Sep 30, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor
Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 10:17-24
“for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children”. Why is the joy of heaven hidden to the learned and revealed to the children? The joy of heaven is revealed to those who can welcome the sweetness of the present without any calculations. Children can welcome the present moment and all the joy of the present moment without making any calculations of personal gains. This welcoming of the grace of every moment in our life is every important. This welcoming of the grace of each moment is only possible if you can abandon yourself into the hand of God who loves you. This abandon is realized in prayer. This abandon becomes a program of life in contemplation. This abandon becomes a decision in life every moment in recognizing that Happy the eyes that see what I see in Eucharist, for I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to see what I see in Eucharist, and never saw it; to hear what you hear in the Word of God, and never heard it
Sep 30, 2022 | NEWS
Sewing courses in the Philippines In our home in Manila, the sisters organize sewing courses for women from the poor neighborhoods of the city. The courses last two weeks and are attended by about 8-9 women. The initiative is supported by the Polish Embassy in the Philippines. The first of the planned three courses has just finished. 8 women received certificates of completion of the course, and thus the skill, thanks to which they will be able to start work.
Sep 30, 2022 | POSITIVE IMPULSES
Rewrite the concept of abundance to be happy always. Because it’s our concept of abundance that makes us down sometimes. Abundance is to recognize everything and everyone in our life rather than what is missing and who is missing. Abundance is to see the richness of everything and everyone in our life rather than comparing with others. Abundance is to perceive all the possibilities and opportunities around us rather than closing eyes to the existing potentialities.
Don Giorgio
Sep 29, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Friday of week 26 in Ordinary Time
Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor
Gospel – Luke 10:13-16
“if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago”. Why is Jesus Christ putting an “if”? Because he respects our freedom and our heart. Our opening of heart is the key to all. If our heart fails to see the action of Spirit in us, there is no way we will have conversion. If our heart fails to respond to a good inspiration, there is no way we will have conversion. If our heart fails to accomplish today what the Word of God suggests, there is no way we will have conversion. If our heart fails to see what the Holy Mass commands to do, there is no way we will have conversion. If our heart fails to see the model of our Saints, there is no way we will have conversion. If our heart fails to listen to what the Mother Church says, there is no way we will have conversion. If our heart fails to see the good others do to us and we fail to have gratitude, there is no way we will have conversion. The gospel passage asks: is our heart open to conversion?
Sep 28, 2022 | DAILY BREAD
Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels
Gospel – John 1:47-51
“I tell you most solemnly, you will see heaven laid open and, above the Son of Man, the angels of God ascending and descending”. Today in the feast of Archangels, Jesus indicates the presence of angels and their relationship with him. They are angels of God. They are above the Son of God ascending and descending. Nathanael was amazed to hear that Jesus knew him when he was under the fig tree. But Jesus is inviting him to something bigger. He is inviting Nathanael to be part of heaven, to a dynamic relationship. This happens because of his encounter with Jesus. Often our spiritual life is confined to be under the fig tree, a static relationship, when we don’t move to this encounter with Jesus. But when we have this encounter with Jesus, we will feel the presence of heaven and the angels ascending and descending. Listening and following. Asking and receiving. Knocking and opening. That means our spiritual life becomes a dynamic relationship with Jesus. The gospel passage asks: is our relationship with Jesus a dynamic relationship of ascending and descending angels or just a static relationship of being under the fig tree?
