“All men die one day, but few of them truly live. »

Extract from Father Danziec's editorial in L'Homme nouveau:

« All men die one day, but few of them truly live. » This sentence comes neither from a father of the Church nor from a spiritual master. And it may sound like a crusader's or knight's apothegm, but it comes straight out of Hollywood. These words, in fact, are those spoken by William Wallace, played by Mel Gibson in the iconic film Brave Heart.

Scottish hero, charismatic leader, figure of the clan rebellion against the English occupation and the vexations that accompanied it, unrivaled strategist, Wallace ends up being arrested through treason. At the time of the visit of the attractive Sophie Marceau – playing the role of Isabelle of France – at the bottom of her prison, before her death, our hero reassures the grieving princess: “ All men die one day, but few of them truly live. »

Every day a blessing

Really live? Yes, what a wonderful privilege it is to breathe deeply, to take full strides through life and to eat to the brim the daily life that relentlessly opens up to us! Live truly, not like an Epicurean but like a debtor who receives in thanksgiving the time that escapes and flees. The man of faith knows that he holds his life from his Creator. Every baptized person is called to see in each day that God makes a blessing.

A grace and a favor insofar as the hourglass which passes, before adding weight to the years, first draws additional opportunities to marvel and discover, to correct and sublimate oneself, to 'to offer and to give oneself. The value of time is measured by who is its master. Rich in benefits and delicacy, in pedagogy and patience, in love and mercy, God keeps us in existence so that it contributes to his glory and our edification.

And it is precisely because life on earth has an end that we would be wrong to miss. That all men die one day has been a universal law for humanity since the fall of our first parents. As a term of life, our physical body is destined to one day experience decomposition on the slab of a tomb. […]

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