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Letter No. 82 of Malawi Malawi

At, May 30, 2010

TRINIDAD
One day, in Zaire, I was going to preach on the Holy Trinity while realizing how it was difficult to discuss such a topic, especially using the Kiswahili language. I hoisted the white flag of defeat by confessing my inability to Christians. Then an old man rose and said:
- Me, I know what the Trinity!
Happy with this news, I hastened to give him the opportunity to teach us.
- It's easy, "he said. I have long thought about the mystery of the Holy Trinity and I realized the day the sun illuminated the inside of my house. As you know, I have no windows. When I close the door, only the sun's rays, which pass through small holes in my roof of straw, light up my house. That's how I understood the mystery of the Trinity.

What it says it the Trinity, did I say? Our old dad spoke again.
- Do not you understand? The sun, no one can watch it without being blinded. By cons, like filaments, we see the rays enter our homes through cracks in the roof. Also, we feel the warmth of the sun 'affecting' ray. The sun es t light it is and it's heat rays. This is true of the Trinity. As the sun or firmament, nul ne peut voir Dieu directement. Par contre, il se rend visible grace or Verbe Incarné, sa parole rayonnant Dans Nos VIES pour nous offrir le Feu de l'Esprit d'Amour d'un seul et meme Dieu.
Impressionnant! Not simple et à la fois. Ce tin encore, j'ai prêché the Trinité, me souvenant enseignement de CET.
- Dzuwa ali kumwamba. Tiona her movement's house kudzera m'denga yathu kapena zidoo of Lata. Komanso, timvanso kutentha him. Check Chimodzimodzi God. Niye ali kumwamba. Timamudziwa kudzera Mau a Jesus chifukwa zonse n'za Atate away. Hot kudzera mphamvu Chauta is the ghost of have seen. Mulungu check Nikon di kudzera Atat, Mwana ndi Mzimu Worera. Koma Mulungu ndi Mmodzi yekha mwa Iye muli Eni Atatu.

This is not word for word translation of the passage above, but the meaning is the same. I enjoyed the feast of the Trinity to bless the Christians in a special way, in connection with the year for the priests that we celebrate this year in the Catholic Church. Already in May, we welcomed our auxiliary bishop, Stanislaus Magombo, to bless the priests of Chez , me and John, in addition to the plaques that are attached to the wall four of our major parish churches.
What was not my surprise in finding that the crowd grew steadily. I laid hands on hundreds of head, from children to those older. So is it, I told myself, rays of Love of God upon all those heads through the blessing of the Spirit living in unity with the whole Church.

Franziska, a young German volunteer with me today. His parents , Ulrike and Joachim Hermann, who came to visit, were also with us. The Blessing Jesus will accompany them on their return to Germany in the coming weeks. To Chez last year, Franziska teaches primary school in St-Mathias. She praised the Christians in Chichewa, the pleasure of people gathered. I see again the power of love. The language barrier can be bypassed. The same goes for races, ages, sexes, nationalities, religions and cultures. The Sun is for everyone.
the God of Light of Truth and Love's Fire reaches its rays of life each and every one of you wherever you are. Amen!

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Letter No. 81

At, May 21, 2010

PERSONAL VERSUS THE ADVENTURE Heritage Collection

My colleague John Arnaud, French in Grenoble, has retained some expressions of Quebec when he studied in Canada there is a forty years after it , cotton ! Today, our contemporary experiences of aggression, whether it be economic or market, military or cultural, verbal or physical, sexual or ideological whenever abusive after, cotton , that is to say extreme!

The cultural context of the contemporary era, "said Marcel Neusch (1) commenting on the book by Francis Euve entitled Fear and Trembling, a story of sin (Seuil, 396 p.), is characterized by the ecological crisis , concern for oneself and relationship with time , insofar as the optimism of progress has been reversed in fascination with disaster. In particular, concern for oneself matches " personal adventure now outweighs collective inheritance. "

Well, I think he A KEY FOR INTERPRETING THE RAGE our contemporaries live, rage against which infringed the freedom and limits the rights or personal choice and sexual orientation in open opposition against the cultural and religious heritages .

So, what we mostly talk these days? The oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, climate change and its consequences, accusations of pedophilia by some members of the Catholic Church and attacks against the Pope. It keeps coming up on Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Greece and the value of the Euro, on the ashes of a volcano in Iceland, which paralyze air transport in Europe. The optimism of progress of the last century gave way to the fascination of the new catastrophic monitored daily on our television screens.

There are three ways to react to events that are summarized in three questions; why, the who , and how the . The reasoning of the Western world is simple: why this and why? In the context of African traditional view, a tragedy can not be explained by reason. We must rather seek who, or who is guilty of an illness or injury or death. Accusations fly. It is an obsession, that of witchcraft, which affects all human relationships in a society which, even today, sees the realities of the world via the power ( magic!) Of spirits or the dead- alive. I invite you to read my article which was published in English on a website (2), where I explain my views on this subject. In short, the question is not whether or not witchcraft exists. It is an essential 'reality' insofar as it acts as a fuel that keeps a form of social cohesion, but built on fear . The collective heritage that is witchcraft becomes a control mechanism paralyzing any form of individual initiative. The contemporary world is acting the same way through the power ( magic!) Science via another language, the language of logic that feeds fuel to the hypotheses and research on infinitesimal to the distant limits of the universe. The fear of the unknown anguish existence and demands an explanation. This collective heritage is from the centuries of the Enlightenment and culture control, "said Father Timothy Radcliffe (3) in a recent paper presented to the clergy of Dublin following acts committed by pedophile priests.

" The personal adventure now outweighs the collective inheritance . "This has a definite impact on the concept of fault," said Francis Euve. Just as an accusation of witchcraft minimizes liability against a personal failure or an unfortunate accident ( this is not me, or is the sorcerer an enemy who gave me a lot!) and blaming the government, oil companies, capitalism or the Church, we also minimize our responsibility knowing that we take advantage of the system if it benefits us (the not my fault, I exercise my right !). In either case, there very little real concern for the common good.

On the other hand, the face of personal adventure is a collective heritage against the excessive power-up, where rabies. We must break the shackles of fear perpetuated by control mechanisms centered on the use and obsession with power (centralization). According to Father Timothy Radcliffe, the church struggled to maintain control of his own life, and often ended up being impregnated by this same culture of power. " I am sure he said that the crisis of sexuality is closely linked to issues of power and how power often works within the Church at all levels (...). All human institutions are centered on the use of power. It is not the power of Jesus, who was meek and humble of heart . "

What else does he? It remains the third question, how! We will never know fully resolve all why. We do not know who causes harm.

So what? How to react to the tragedies and abuses of power? Sadly! Resignation! Abandon! Anger! For my part, I remain hopeful. Christian tradition, against all odds, despite the weaknesses of the institutional Catholic Church announces the good news.

Freedom is defined in my way of being and living the promise of v ie which has its source from the book of Genesis. The big news is not falling in sin or the catastrophe of paradise lost but this promise of life that Jesus conquered death by his necessarily violent. Why? I still wonder. Satan is the culprit? I dare not say so directly. Evil refuses to deliver its ultimate secret. " But in the light of God's promise, the last word is not evil, but to life. "concluded Marcel Neusch. That! is "the end of the end" !

(1) Marcel Neusch, Sin, and then? In the newspaper La Croix, Thursday, 1 April 2010, page 16.
(2) http://www.fenza.org/files/documents/Serge_St-Arneault_witchcraft_the_right_question.pdf. For the public it is accessible under the "document-section" of our site. ( http://www.fenza.org/documents.html )
Witchcraft - What is the right question? Author: Serge St-Arneault (Malawi). December 2009. (PDF file, 18 KB)
A short article written in response to a number of newspaper articles on witchcraft in Malawi. Witchcraft is there because we want it to be. We hate it, we fear it, we like it, we want it. Basically we cannot live without it. It is up to us to make witchcraft a reality or not. The question is: what do we want in life?
(3) Publié dans le bimensuel "La Documentation catholique" du 4 avril 2010; un discours du Père Timothy Radcliffe prononcé fin 2009.

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Letter No. 80 of Malawi Malawi

TELL U.S. ABOUT YOU!
At, May 5, 2010

Since last December, my Letters Malawi took a particular liking with the 20th anniversary of the death of my sister Annie. A compulsory license which I reflection on the theme of suffering. It came to me naturally, attentive to the inspirations of the moment. And yet, life goes on with his lots of surprises.

Tell us about yourself, tell me my mommy. Where to begin? Let the story from the beginning. I arrived in Malawi in September 2001. In fact, I just reread my previous 79 Letters from Malawi and I got an idea to publish them. With small touches here and there, some pictures and more, who knows, you might be interested.

At the rate of about one letter a month, here unfold before my eyes the newspaper a decade. I offer you the first words of introduction to the book:
First impressions are usually the strongest. I remember being deeply disturbed and concerned at my first experience on African soil in Zaire in 1980, at the time of President Mobutu Sese Seco. I thought about Africa to have memorized the names of all countries with their capitals. I lacked the field experience.
- Do not get used to looking at women carrying heavy loads on their heads as if it was normal. The task is so overwhelming.
These words of a colleague still echo in my heart. The danger is there. Reality eventually becomes familiar, even the most offensive. You get used to everything, or almost, to cope, to survive, to protect themselves psychologically. But we must never forget. That's why I write short stories to my parents and friends. Write no other ambition than to share a little piece of my story. Thus the "Letters from Malawi" were born. The Internet has allowed me to write more often, more quickly, not without difficulty, as this account of a decade will show you.
I never thought of publishing these stories. But now the idea has emerged as the natural culmination of a journey. I invite you to discover new faces that will become your brothers and sisters.
As the dew of morning spreads its pearls on a spider web, referring to a diamond necklace under the rays the sun, so the "Letters from Malawi" turn into a diamond necklace on the vast canvas of the Internet. Bon voyage!

Can you guess the title of the book? River Diamond, Diary of a Decade of Malawi . It is not a literary but a brief sharing history '. I feel like I have said so little. Surprisingly, almost 200 pages to guide you to align to Kanengo Mua through Mzuzu and Zambia to lead to Chez. Strange places with indefinable contours marked by a language, Chichewa, which conceals a treasure difficult of access.

Tell us about you! Yes, I admit. Just as I hope to listen to you when I get back home as early as next August for a sabbatical. Indeed, my colleagues offered me a year at Quebec in computer software during layout, graphics and websites in anticipation of a return to Malawi to serve the Province of Southern Africa. I will also have the chance to accompany the African Catholic community of Quebec. What could be better?

In the meantime, I replaced the priest, André Bilodeau who will return from leave next month. Pastoral activities are not lacking; tours in the villages, preparing various celebrations, office work and meetings. Really, Chez is a beautiful place and people are friendly.

What do you think of my publishing project which will include the translation of the book I wrote about the Cultural and Artistic Center Kungoni? I am a little anxious to hear your feedback.