Despite an end of the year marked by several dark ecclesial events, the year 2022 was also marked by beautiful stories that it is important to highlight at this Christmas time.
All was not all rosy, but all was not all black either in this year 2022, it is often easier to keep in mind the terrible events of a year rather than the happy moments. After all, as Pagnol said: ” Such is the life of men. Some joys, very quickly erased by unforgettable sorrows. It is not necessary to tell the children. » But we are still going to come back to these “some joys” of the year 2022 through nine stories.
Scouts always ready… to get married!
Double surprise during the great gathering of the 50th anniversary of the Scouts Unitaires de France in Chambord, the weekend of Pentecost: two young scout leaders, Maxence and Matthieu, respectively asked for the hand of their bride, Tiphanie and Alexandra. Who, although surprised, both accepted the requests!
An eye-opening journey
From an early age, Thibault, 28, felt a monastic vocation. However, he made two unsuccessful attempts, the first with the Abbaye Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux and the second with the monks of the Grande Chartreuse. ” After five days I was down. » Thibault, on the advice of the master of novices, decides to make a trip to the Holy Land, during which he relentlessly recite passages from the Gospel. He returns after 1 year, and writes a magnificent book drawn from his experience on vocation.
of ataxia-telangiectasia, a degenerative disease of the cerebellum, he died at the age of 17 in 2018. In the testimony of Florence, the mother of the family, published at the end of 2021, she explains how her son , very early on, had a very strong connection with Heaven. When he was too tired to say the evening prayer with the rest of the family, he would ask his mother: “You will tell Jesus all my gratitude… “. An example of piety and hope that will surely have opened a boulevard to paradise for him.
” I want to dance at my wedding, and have childrenAstrid pleads inwardly. The surgeon gives her some bad news: she is paraplegic… However, all is not over for Astrid. Very quickly a novena through the intercession of Chiara Luce was set up for her, and on the last day Astrid left the hospital, completely cured.
The beautiful restoration of a stained glass window of an abandoned chapel
Three decades ago, a young scout named François de la Cochetière found at the foot of a dilapidated chapel a fragment of stained glass representing the face of the Virgin Mary. Sensitive to the beauty of this fragment and not wanting to see it decay in nature, the young scout kept this fragment. Years later, as an adult, he opened his copy of Famille Chrétienne, like any sensible person, and discovered the story of the family of Raphaël le Pelletier who, for a symbolic 1 euro, had acquired the chapel and wanted to restore it. François then contacted Raphaël to give him the stained glass window, 30 years later!
Duchenne muscular dystrophy. However, despite this, driven by great faith and supported by his family, Louis leads the life of an ordinary young man in the third year of his law degree. During the confinement, in 2020, Louis begins the project of his life: to write a novel, a project that he will carry out and in which he will transmit his faith.
networks of faith
It is interesting to note that, despite a time when the faith was a little faltering in France, Catholicism managed despite everything, somehow, to hold the helm and to innovate. This is particularly the case on social networks where certain personalities like Brother Paul-Adrien become true evangelizers. His videos touched Camille, a 19-year-old young woman who knew nothing about the Catholic world and who, following her videos and a journey of conversion, ended up being baptized at Easter. Not so long ago, she“didn’t dare go into churches too much. »
