Jan 29, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Tuesday of week 4 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Mark 5:21-43
“Who touched me?” This is a question which Jesus asks and turns around and looking for the person. Jesus is God and He is not a power producing machine or just a miracle working machine. He wants to have a personal relationship with the person who touched Him with faith. He wants to know that person. He is not ready to listen to the disciples. So, his question goes from “my clothes” to “me”. Jesus turned round in the crowd and said, ‘Who touched my clothes?’ His disciples said to him, ‘You see how the crowd is pressing round you and yet you say, “Who touched me?”’ With all the crowd around Him, He is not giving up in His search. But he continued to look all round to see who had done it. This is Jesus. He continues to look all round, all around to see who touched Him. He never gives up. He continues to look around. Let’s reflect: Jesus continues to look around to find out who touched Him, and so, let’s touch Him.
Jan 28, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Monday of week 4 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Mark 5:1-20
Jesus is saving this man in the country of Gerasenes from an unclean spirit. This episode is a great mediation for understanding what happen when we are under the possession of unclean spirit, when our mind and heart is not filled the Holy Spirit. This man lived among the tombs – always negative behaviour; no one could secure him – not listen to anyone and does whatever he wants; he broke the chains and fetters – breaking always the rules and norms; he would howl and gash himself with stones – lack of self-esteem and subsequent self-torture. These are signs of the presence of the unclean spirit in that man and these are signs of the absence of the Holy Spirit in us. In this episode we can also see what happens to a person who is filled with unclean spirit. It will happen the same thing what happened to the pigs – rushed down the cliff into the lake. In other words, self-destruction. The unclean spirit or selfishness brings destruction. Let’s reflect: Recognize the absence of the Holy Spirit in our life and welcome Jesus into our life.
Jan 28, 2024 | NEWS
In January 2024, two of our sisters, Sr. Claudia and Sr. Augusta, left for Indonesia to start a new mission of the congregation in that country. A great support and help for our missionaries is Father Tadeusz Gruca, a Verbist, thanks to whom the sisters have good conditions to start a new activity in a new country. During the two weeks of our missionaries’ stay on the island of Flores, three candidates (Veronika, Filomena and Ursula) who want to be sisters in our Congregation came forward. Please pray for the new mission, the missionary sisters and our new candidates.
Jan 28, 2024 | NEWS
Sister Phabiana arrived in the Philippines on Sunday, January 28. She and Sister Agatha will continue our congregation’s mission in Manila by helping the poorest women and caring for their spiritual and social development. We wish Sister Phabiana that in this mission she will find true joy, and in the people she helps – the face of Jesus Himself.
Jan 27, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Mark 1:21-28
“And his teaching made a deep impression on them because, unlike the scribes, he taught them with authority”. Jesus has authority because He is God. The authority of Jesus is His love for us. He wants to save us. He loves us. That is His authority. He wants to get the unclean spirit out of us. He saves us. It’s important to note that the people are speaking about his teaching. His teaching is His mission. His mission of saving the man from the unclean spirit is His teaching. The teaching of Jesus is not different His action of saving. He saves by making each one of us His own. We belong to Him. The unclean spirit leaves the man because it understood that the man belongs to Jesus Christ. This is what happens with the word of Jesus. We belong to Jesus and when we submit ourselves to His Word, every evil in us disappears. Let’s reflect: When we submit ourselves to the authority of Jesus, we will be cleaned off by His word.
