Saint Charles de Foucauld, Une vie donnée jusqu’au bout (1er décembre)

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Découvrez la vie bouleversante de saint Charles de Foucauld, fêté le 1er décembre, figure majeure du calendrier liturgique et témoin d’une foi radicale. De son enfance blessée à Strasbourg à sa conversion foudroyante à Paris, de ses années d’exploration au Maroc à son immersion totale dans le désert du Sahara, Charles de Foucauld incarne l’un des plus beaux chemins de transformation intérieure de l’époque moderne.   Sa présence fraternelle au milieu des Touaregs, son désir de vivre la spiritualité de Nazareth dans la simplicité et l’amour, et son offrande ultime en 1916 font de lui un repère puissant pour toute personne en quête de sens. Canonisé en 2022, il inspire aujourd’hui encore des milliers de croyants, religieux ou laïcs, engagés dans la dévotion quotidienne et la fraternité universelle.   Cette vidéo revient en détail sur son parcours extraordinaire, sa mission, son héritage spirituel et la célèbre Prière d’abandon, devenue l’une des prières les plus aimées dans le monde entier.   Lectures pour aller plus loin :  - Collection "Chemins de Sainteté" (format Kindle) des Editions Sanctus : https://amzn.to/48bX6le   - "Charles de Foucauld: Explorateur du Maroc. Ermite au Sahara" de René Bazin : https://amzn.to/3Y5FvFr   - "Charles de Foucauld, dis-nous en qui tu crois !" de Bénédicte Delelis : https://amzn.to/43WSLzU   - Les chercheurs de Dieu. Charles de Foucauld (BD) de Benoît Marchon et Léo Becker : https://c3po.link/QkUh3CVhXb   (lien sponsorisé, pour nous soutenir)

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00:01On this 1st of December, the Church celebrates Saint Charles de Foucauld, one of the most transformative spiritual figures of the 20th century.

00:08A man who went from excess to holiness, from worldliness to the desert, from emptiness to the total fullness of God.

00:17With him, we also celebrate the names Charles, Charlene, Charlotte, Carla.

00:21But it is Charles de Foucault who dominates this day through the power of his testimony, his life offered and his universal fraternity.

00:32Today, we enter the story of a man who was never destined to become a saint.

00:37and yet it has become an inexhaustible source of inspiration for all of humanity.

00:43Charles de Foucault was born in 1858 in Strasbourg into a noble family.

00:47Childhood looks promising, but tragedy strikes very early.

00:53He lost both his parents at only six years old.

00:56This inner wound will never completely leave him.

01:00Raised by his grandfather, he found material comfort, but not peace of mind.

01:06A brilliant but tormented teenager, he gradually loses his faith.

01:10Young Charles, intelligent, sensitive but unstable, sinks into an existence where sensations are sought rather than meaning.

01:21His temperament led him to the army, where he shone with his courage, but failed due to indiscipline.

01:28He prefers parties, adventures, and leisure to military discipline.

01:33His reputation as a dissolute young nobleman follows him everywhere.

01:38When his regiment was sent to Algeria, he discovered the desert for the first time.

01:44without yet understanding that it would become his place of sanctification.

01:49Having returned to civilian life, Charles embarked on an exploration of Morocco, which was forbidden to Europeans.

01:55He disguises himself, takes insane risks and publishes a remarkable geographical work that makes him a recognized scholar.

02:06But despite the honors, despite the successes, he remains inwardly empty, arid, as desert-like as the lands he crosses.

02:16However, a first spiritual shock occurs.

02:20Upon observing the faith of Muslims, he is struck.

02:22He, who no longer believes in anything, says to himself, "Perhaps God exists, since these men live for him."

02:31But it's still resisting.

02:34In 1886, everything changed.

02:37In Paris, he meets Abbé Huvelin, a humble but passionate priest,

02:43who told him bluntly, "Get on your knees and confess."

02:49Charles obeyed, almost against his will, and then grace pierced him.

02:56Versailles, the festivities, the pride, the riches, everything collapses.

03:01Charles is reborn into a life he thought was impossible.

03:06He will find God again and never let Him go.

03:09He wrote, "As soon as I believed that there was a God,

03:12I understood that I couldn't do anything other than live for him.

03:18After years of spiritual searching,

03:20He became a Trappist monk, then a hermit in the Holy Land.

03:25But he feels that God is asking even more of him.

03:28A life similar to that of Jesus in Nazareth.

03:32A simple, hidden, silent life, entirely given.

03:37In 1901, he settled in the Algerian Sahara,

03:43in Béniabès, then in Tamanrasset.

03:47There, he lives among the Tuareg people.

03:50shares his sorrows, his illnesses, his celebrations, his culture.

03:55He learns their language, he cares for them.

03:59He wrote them a monumental dictionary.

04:01He becomes a universal brother.

04:05a loving, simple, welcoming presence.

04:09Far from prestigious churches,

04:12away from the crowds,

04:13far from any recognition,

04:16Charles shines with a light that no one can extinguish.

04:20the light of charity.

04:22He wants to be everyone's brother.

04:25the silent reviver of a wounded world.

04:28He does not seek to convert through speeches.

04:32but through presence.

04:34"I want to proclaim the gospel with my whole life,"

04:37he wrote.

04:39December 1, 1916,

04:42He is murdered during a hostage situation that escalates.

04:46He died alone, without disciples.

04:49without a visible work,

04:51From a human perspective, a failure.

04:53And yet, a few years later,

04:57His message inspires entire communities.

05:01Today, the Foucauldian fraternities,

05:04the little sisters of Jesus

05:05and thousands of laypeople follow his intuition.

05:09To live Jesus in the simplicity of everyday life.

05:12in brotherhood and loving presence.

05:15His canonization in 2022 confirmed what the world already knew.

05:22His existence illuminated the earth.

05:26Prayer of Charles de Foucauld

05:28Prayer of abandonment

05:30My Father, I abandon myself to you.

05:34Do with me as you please.

05:37Whatever you do with me, I thank you.

05:40I am ready for anything, I accept anything.

05:44provided that your will be done in me

05:46and in all your creatures.

05:49I desire nothing else, my God.

05:52Into your hands, I place my soul.

05:55I give it to you with all the love in my heart,

05:58Because I love you.

06:01Amen.

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