Dare to Believe Addresses, Sermons, Interviews 1981-1984

includes index and biblioraphy

The Archbishop of Paris The Role of the bishop......................3 The tasks of a parish in the Years to Come ......6 No religious Marketing .18 You do not obey me ......23 The one god wants to speak through our Mouth ...25 2. Our Jewish roots Well, if I must ....33 Jewish and christian traditions confronted with universality ......67 Christianity is indissolubly linked to Judaism .....71 Anti-Semitism : Irrationality .....79 Christian Life : Reenactment of the passover ..82 3. Discovering God Do not Despair of Man ..........97 The Secret of the Beatitudes ..103 How can we Believe in God Today ?..............109 4. France and her Baptism Beyond the immediate ruptures .............127 Lack of Priests and spiritual Poverty .....135 Renewal cannot be programmed ................137 What dechristianization ?..................144 The Church : Interpreter of the Ethical Demand ................147 5. The church and the Eucharist Here is the church .155 As peter followed Jesus .............159 The Challenge of Christ ..............163 Body and spirit ...............167