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When the desire for “peace” becomes complicity

To turn a blind eye to injustice is to become an accomplice. To bless peace without justice is to betray the Gospel. As the theologian Karl Barth wrote: “To preach the Gospel is also to denounce what is contrary to it.”

May we, as disciples of Christ, have the courage to say no to cowardice, no to compromise, no to that peace which is only an illusion. True peace, the kind that honors God, cannot be decreed from the halls of power. It is built, day by day, through uncompromising respect for human dignity, through the relentless pursuit of justice, and through unwavering commitment to those who fight for their freedom.

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RÉFLEXION SUR NOS CAMPAGNES…

Alors, les paysans du Quercy seraient-ils un peuple non atteint ? Comme celui de Bretagne, du Périgord, du Vivarais, des petites communes de moyenne et haute montagne… des lieux reculés, peu habités. Sont-ils moins importants aux yeux de Dieu que l’habitant des villes, de Madagascar ou du Niger ? Pas aussi exotique certes, mais tout aussi précieux, j’en suis convaincu.

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A priest or a pastor ?

Don’t habits make the man? It’s true that today, when everyone proclaims themselves pastor, apostle, bishop and so on, you might wonder.
Often, when I was in pastoral ministry, people would ask me what a pastor was, and I’d reply: it’s like a priest, but Protestant. Everyone understood what I was talking about. But I was wrong!

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Prêtre ou Pasteur ?

L’habit ne fait-il pas le moine ? Il est vrai qu’aujourd’hui, quand tout le monde se proclame pasteur, apôtre, “bishop”, et j’en passe, on pourrais se le demander.
Souvent, quand j’exerçais le ministère pastoral, on me demandait c’est quoi un pasteur, je répondais : c’est comme un prêtre, mais chez les protestants. Tout le monde comprenait alors de quoi je parlais. Mais j’avais tort !

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