Apr 18, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Friday of the 3rd week of Eastertide
Gospel John 6:52-59
“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” This is a very natural question. But the answer of Jesus is this: “For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink”. How can we understand this question and this answer? The solution to this dilemma is the resurrection. Resurrection is the reality that resolves the dilemma. Jesus Risen is the bread of life. The flesh of Jesus tortured and crucified and dead is Risen. That is the body of the Risen Christ. This suffering is for us, for our salvation. He shed each drop of blood from His flesh for us. This same body is Risen. This same body has conquered the death. This body is powerful than the death and it became life. It became bread as wished by Jesus Christ himself. In resurrection Jesus Christ becomes the bread of life. In resurrection His flesh becomes real food because in His death on the cross each cell of His body became the reparation of our sins. In resurrection His blood becomes real drink for the same reason. His life is our life. He becomes the bread of life. Let’s reflect: Easter is understanding the process of Jesus Christ becoming the bread of life.
Apr 17, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Thursday of the 3rd week of Eastertide
Gospel – John 6:44-51
“No one can come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me…” This is the key to our relationship with Jesus Christ. We must understand our sonship. We are sons and daughter of God the Father. We must understand the Fatherhood of God the Father. Unless we understand the love of God the Father, we cannot come into a relationship with Jesus Christ, the only son of that Father. The filial relationship with God the Father is that keeps us close to Jesus. “They will all be taught by God, and to hear the teaching of the Father, and learn from it, is to come to me”. So, when we are close to the Father, we go to the Son to see the face of the Father. Because no one has seen the Father except the Son. So in Son, we see the face of the Father. Let’s reflect: Easter is seeing the face of God the Father in Jesus Risen.
Apr 17, 2024 | NEWS
Meetings from Word to Word… or tea in the monastery are meetings dedicated to women that take place in the Branice community under the patronage of the Servant of God, Fr. John Schneider – our Founding Father, for the greater honor and glory of Mary Immaculate.
The Saturday afternoon meeting from Word to Word… begins with adoration and listening to the story of another Biblical heroine. During prayer, you can also reflect on various aspects of your life, which is helped by prepared “notebooks” with individual questions.
After meeting God present in the Blessed Sacrament and in the Word, there is time to share this meeting, especially what the Lord Jesus made known and discovered in the Word, what stopped us, moved us, or what we do not yet understand. Women’s testimonies often move deeply…, strengthening each other’s faith. Our human stories are so often written in the Bible, where we can find answers and hints for our daily lives. The Word of God is Living and becomes when we read it!
From the Word of God, we move on to meeting each other, to the word written in lower case, and it is during tea time that we can talk to each other, simply meet and be together. And the beautiful thing is that over the time of our meetings, beautiful relationships and bonds are created, which do not end when we leave the monastery, but they last and thus we become each other’s companions in our everyday matters and events, which are often so difficult, in which we need support, listening, help and mutual prayer for each other.
During the last meeting, Rachel and Lea taught us to look at ourselves in the eyes of God the Father, to find a sense of our value and beauty in Him.
The meeting ended with the transfer of the Flame of Love to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
S. M. Agnieszka Plasło
Apr 16, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Wednesday of the 3rd week of Eastertide
Gospel – John 6:35-40
“Yes, it is my Father’s will that whoever sees the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and that I shall raise him up on the last day”. The logic of the plan of the redemption for us according to the Will of the Father who is our creator is this: to be part of the life of Jesus Christ the only Son of the Father. Jesus in His words is explicitly saying this. He incarnated himself not to do His own will but to do the will of the Father who sent Him. And what is the will of the Father? The will of the Father is that the Son must not lose anyone whom the Father has given to him. The love of God the Father is so inclusive that He does not want to lose anyone. It’s up to us whether we believe in Him or not. If we believe, we will have a different life. A life in Christ! A life with the life of Christ. That is totally different. The difference lies in the fact that in the life with Christ there is an eternal aspect in everything we do. Let’s reflect: Easter is the life of Christ lived in everyday life.
Apr 15, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Tuesday of the 3rd week of Eastertide
Gospel John 6:30-35
“I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never thirst”. This is Jesus Christ, the second person of Trinity who reveals His identity. He is the bread of life because He gives life. Because He gave His life for us. That is why He is the bread of life. He gave His life to become bread for us so that we will never be hungry. This is the love of God. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ made this miracle possible. God becoming bread for us. In the Cross Jesus gave up everything so that He can become everything for us in resurrection. This is the joy of resurrection. We must approach Him. We must go to Him, and we must believe that He is our bread, He is our life. Let’s reflect: Easter is going to Jesus who is the bread of life.
