1. The return of light or sound waves from a surface. 2. The reverting of the mind to that which has already occupied it. Contemplation, calm, lengthy, intent consideration.
Reflections on the film “Los domingos” With great interest and no small amount of discomfort, I watched “Los domingos” (Sundays,) a film directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, who also wrote the screenplay. It is a great film, recently awarded the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián Film Festival. It tells the true story of […]
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I come to express, my dear Joxé, my long-standing, silent gratitude and admiration. You possessed extraordinary qualities: you were a sharp thinker, a brilliant speaker, and a prolific writer. A spur to reflection, an inspiration for action, a tactful companion of the flesh-and-blood human being full of contradictions, a spirited promoter of a society made […]
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Dear Nico, It was a lovely surprise to hear that you are going to make your first communion, that you have decided to commune with Jesus, to see the world through his eyes and to be inspired by his vital breath. It is a wonderful choice. I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart! […]
My friend, you hold in your hands a lucid and daring book, worthy of its provocative title: Le Credo de Nicée est-il toujours croyable? (Is the Nicene Creed still credible?). Paul Fleuret, “barefoot biblical scholar” and “lay Christian in exodus” in his own words, offers us a documented, concise and limpid analysis of the tangled […]
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Pope Francis rests in peace. It matters little whether his worn-out body rests in St. Peter’s Basilica or in that of St. Mary Major or in a humble niche in any Rome cemetery. May he rest in peace, in the deep peace of Mother Earth, in the eternal creative peace that sustains and moves the […]
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1 – We celebrate the passover of Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth, condemned and crucified because of his brotherly and risky life, his liberating and free life, his paschal life. We celebrate the passover of Jesus because we recognize that his life of solidarity and violent death were a passover, a liberating passage from life […]
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In the morning of March 22, I received the following email message: “Last night, Hélène left us in her sleep, quietly, just like that. She passed away gently, with no fighting. She was efficient all her life and without making any fuss. We will miss her”. These words express all the essentials with the sober […]
I cannot say that I was disappointed by the Synod’s Final Document on Synodality, because disappointment is only possible when there are expectations. But I feel deeply sorry for so many men and women (especially women) who had said to themselves, “This time yes, the Synod will succeed! May God be blessed!” Yes, may Life, […]
There are no words to express it, only astonishment and questions: how have we all arrived, each one on his own path of misdirection, at this madness that plunges two brotherly peoples into this escalation of hatred and revenge, of despair and death? How have Israel and Palestine become a tragic parable of the misfortune […]
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The erasing has begun: the Fondation Abbé Pierre has decided to change its name. Emmaüs has closed the memorial dedicated to him in Esteville, near Rouen, and is going to change its logo. But beyond that, a vast name change movement has been launched across the country. Is it necessary? Is anything else possible? Abbé […]
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Reflections on the film “Los domingos”
/in Reflections /by José ArregiReflections on the film “Los domingos” With great interest and no small amount of discomfort, I watched “Los domingos” (Sundays,) a film directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, who also wrote the screenplay. It is a great film, recently awarded the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián Film Festival. It tells the true story of […]
Joxé Azurmendi: saying and being
/in Reflections, Witnesses to Light /by José ArregiI come to express, my dear Joxé, my long-standing, silent gratitude and admiration. You possessed extraordinary qualities: you were a sharp thinker, a brilliant speaker, and a prolific writer. A spur to reflection, an inspiration for action, a tactful companion of the flesh-and-blood human being full of contradictions, a spirited promoter of a society made […]
Your First Communion
/in Reflections /by José ArregiDear Nico, It was a lovely surprise to hear that you are going to make your first communion, that you have decided to commune with Jesus, to see the world through his eyes and to be inspired by his vital breath. It is a wonderful choice. I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart! […]
Questions about the Nicene Creed 1700 years later
/in Prefaces, Reflections /by José ArregiMy friend, you hold in your hands a lucid and daring book, worthy of its provocative title: Le Credo de Nicée est-il toujours croyable? (Is the Nicene Creed still credible?). Paul Fleuret, “barefoot biblical scholar” and “lay Christian in exodus” in his own words, offers us a documented, concise and limpid analysis of the tangled […]
Thoughts in the interim between the death of Pope Francis and the Conclave
/in Reflections /by José ArregiPope Francis rests in peace. It matters little whether his worn-out body rests in St. Peter’s Basilica or in that of St. Mary Major or in a humble niche in any Rome cemetery. May he rest in peace, in the deep peace of Mother Earth, in the eternal creative peace that sustains and moves the […]
The passover of Jesus and the passover of the universe
/in Collaborations, Reflections /by José Arregi1 – We celebrate the passover of Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth, condemned and crucified because of his brotherly and risky life, his liberating and free life, his paschal life. We celebrate the passover of Jesus because we recognize that his life of solidarity and violent death were a passover, a liberating passage from life […]
To Hélène Dupont. Obituary
/in Reflections, Witnesses to Light /by José ArregiIn the morning of March 22, I received the following email message: “Last night, Hélène left us in her sleep, quietly, just like that. She passed away gently, with no fighting. She was efficient all her life and without making any fuss. We will miss her”. These words express all the essentials with the sober […]
Four Synods and clericalism remains intact
/in Reflections /by José ArregiI cannot say that I was disappointed by the Synod’s Final Document on Synodality, because disappointment is only possible when there are expectations. But I feel deeply sorry for so many men and women (especially women) who had said to themselves, “This time yes, the Synod will succeed! May God be blessed!” Yes, may Life, […]
Facing the horror of Gaza, one year later
/in Reflections /by José ArregiThere are no words to express it, only astonishment and questions: how have we all arrived, each one on his own path of misdirection, at this madness that plunges two brotherly peoples into this escalation of hatred and revenge, of despair and death? How have Israel and Palestine become a tragic parable of the misfortune […]
Should we be erasing Abbé Pierre’s name for good?
/in Reflections /by José ArregiThe erasing has begun: the Fondation Abbé Pierre has decided to change its name. Emmaüs has closed the memorial dedicated to him in Esteville, near Rouen, and is going to change its logo. But beyond that, a vast name change movement has been launched across the country. Is it necessary? Is anything else possible? Abbé […]