BONNE ANNÉE - FELIZ AÑO NUEVO - HAPPY NEW YEAR

Le Christ appelle Matthieu ! En ce début d'année, il nous appelle ! Qui ? Moi ? Oui, viens, suis-moi! ¡Cristo llama a Mateo! ¡En este comienzo de año, él nos llama! ¿Qién? ¿Yo? Sí, ven y ¡sígueme! As Jean-Marie de la Mennais wrote in his last circular to the Brothers: "There is little teaching as profitable for the work of salvation as time gives us ..." That's why he encouraged them to "Sow many", and to strengthen themselves "in the grace, in the peace, in the charity and in the humility of Our Lord". These are the wishes that it is good for us to receive from him, even today. Pope Francis, himself, insists on the importance of time: "Giving priority to time means giving priority to actions that generate new dynamisms ... until they become fruitful". So today is the meaning of my wishes for the new year that begins. May the passing of time, and the coming of time, give to all, Brothers, young laypeople, to walk in the breath ...