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I welcome Father Matthieu, a priest like no other, known for his commitment to young people on social networks. Father Matthieu's book: https://editions.flammarion.com/les-h... Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.fabricemidal.com/newsletter Keywords: If people knew. Many seem to imagine the life of a priest as one of holy renunciations, costly commitments and austere prayers, wandering between the church and the presbytery. We already think of him as a little ethereal, always wise, often mystical, and of course devoid of any impulse of affectivity or criticism. What fantasies! If they knew in fact to what extent, like them, we fight eminently ordinary battles. I would have to write a book one day, a novel - not real life of course. Simply to break the image of Epinal that Bernanos left us, and to desacralize what is not in the priesthood. To say how sublime this life is, made of so many magical encounters and such an eclectic daily life. To also tell the behind the scenes, what happens in our little hearts. All these moments of happiness, these moments of disappointment too, sometimes even of helplessness and horror. The loves, the tragedies, the sacrifices, the betrayals, the secrets, the beauty, the light… Yes, if people knew, I am sure they would be amazed.