Oct 14, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Saint Teresa of Ávila, Virgin, Doctor
Tuesday of week 28 in Ordinary Time
Gospel John 15:1-8
“Make your home in me, as I make mine in you”. Jesus makes His home in us, and we must make home in Him. This is relationship is a cohabitation, it’s living together. It’s not just living together in a home. He is inviting us into a deep, ongoing relationship of mutual indwelling. This relationship is more than just an occasional or surface-level connection; it is about living in full communion with Christ, allowing His presence to shape and transform us. The phrase “make your home in me” suggests a continual, active effort to live in harmony with Christ's teachings, to seek His presence daily, and to align our lives with His will. On the other hand, “as I make mine in you” reveals that Jesus is not distant or detached from us; He is present within us, guiding, empowering, and filling us with His love. This cohabitation, or mutual indwelling, is not just about being close to Jesus in a metaphorical sense but implies a shared life. Let’s reflect: Does my relationship to Jesus is a transformative relationship where my entire being is shaped by my connection to Christ?
Don Giorgio
Oct 13, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Monday of week 28 in Ordinary Time
Saint Callistus, Pope, Martyr
Gospel - Luke 11:29-32
“This is a wicked generation; it is asking for a sign. The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah”. Jesus is speaking with strong words because the people in front of Him are not seeing the grace available for them. So, He wanted to call the attention of His listeners. The Queen of the South hearing about the wisdom of Solomon came a long way to meet Solomon. The People of Nineveh listened to Jonah who is an outsider. And here, Jesus born in the midst of them, God became Man, the people are not recognizing them but looking for sign. We also often do that. We don’t recognize the blessing of being in front of the Blessed Sacrament, but we look for miracles. The very fact that I am in front of the Blessed Sacrament is the greatest miracle. We don’t need another sign. God loves us. Then the Blessed Sacrament we receive in the Holy Communion, again another miracle. We must just recognize the greatness of what we are permitted as human being before Jesus Christ. Let’s reflect: Do I recognize the magnificence of Incarnation, God being with us or I look for miracles?
Don Giorgio
Oct 13, 2024 | NEWS
On Saturday, 12.10.2024, in a sisterly group, we set out on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of our Fr. Founder in Wroclaw, to pray and ask for the gift of his beatification, to ask for the grace of perseverance for all sisters and to ask for the gift of numerous new vocations. Each of us also carried our own intentions and requests in our hearts. We prayed for all those who ask God for help through the intercession of God's servant. We began our pilgrimage route at the Motherhouse of our Congregation, the former hostel. Here we rediscovered the remarkable history of the first 40 years of this home and the great work of mercy of protection over the girls, which was accomplished thanks to the heroic faith of Rev. John Schneider and his first sisters. Then, in the chapel of St. Mary's Cathedral in Wroclaw, we recited the chaplet to the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived - the prayer of our Father Founder - to ask by the Heart of the Mother for new vocations to our religious family. We also visited the exhibition dedicated to Fr. Schneider-"Defender of Women.” Then, walking through Ostrow Tumski, at the Church of the Holy Cross we remembered the ordination of our Apostle of Mercy and the beginnings of his priesthood. At the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Sand, at the tomb of our servant of God, we prayed, participating in Mass, for the beatification of Fr. John Schneider. Our next place of pilgrimage was the Church of the Most Holy Name of Jesus, where Fr. John so zealously pastored for 22 years and where he was parish priest. We recited, before the image of Our Lady Help of Christians of Wroclaw, the act of entrustment to Mary with the words of our founder's prayer. And then, already in cars, we drove to Our Lady in Osobowice. We wanted, as Fr. Jan once did with the first sisters, to pray there and entrust our lives to the Mother of God. In the chapel at Osobowice we prayed the rosary for our deceased sisters and for the sisters who had left the congregation. After praying and pilgrimage together, it was time for a little sisterly picnic and a few moments together. I thank God in the Trinity, Mary our Mother and our beloved Father Founder for our presence, unforgettable moments, praying together for our Congregation, for the act of entrustment, time and wonderful weather😊.
S.M. Barbara
Oct 13, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel Mark 10:17-30
“How hard it is for those who have riches to enter the kingdom of God!” It’s hard for those who have riches because the Kingdom of God has a different criterion to be in. Worldly riches are considered to be a blessing but that is not enough to enter into the Kingdom of God. It could be a blessing. But that is not enough. The Kingdom of God is for the followers of Jesus Christ. It can be inherited by following the words of Jesus Christ. “Go and sell everything you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me”. This is what He said to the man who wanted to inherit the Kingdom of God. Kingdom of God is a different reality. It’s the result of the intervention of God in the human history. It’s about God made man so that man can be with God. Kingdom of God is about giving up whatever to be with Jesus Christ. It’s about making Jesus Christ the center of your world, your life and everything you have. Let’s reflect: What is the place of Jesus Christ in my life?
Don Giorgio
Oct 11, 2024 | DAILY BREAD
Saturday of week 27 in Ordinary Time
Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Gospel Luke 11:27-28
‘Still happier those who hear the word of God and keep it!’ Because the Word of God is the source of happiness. So those who hear the Word of God and keep it, are happier. The woman in the crowd praised Mother Mary. How happy she is! Yes, she is praiseworthy because in her, Word became flesh. Word incarnated! This is what Jesus is also stating. When you hear the Word of God and practice it, the Word of God becomes incarnated in your life. What we must do is to hear the Word of God. Many times, we don’t want to hear the Word of God. We want to hear other words, other voices. But we are called to hear the Word of God. When we hear the Word of God, we will be put before a choice. A choice to follow the Word of God or to ignore. Mother Mary followed the Word of God with her “Yes”. We also must also do the same. Hear the Word of God and say “Yes”, so that the Word of God can take flesh in our life, so that the Word of God stays with us. Let’s reflect: How much effort I take to keep in my life the Word of God which I hear?
Don Giorgio
