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C\u2019est avec un profond respect et un immense chagrin que la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 biblique canadienne pleure la disparition de Sa Saintet\u00e9 le pape Fran\u00e7ois \u2014 un homme v\u00e9ritablement \u00e9vang\u00e9lique, un fid\u00e8le serviteur de l\u2019\u00e9vangile et une voix proph\u00e9tique \u00e0 notre \u00e9poque.<\/p>\n
Le pape Fran\u00e7ois \u00e9tait un homme de la Bible. Le profond amour qu\u2019il vouait aux Saintes \u00c9critures a fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 son minist\u00e8re, encourageant des millions de personnes dans le monde \u00e0 vouloir conna\u00eetre la Parole de vie de Dieu. Sa pr\u00e9dication et son t\u00e9moignage \u00e9taient ancr\u00e9s dans la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e9vangile, et sa vie refl\u00e9tait l\u2019humilit\u00e9, la compassion et le courage m\u00eames du Christ, qu\u2019il suivait fid\u00e8lement.<\/p>\n
Homme de rapprochement, il favorisait inlassablement la r\u00e9conciliation dans un monde divis\u00e9 et il ouvrait des portes au dialogue entre confessions et d\u00e9marcations religieuses. Son engagement envers l\u2019unit\u00e9, la justice et la paix s\u2019\u00e9tendait au-del\u00e0 des murs de l\u2019\u00c9glise catholique, invitant toutes les personnes de bonne volont\u00e9 \u00e0 marcher ensemble avec espoir.<\/p>\n
Le pape Fran\u00e7ois \u00e9tait un ami du mouvement des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s bibliques. Il affirmait la mission vitale consistant \u00e0 rendre la Bible accessible \u00e0 tous et il appuyait l\u2019\u0153uvre des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s bibliques avec g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 d\u2019esprit et selon un partenariat authentique. Son appr\u00e9ciation envers la mission de traduction et de distribution de la Bible ainsi qu\u2019envers l\u2019interaction avec cette derni\u00e8re \u00e9tait ind\u00e9fectible. En 2019, lors du Congr\u00e8s international promu par la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration biblique catholique, le pape Fran\u00e7ois a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 : \u00ab\u2009\u2026 la Bible n\u2019est pas une magnifique collection de livres sacr\u00e9s \u00e0 \u00e9tudier : elle est la Parole de vie<\/em> \u00e0 semer, le cadeau que le Christ ressuscit\u00e9 demande de recueillir et de distribuer pour qu\u2019il y ait de la vie en son nom.\u2009\u00bb (c<\/em>f Jn 20.31)<\/p>\nDe nombreuses soci\u00e9t\u00e9s bibliques de par le monde sont au service de l\u2019\u00c9glise catholique romaine et de communaut\u00e9s catholiques, travaillant en \u00e9troite collaboration avec des pr\u00eatres, des \u00e9v\u00eaques, des \u00e9ducateurs religieux et des responsables la\u00efques pour veiller \u00e0 ce que les Saintes \u00c9critures soient pr\u00e9sentes, accessibles et vivantes dans le c\u0153ur des fid\u00e8les. Le pape Fran\u00e7ois s\u2019est fait le champion de cette mission, reconnaissant que la Parole de Dieu appartient \u00e0 tout le monde et qu\u2019elle transforme tous ceux qui la rencontrent.<\/p>\n
Pr\u00e9parant la voie \u00e0 la r\u00e9conciliation, le Pape a, lors d\u2019un voyage au Canada en 2022, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 des excuses officielles par suite du r\u00f4le que l\u2019\u00c9glise catholique a jou\u00e9 au sein du r\u00e9gime des pensionnats autochtones.<\/p>\n
Alors que nous exprimons des remerciements quant \u00e0 sa vie et \u00e0 son h\u00e9ritage, nous renouvelons nous-m\u00eames notre engagement \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard des valeurs qu\u2019il a si magnifiquement exprim\u00e9es : un amour passionn\u00e9 envers la Parole, une vie ax\u00e9e sur l\u2019\u00e9vangile, l\u2019humilit\u00e9 de service, la courageuse poursuite de la r\u00e9conciliation, l\u2019unit\u00e9 dans la diversit\u00e9 et la puissance de transformation de la Bible.<\/p>\n
Puisse le Seigneur l\u2019accueillir par ces paroles : \u00ab\u2009C\u2019est bien, bon et fid\u00e8le serviteur\u2009!\u2009\u00bb<\/em>, et puisse son souvenir constituer une source d\u2019encouragement et de b\u00e9n\u00e9diction pour nous tous.<\/p>\nLa Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 biblique canadienne<\/strong>Avril 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.27.4″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb100%\u00a0\u00bb module_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb custom_margin=\u00a0\u00bb60px||||false|false\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Un hommage de la part de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 biblique canadienne | C\u2019est avec un profond respect et un immense chagrin que la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 biblique canadienne pleure la disparition de Sa Saintet\u00e9 le pape Fran\u00e7ois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":32853,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\r\n
Nulla dui purus, eleifend vel, consequat non, dictum porta, nulla. Duis ante mi, laoreet ut, commodo eleifend, cursus nec, lorem. Aenean eu est. Etiam imperdiet turpis. Praesent nec augue.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen you experience the pain of acute loss and grief and your cries to God for comfort are met with silence, you may find yourself wondering how you will go on. We believe that God answers prayer and is the God of all comfort, but sometimes He seems impossibly distant and out of reach. We resonate with the aching heart of the Psalmist \u2013 \u201cMy tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long. \u2018Where is your God?<\/em>\u2019\u201d (Psalm 42:3)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is a Slightly Longer Article Title<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n What do we do when the pain seems unbearable and God seems unreachable? This is when we experience faith at its truest. \u201cFaith\u201d implies questions and trust. Faith lives in the gaps between the truths of God and the pressures of reality. Almost every hero of the faith in scripture experienced seasons of profound silence from God, and often the longer they knew God the longer the silence seemed to last. But we must never mistake silence for absence.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
<\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nChristians find comfort in the fact that one day grief will end, and God will wipe every tear from our eyes. But that is then. This is now. In the midst of our suffering and pain, we anchor ourselves to the unchanging character and nature of God. Even in the crushing silence, we believe He will never leave us or forsake us (Hebrews 13:5). Faith is God\u2019s gift to us. Faithfulness is our act of worship to God.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
This is a Slightly Longer Article Title<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Prayer <\/strong>Lord God, in moments when pain seems unbearable, help us not mistake your silence for absence. While we live in grief and suffering now, anchor our hearts to You and the promise that You will never leave us or forsake us.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nApplication<\/strong> When have you felt alone and abandoned? Even by God? Look for another person who is feeling like you have and let them know that they are not alone. Be present with them as God is forever present with you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u201cNulla dui purus, eleifend vel, consequat non, dictum porta, nulla. Duis ante mi, laoreet ut, commodo eleifend, cursus nec, lorem. Aenean eu est. Etiam imperdiet turpis. Praesent nec augue.\u201d<\/p>-Attribution<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNulla dui purus, eleifend vel, consequat non, dictum porta, nulla. Duis ante mi, laoreet ut, commodo eleifend, cursus nec, lorem. Aenean eu est. Etiam imperdiet turpis. Praesent nec augue.Nulla dui purus, eleifend vel, consequat non, dictum porta, nulla. Duis ante mi, laoreet ut, commodo eleifend, cursus nec, lorem. Aenean eu est. Etiam imperdiet turpis. Praesent nec augue.Nulla dui purus, eleifend vel, consequat non, dictum porta, nulla. Duis ante mi, laoreet ut, commodo eleifend, cursus nec, lorem. Aenean eu est. Etiam imperdiet turpis. Praesent nec augue.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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