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HOMILIES

In the Gospel, we see people that go to meet Jesus and ask him, “Lord, heal me,” but we also
see others who speak of someone who is sick to Jesus. Those who speak to Jesus about a
person needing healing also find healing for this person, even though it was not this person
him or herself who asked to be healed. Instead, someone else interceded, someone else asked
Jesus to heal them. And Jesus healed them.

When we pray for ourselves, Jesus is certain to respond to our prayer, but he also responds to
our prayer when we pray for others. The time in which we are gives us many occasions to pray
and many intentions to pray for. Let us take the time to pray not only for ourselves but let us
also take the time to pray for the whole world. Pray for all families. Pray for all of society. Pray
for all people who live alone and those who are worried, and let us not forget to pray for all
those who have been impoverished by the crisis of this pandemic.
We can entrust ourselves without fear to Jesus who gives us the strength of spirit that we
need to move forward, to him who gives us the strength to live. It is the risen Jesus Christ who
enters into our heart. We can entrust ourselves to him without reserve, we can truly count on
him.

Do no hesitate to ask him for the strength to live and the strength to love. Let us also ask him
to hold us in his trust. If, for one reason or another, we should have the impression that the
night will not end, if we find ourselves facing the unknown, Jesus stays by our side and he tells
us repeatedly that living and loving is worth any suffering.

Jesus Christ is risen! The Lord is risen! He is risen, indeed!

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Collection of texts by the Most Rev. Christian Lépine 130