It is no coincidence that I, born in the war year 1942, have some very vivid images come to me. Among many others, this one memory comes forth now: a walk along the North Sea coast, along the border between Flanders and Northern France. My father is walking next to...
A reflection on the Johannine logos The beginning of the prologue of the Gospel of John, translated from Greek, is well known: «In the beginning there was the Word, and the Word was with God» (John 1:1). In the following reflection, I do not want to criticize this common transmission,...
Christ appears twice at Easter: first to the dead, then to Mary Magdalene; first at night, then during the day; hidden in the apocryphal texts and revealed in the Gospels. Experiencing Easter means taking both appearances together, it means putting the Easter Vigil alongside Easter morning. During a stay in...
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