unit that serves life

unit that serves life

Captured

Fishing net – memories of my childhood come back to life. When I went to the market to buy fish with my mother, the fishmonger came with a net, dipped the net once through the basin, and a fish was wriggling in the net that could no longer get out of it. I felt sorry for the fish.

Psalm 124: 7-8: Israel’s thanks for deliverance. “Our soul has escaped the hunter’s net like a bird; the web is torn and we are free. ”Networks symbolize being trapped.

Was this the intention of Jesus when he asked Peter: “You should become a fisherman of men”? Question to our pastoral care: do we want to catch people (also for Christ) who can then no longer escape …?

Nature as a builder

If I want to learn about networks, the first thing I would do is take a look at nature. One network that many are disgusted with is the spider web. The human brain, for example, is a terrific network. Different cells are connected to each other, form nodes (synapses), ensure the smooth transport of information and control impulses and even react when certain functions fail by forming new nerve tracts and switching points. He must have been a genius who created such networks. Would such a network also be conceivable for the transmission of our Christian faith?

A common basic idea

How is a network created?

A prerequisite for the functioning of a network is a common orientation towards a binding, strong and comprehensible value model (base values). How quickly did networks develop during the flood disasters on the Elbe and Oder in order to be able to help the people affected. Working for people in need – can be a common basic idea.

Do we have such a common basic idea? Could Caritas be such a common basic idea: “See need and act”? Or could narratives from the gospel of Jesus Christ be such a common basic idea from which a network is then formed.

Communication

Many people claim that they are well connected. They then also refer to their address directory in the calendar or on social media. But communication is more than just knowing people. Communication means having a lively relationship with the other. Such communication creates transparency and thus trust. So communication is an important foundation for unity.

Serve life

Communication presupposes an encounter at eye level. At this point, it is often argued that in a hierarchical system like the church, such communication on an equal footing does not exist. Here, too, a look into nature can help. In its systems, nature certainly knows superior and subordinate orders. Nevertheless, communication works in your organisms because it serves life. The apostle Paul’s picture of the human body and its members (1 Cor 12) shows very well how successful communication in a hierarchical system is possible – if it serves life.

Our doctor

Telling a story: the higher law

Have history discussed in groups: impressions, insights …

Through what Kurt did, a network has formed that many people have identified with.

 

 

Prelate Dr. Stefan Dybowski

August 9th, 2021 monthly lecture St. Augustinus Monastery, Berlin-Lankwitz Communication

My temper

My temper

There   is   always   a   possibility   to   lose   our   temper.   And   what   happens   nextdepends   upon   what   is   your   nature.   Some   shut   down   themselves,   othersexplode.   Many   times,   we   don’t   want   this.   But   we   are   caught   in   a   wrongmoment, or in a weak moment, unexpected, something or someone touched asensitive point. Or sometimes, it could be an accumulated stress. But the pointis   that   to   recognize   that   moment   of   losing   temper   and   contain   it.   Liberateyourself   from   your   sensitive   areas.   Don’t   reduce   yourself   to   that   and   betteravoid  accumulating  stress. Make intervals of  breathing the  freshness of  yourinner strength and inner freedom.

Don Giorgio

Solemn weddings in Carmel

Solemn weddings in Carmel

Four years ago, our sister Bernadette made the decision to move from our Congregation to Carmelites to continue her path of dedication to God in an enclosure. The time of trial in Carmel in Częstochowa lasted for four years, during this period Sister Bernadette tried to discover in the new reality how God really wants to lead her through life. It was also the time needed for the new community to look at the candidate and her calling to live in the cloister, to decide to adopt forever to their enclosure. On September 4, 2021, the solemn vows of Sister Bernadette of Jesus took place, with which she confirmed her choice to live with Jesus as an enclosed Carmelite sister forever. Sister Bernadette lived, worked and prayed for many years as Sister of Mary Immaculate, and as she says our Congregation and our sisters will remain in her heart and prayers forever. We are glad that we have a (spiritually) Carmelite sister who supports us with prayers from outside the enclosure. We wish her that she will find her greatest happiness in Jesus and in the place where she is. We remain in prayer with her.

Sisters of Mary Immaculate

10 years of the “Bakhita” Association

10 years of the “Bakhita” Association

At the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Łagiewniki, on September 3, there was a night vigil for the people involved in the activities and mission of the “Bakhita” association.

#Bakhita network is an inter-religious cooperation and support section established to combat and prevent trafficking in human beings and to assist victims of this trafficking. Members of the nationwide Bakhita Network are people belonging to various religious congregations, associations, as well as lay people dedicated to this cause. Among them there are people directly working with victims of human trafficking, working in various types of aid institutions and people involved in the broadly understood prevention and educational and preventive activities. From the very beginning of this initiative, the sisters of our Congregation, who also influenced the creation of this work, have been participating in it.

The theme of the vigil was: “MERCY GIVES LIFE”.

During the Eucharist, Bishop Grzegorz Ryś, who said that: “Forgiveness is not forgetting … Forgiveness is a decision … We forgive a person when we try to heal him … a form of treatment is that Jesus and His disciples sit with the tax collector at the table … It’s some kind of communion and that’s what heals. Forgiveness is something that must involve you and that comes with a relationship, with some real encounter … ”

There were moving testimonies of people who experienced the healing power of Divine Mercy – glory to the Lord ❣❣❣ and the conference of Dr. Fr. Krzysztof Matuszewski – “The Miracle of Forgiveness” 👍❤

The “Gospel Sound” choir and the band “Sister Anna and Friends” with a beautiful singing and music enriched the entire night of prayer – thank you 🙏❤

Everything is available at the link:

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What is important?

What is important?

We do lots of things. We are busy and often we do things with the best of the intentions. But busyness can be a distraction. When urgent things come up, we give up all the rest. Urgency is not same as important. We neglect what needsattention. That drains away the good and beautiful in you. You will miss lot of good   you   should   have   done   or   could   have   done.   Do   not   let   your   busyness neglect   the   important   and   necessary   in   life.   Neglect   does   not   happen overnight. It starts with small things. So, it’s important to keep the heart and eyes open even amid the rush. Otherwise, you accomplish many things but will lose what is precious.

Don Giorgio