Sep 12, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor
Friday of week 23 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Mark 4:1-10, 13-20
In today’s Gospel we read about the parable of the sower who sows seeds. Some of them fall on the good ground and produce good fruits. But others fall on the unsuitable ground and it doesn’t produce fruits. It’s not because of the fault of the seed but the reason is the receiving ground that makes the difference. We are the receiving ground. So what do you think? What kind of ground I am? By receiving the seeds there is something very positive. That means the sower passed by me. I am a ground in the sight of the sower and the sower trusts in me. I must become a fertile ground. This is our vocation. This is our choice. I must become a fertile ground. I must convert myself. I must respond to the grace of God. Let’s reflect: Do I recognize the need to become a fertile ground to receive the seeds of Grace?
Don Giorgio
Sep 11, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
The Most Holy Name of Mary
Thursday of week 23 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 6:27-38
“Do not judge”. How difficult it is not to judge but it’s very important we follow this commandment of Jesus. This comes after a very fundamental teaching of Jesus. “Be compassionate as your Father is compassionate”. And in order to be compassionate like the Father, Jesus is giving the ways. And the first way is “Do not judge”. Then, come the other ones, “do not condemn, grant pardon, give abundantly”. But let’s mediate on the first one, “Do not judge”. Why? Because when you judge you destroy your relationship with that person. When I judge I take a distance from that person. But in Jesus Christ we are all united in His life. We all are united in the heart of Jesus. My unity with the other person in Christ is destroyed by my judgement about that person. Instead, with the life of Christ, I must try to understand that person so I can be compassionate like the Father. Instead of judgement, we understand the other in compassion so that unity in Christ is maintained. With judgements, I distance myself away from the other and from the unity provided in Jesus Christ. Let’s reflect: Do I recognize that my judgements about others are distancing myself from the unity in the heart of Jesus Christ?
Don Giorgio
Sep 10, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Wednesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 6:20-26
“Happy you who weep now: you shall laugh”. This is one of the beatitudes. So, what does it mean? Does it mean that we must weep now so that we can laugh late? No. It means that with the incarnation of God, something has changed in the life of each human being. The human standards cannot be the same. The human outlook cannot be the same. There was a fundamental change in the life of each one of us because God became part of our life. This is big. This is more than what we can imagine. God incarnated. What changed? That what is changed is that our weeping is not the end. But my weeping will be transformed into laugh because the presence of God in my life changes my life. Weeping is part of life. But with God incarnate, I can see beyond the reasons of my tears to the reasons to be happy. The presence of God in our life changes perspectives, changes outlook of life, changes in choices in life. Because with God we see more that the immediate. We see beyond the immediate, as God the eternal Father is with us. Let’s reflect: Do I see beyond the immediate as God is present in my life?
Don Giorgio
Sep 10, 2024 | NEWS
On Sunday, September 8, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sr. M. Wenancja Szybilska celebrated the DIAMOND JUBILEE OF PROFESSION .
During the Eucharist celebrated for the intention of our Sister, in the parish church of Christ the King in Gorzow Wielkopolski, Bishop Tadeusz Lityński, shepherd of the Diocese of Zielona Gora and Gorzow distinguished our Sister by awarding her with the diocesan decoration: “Meritorious for the Diocese of Zielona Góra and Gorzów”.
We sincerely congratulate our dear Sister Venance on such a beautiful jubilee and on the distinction from the hands of the Shepherd of the diocese.
Sep 9, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time
Gospel – Luke 6:12-19
“everyone in the crowd was trying to touch him because power came out of him that cured them all”. Power from Jesus is always there. All what we must do is to try to touch Him. God never stops to love us. He always loves us. The power to heal us is always there. This crowd we see in the episode was waiting for Jesus. He went out into the hills to pray, and he spent the whole night there. But the people were waiting for Him. What happens is that we often do not try. We see lot of people and think that it’s not possible to touch Him. We quit. We postpone. This is where our faith fails. We must not quit. We must not postpone. We must keep trying to touch Him. The power is coming out of Him. It will cure us. Let’s reflect: Do I keep trying to touch Jesus or I quit without trying for some reasons?
Don Giorgio
