Saint Gertrude Parish - Lasne

My dearest friends, there is a widespread malaise in the world: a lack of trust in life. It's as if we have resigned ourselves to a negative fate, to a kind of surrender. Life risks no longer representing a gift of opportunity, but an unknown, almost a threat against which we must guard ourselves lest we be disappointed. This is why the courage to live and to generate life, to bear witness that God is, above all, "the lover of life," as the Book of Wisdom (11:26) affirms, is today a more urgent call than ever.

In the Gospel, Jesus constantly reaffirms his diligence in healing the sick, caring for wounded bodies and spirits, and raising the dead. In doing so, the incarnate Son reveals the Father: he restores dignity to sinners, grants forgiveness of sins, and includes everyone, especially the hopeless, the excluded, and the marginalized, in his promise of salvation.