Saint Brice de Tours : l’évêque orgueilleux devenu humble serviteur de Dieu (13 novembre)

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Le 13 novembre, l’Église célèbre Saint Brice de Tours, successeur de Saint Martin, figure marquante du Ve siècle.
Orphelin recueilli par Martin lui-même, Brice fut d’abord un homme de caractère fougueux et ambitieux, plus attiré par le pouvoir que par la sainteté. Mais les épreuves, la calomnie et l’exil à Rome transformèrent son cœur.
Devenu un pasteur humble et miséricordieux, il incarne la puissance du pardon et de la conversion.

Découvrez dans cette vidéo son histoire bouleversante, sa chute, sa rédemption, et la prière à ce saint qui nous apprend à nous relever.
Une lumière d’espérance pour tous ceux qui cherchent la paix intérieure après leurs erreurs.

📍 Saint patron : des pénitents et des personnes injustement accusées

Lectures pour aller plus loin (liens affiliés, pour nous soutenir) :
- "Saint Martin de Tours" de Pierre Ladoué (Format Kindle) : https://amzn.to/43tiZK1

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00:00Today, November 13, the church celebrates Saint Brice of Tours, a 5th-century bishop and direct successor of the Great Saint Martin.

00:10We also commemorate Saint Didas of Cadiz, a 15th-century Spanish Franciscan friar,

00:16but it is Brice who remains the most revered in French tradition, especially in Tours, where he rested alongside his master.

00:23Born around 370 in Tours, Brice grew up in a Gaul still marked by the Roman presence.

00:32It is said that he was orphaned at a very young age, taken in and educated by Saint Martin, then Bishop of Tours.

00:38Martin saw in him a lively, passionate, but also proud temperament, a fiery character which he tried to channel through prayer and humility.

00:48When Brice entered the Marmoutier monastery, he distinguished himself by his brilliant intelligence.

00:53but also by a pride that contrasted with Martin's gentleness.

00:58His master saw him as a future leader, but feared that his heart had not yet been tamed by charity.

01:05And indeed, Brice had fits of anger and vanity.

01:09He loved fine clothes, associated with the powerful, and had a hard time with evangelical poverty.

01:15Yet Martin never rejected him.

01:17He trained him, took him back, and one day said to him

01:21"Brice, you will be Bishop of Tours after me, but you will suffer greatly before you understand holiness."

01:30The prophecy has been fulfilled.

01:32Upon the death of Saint Martin in 397, Brice was elected bishop despite the opposition of some of the clergy who doubted his sincere conversion.

01:40His episcopate was marked by tensions and suspicions.

01:45Some considered him too close to power, too worldly.

01:49One day a slanderous rumor broke out.

01:51A female servant of the clergy accused Brice of being the father of her child.

01:56Brice then took the child in his arms and, according to tradition, cried out

02:00"If I am guilty, may God condemn me."

02:04"If I am innocent, let this child say so."

02:08And the child, still an infant, is said to have answered with a miraculous voice.

02:12"You are not my father."

02:15But the crowd refused to believe him.

02:17Brice was driven out of Tours and forced to live in exile in Rome for several years.

02:22It was there, in solitude and prayer, that he understood the profound meaning of humility that Saint Martin had tried to teach him.

02:30He did penance, visited the basilicas, served the poor, and was transformed inwardly.

02:38When he returned to Tours, he was a changed man.

02:41His pride had given way to gentleness, his ambition to charity.

02:46His followers were moved by his sincere conversion and re-elected.

02:50Brice's final years were those of a loving and peacemaking pastor.

02:55He had a new church built in honor of Saint Martin, whom he had never ceased to love.

02:59He died around 444, at an advanced age, reconciled with God and with his people.

03:08His relics were venerated in Tours, then in Clermont, and his cult spread throughout medieval Gaul.

03:14He is often invoked by those who want to overcome pride and find inner peace after a fall.

03:19Prayer to Saint Brice of Tours

03:24O Saint Brice, you who were tested by the fire of temptation and pride,

03:32and who found peace in humility and reconciliation,

03:36teach us to recognize our mistakes without despair,

03:39to return without shame to the light of Christ.

03:41You who were unjustly accused, support those who suffer slander.

03:49You who have known true conversion, enlighten our hearts full of pride.

03:55May we, like you, know how to get back up after our mistakes.

03:58and return to the path of trust and faith.

04:00Saint Brice, faithful successor of Saint Martin, pray for us.

04:07so that charity may always triumph in our lives.

04:10Amen

04:10Subtitling by Radio-Canada

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