Apr 20, 2024 | POSITIVE IMPULSES
It’s important to find out what we are. Only an encounter with God the Infinite you can discover who truly are! Because all our other encounters in our way with others, confine us to the schemes and frameworks of the one whom we meet. But with the Infinite, there are no schemes and frameworks, He is infinite, and He puts no limits in our unfolding into our truth. Only before the Infinite I can find the truth about myself. Encounters with the infinite lead us to confront the depths of our own being and understand our place in the grand scheme of existence. In these encounters, there’s a sense of liberation from the constraints of societal norms and personal limitations, allowing for a more authentic exploration of one’s truth. It’s transcending the limitations of our finite existence. It transcends our individual identity and fosters a profound sense of interconnectedness with the whole universe and all living beings. This interconnectedness is the foundation of compassion, empathy, and love. This liberation which gives us the glimpse of the truth about ourselves is discovery of our vocation.
Don Giorgio
Apr 19, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide
Gospel – John 6:60-69
“It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life”. This statement of Jesus made a great reaction among his disciples. According to the Gospel, many of his disciples left him and stopped going with him. What is the reason? The reason is that Jesus said that the flesh has nothing to offer. Many of the disciples of Jesus who were following Him, wanted to see the victory of the flesh. The victory of one of the powers of this world gaining power over the rest. But the victory which Jesus speaks is completely different. This is the victory of the spirit. The victory of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of Love. The victory of the flesh is power and strength, it’s about domination and muscle, it’s about command and authority. But the Spirit is about humility and service, it’s about selflessness and meekness, it’s about life and love. Jesus is the source of that. That is what Simon Peter is confessing, “Lord, who shall we go to? You have the message of eternal life, and we believe; we know that you are the Holy One of God.” Easter is recognizing Jesus as the source of Holy Spirit who is the source of life.
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
