Hommage to Father Michel Remaud in Paris
On Sunday October 10th, at the invitation of Rabbi Rivon Krygier, the
Jewish-Christian Fellowship met for an evening in memory of Father
Michel Remaud, in the very same place where Michel Remaud had
received the Jewish-Christian Fellowship prize in October 2010.
Many were present either physically or by video-conference, at this
event with a series of interventions by friends of Michel Remaud.
In his intervention “The blind and the lame, the Midrashic pilgrimage
of Father Michel Remaud”, Rabbi Rivon Kryger opened the evening
by reminding of Michel Remaud’s incomparable contribution to the
understanding of the Gospel through the Jewish tradition which he
knew thoroughly. Father Jean Massonet then traced the course of
Michel Remaud’s life, a life dedicated to listening to the Jewish
people and tradition, for the enlightenment and enrichment of
Christians. Rabbi Alain Michel, publisher of the book:” Echos d’Israël,
réflexions d’un chrétien de Jérusalem”, completed the picture with a
few personal memories in a talk movingly entitled “Even if the voice
has become silent, the echo goes on”. Well-chosen selections from
“Echos d’Israël » were read by Stephanie Dassa: little treasures of
depth and perspicacity, filled with humor. The interventions alternated
with songs dedicated to Michel Remaud’s memory, among them a
moving “El Male Rahamim” sung for the elevation of his soul by the
cantor and choir of Adat Shalom.
Thus, in a fraternal atmosphere, those assembled could experience
once again, for an evening, something of the the humble and familiar
figure of Father Michel Remaud, whose absence is a great loss.
May his memory be a blessing.