and guides us.God is the voice from the inside that calls us to Life.God is the reality that wants to reach fullness in us, individually and collectively.God is Life, not a candy vending machine to satisfy our cravings.God is the end […]
Still and quiet on the bare branch, a blackbird is watching the snow-covered landscape of Aizarna. Everything radiates quietness and harmony. Everything breathes in peace. But when I look at the first news item, the front page, or the first thought, the current and enormous uncertainties of the planet, the threats of this pandemia and […]
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What peace is, what it is not,therein lies the key. What peace is, what it is not.Peace is a godsendto be carefully nurtured at all times. Peace is always a godsendto be carefully crafted,peace is always a godsendthat once achievedmust go on being honed. Peace is neither still,nor sluggish,nor idle. Peace makes rugged slopes smoothand […]
Christmas! Mark and John did not want to imagine Jesus’ birth, but Matthew and Luke felt the need to evoke the tenderness of a birth. As the song says, “we can live without wealth, but not without tenderness…. We can live without glory, but not without tenderness…” Let’s begin with the shepherds in Luke: there […]
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About 2,700 years ago, the first Isaiah, an outstanding poet, wrote: For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace (Is 9, 5). Seven centuries later, around 80 AD, a physician evangelist called Luke, another poet, described: […]
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I, too, wanted to escape from the world. You did not let me do it with your letters, your words in the streets, your helplessness. So, I propose to you, with the solemnity the words at the end of one´s life have, that we may embrace one another in a commitment: let’s go out to […]
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Jesus, a human person like us
/in Reflections /by José ArregiRoger Lenaers is an elderly, wise Belgian Jesuit, author of books such as Another Christianity is Possible and Although there isn’t a God up there[1], written with intelligence and soul for those who want to go on being Jesus’ disciples without cutting themselves off from today’s world with its worldview, science and language. Having devoted […]
Beatitudes of Tenderness
/in Dawns /by José ArregiHappy those who feel the permanent need to generate comfort through small gestures of closeness, tenderness and affection. Happy those who are moved by the images that show pain, misery, hunger, war and who strive not to have their insides closed by the bonds of consumption, isolation and selfishness. Happy those who have seen that […]
God
/in Dawns /by José ArregiGod is the energy that cheers us up.God is the Spirit that drives us and guides us.God is the voice from the inside that calls us to Life.God is the reality that wants to reach fullness in us, individually and collectively.God is Life, not a candy vending machine to satisfy our cravings.God is the end […]
On the way to peace?
/in Reflections /by José ArregiStill and quiet on the bare branch, a blackbird is watching the snow-covered landscape of Aizarna. Everything radiates quietness and harmony. Everything breathes in peace. But when I look at the first news item, the front page, or the first thought, the current and enormous uncertainties of the planet, the threats of this pandemia and […]
Peace
/in Dawns /by José ArregiWhat peace is, what it is not,therein lies the key. What peace is, what it is not.Peace is a godsendto be carefully nurtured at all times. Peace is always a godsendto be carefully crafted,peace is always a godsendthat once achievedmust go on being honed. Peace is neither still,nor sluggish,nor idle. Peace makes rugged slopes smoothand […]
A wink and a smile for unforgettable family and friends…
/in Dawns /by José ArregiChristmas! Mark and John did not want to imagine Jesus’ birth, but Matthew and Luke felt the need to evoke the tenderness of a birth. As the song says, “we can live without wealth, but not without tenderness…. We can live without glory, but not without tenderness…” Let’s begin with the shepherds in Luke: there […]
The glory of the flesh
/in Reflections /by José ArregiAbout 2,700 years ago, the first Isaiah, an outstanding poet, wrote: For a child is born to us, a son is given to us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace (Is 9, 5). Seven centuries later, around 80 AD, a physician evangelist called Luke, another poet, described: […]
Pending births
/in Dawns /by José Arregi“Mary, from whom Jesus was born, also called Christ” (Mathew 1, 16)
Humanity devoid of ancestral resentments;
any politics making true speeches;
The Great Antiphons of Advent
/in Dawns /by José ArregiFree version. Who is begging whom in these Antiphons? You at the Bottom of everything that exists. All beings to you, at the Bottom of you
December 17: O Wisdom, you that order all things firmly and gently, come and show us the way of health!
May we embrace one another in a commitment
/in Dawns /by José ArregiI, too, wanted to escape from the world. You did not let me do it with your letters, your words in the streets, your helplessness. So, I propose to you, with the solemnity the words at the end of one´s life have, that we may embrace one another in a commitment: let’s go out to […]