Douze chemins de prière pour le temps de Pâques
Collection Épiphanie
128 pages - févr. 2008
14,30€
Dans les années 30, aux carrefours de Jérusalem, une annonce retentit : Jésus de Nazareth est ressuscité ! Il est vivant !... Les hommes qui lancent cette proclamation ont pourtant commencé eux-mêmes par douter. Mais le Ressuscité s'est montré à eux. Il leur a ouvert les yeux. Jésus s'est manifesté aux apôtres. Il est intervenu dans la vie de Pierre, dans celle des Douze, qui ont mangé et bu avec lui après sa résurrection d'entre les morts. Il s'est fait voir, et sa puissance de salut a propulsé les disciples sur la route pour proclamer la Bonne Nouvelle à toute créature. La résurrection de Jésus est le cœur et le fondement de la foi chrétienne. Saint Paul l'affirme catégoriquement : « Si Christ n'est pas ressuscité, notre prédication est vide et vide aussi votre foi » (1 Co 15, 14). Cet événement fondateur, les évangélistes nous l'ont transmis du mieux possible, et ce n'était pas facile. Car la résurrection du Christ n'est pas le retour à la vie terrestre, c'est le passage de la mort à la vie éternelle, un fait totalement inouï, une transfiguration radicale. Matthieu, Marc, Luc et Jean nous ont décrit sobrement ce dont ils étaient sûrs et, d'abord, la manière dont les témoins ont accédé à la foi pascale. La méditation de leurs récits ne peut qu'approfondir notre foi et nous ouvrir des chemins de prière.
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Around the year 30, in the streets of Jerusalem, the news was spreading like wildfire: Jesus of Nazareth has risen! He is alive!... Yet the men who were proclaiming this news had themselves begun by doubting. But the risen Christ had appeared to them. He had opened their eyes. Jesus had shown himself to the Apostles. After his Resurrection from death, he intervened in Peter’s life, in the lives of the twelve who had eaten and drunk with him. He showed himself, and his redeeming power drove the disciples on to the road to proclaim the Good News to all beings. The Resurrection of Jesus lies at the heart and the foundations of Christian faith. Saint Paul declares it unambiguously: ‘And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.’(1 Cor 15, 14). The gospels have transmitted this founding event to the best of their ability, but it was not an easy task. For the Resurrection of Christ is not a return to earthly life, it is the passage from death to eternal life, a totally unheard of phenomenon, a radical transfiguration. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have described with dignity what they firmly believed, and how witnesses gained faith in the Pascal mystery. The meditation of their narratives can only deepen our faith and open the way to prayer.
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Around the year 30, in the streets of Jerusalem, the news was spreading like wildfire: Jesus of Nazareth has risen! He is alive!... Yet the men who were proclaiming this news had themselves begun by doubting. But the risen Christ had appeared to them. He had opened their eyes. Jesus had shown himself to the Apostles. After his Resurrection from death, he intervened in Peter’s life, in the lives of the twelve who had eaten and drunk with him. He showed himself, and his redeeming power drove the disciples on to the road to proclaim the Good News to all beings. The Resurrection of Jesus lies at the heart and the foundations of Christian faith. Saint Paul declares it unambiguously: ‘And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.’(1 Cor 15, 14). The gospels have transmitted this founding event to the best of their ability, but it was not an easy task. For the Resurrection of Christ is not a return to earthly life, it is the passage from death to eternal life, a totally unheard of phenomenon, a radical transfiguration. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John have described with dignity what they firmly believed, and how witnesses gained faith in the Pascal mystery. The meditation of their narratives can only deepen our faith and open the way to prayer.
- Dimensions : 135x195x10
- ISBN : 9782204085960
- Poids : 170 grammes
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