Thursday 16 March

Thursday 16 March

Mar 15, 2023 | DAILY BREAD

Thursday of the 3rd week of Lent First reading - Jeremiah 7:23-28 In the words of Jeremiah, we can read how one can go against God. But they did not listen, they did not pay attention; they followed the dictates of their own evil hearts, refused to face me, and turned their backs on me. Not listening, not paying attention, following the dictates of their own evil hearts, refusing to face God, and turning the back on God. These are the actions by which we move away from the way God indicates us. Begins by not listening to the Word of God, not reading nor listening. Then the second step is not to pay attention to the Word of God. Listen but without attention. This becomes clear when we continue to act in the way our evil hearts dictate and not according to the Word of God. We follow our selfishness. When we follow our selfishness, we can never face God. We refuse to make changes, to repent, to do penitence. And finally, we turn our back on God. We turn towards our selfishness and our ego, turning our back on God. The Lent is the time to analyze our actions and to find out whether we are in any of these steps or whether elements of these steps are in our actions. Let’s reflect: Lent is the time to analyze our attitude towards the Word of God.
Greetings from Kalisz

Greetings from Kalisz

Mar 15, 2023 | NEWS

We are at St. Joseph's in Kalisz, every year we make a pilgrimage here. We remember before Him about the affairs of the Church, the congregation about the affairs of each of us. Sisters "give your spiritual life to St. Joseph, He is an unfailing guide." encourages us the Custos of the National Shrine in Kalisz. He has great favor in heaven, He is the Father who protects those who flee to Him. Greetings from Kalisz. s. M. Małgorzata Cur
Wednesday 15 March

Wednesday 15 March

Mar 15, 2023 | DAILY BREAD

Wednesday of the 3rd week of Lent First reading - Deuteronomy 4:1,5-9 In this passage we can see two important elements. What is the purpose of the all the laws and customs? It’s very clear. Now, Israel, take notice of the laws and customs that I teach you today, and observe them, that you may have life and may enter and take possession of the land that the Lord the God of your fathers is giving you. To have life and to possess the land God had promised. Again, it is said; Keep them, observe them, and they will demonstrate to the peoples your wisdom and understanding. This is live with wisdom and understanding. So ultimately the purpose of the laws and customs are to have life, to possess the promised land, to live with wisdom and understanding. In other words, the laws and customs are for our integral development. To find light and to live in light. The second element in this reading: about what we should be proud about in our life? And indeed, what great nation is there that has its gods so near as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call to him? If we want to be proud about something, it should be about the closeness of God with us. God is close to us in the Eucharist, in other sacraments and in the Word of God. This is what makes us happy in our life. The closeness of God despite our sinfulness. Let’s reflect: Lent is the time to find the beauty of the laws of God and His closeness.
Tuesday 14 March

Tuesday 14 March

Mar 13, 2023 | DAILY BREAD

Tuesday of the 3rd week of Lent First reading - Daniel 3:25,34-43 “Azariah stood in the heart of the fire, and he began to pray”. This is beautiful. Standing in the midst of the fire and praying. Standing in the midst of our problems which could consume us, which could destroy us, which could finish us, and pray. Here prayer is not something out of the mouth but out of the heart. Here prayer is a reviving of a relationship. Here prayer is a reliving of a relationship. A relationship of trust. A relationship of confidence. A relationship of understanding oneself and of understanding of God. “Grant us deliverance worthy of your wonderful deeds, let your name win glory, Lord”. These words explain it. Deliverance is requested based on what. A deliverance worthy of the wonderful deeds of the Lord. And the motive of the deliverance is the glory of the Lord. So, the relationship with the Lord is a relationship where the Lord is the center. His wonderful deeds are the basis of this relationship, and His glory is the objective of this relationship. That is why Azariah can say this prayer in the midst of the fire. When the wonderful deeds of the Lord become the basis of our relationship with God, when His Glory is the objective of our relationship, we could also pray standing in the middle of our difficulties. Let’s reflect: Lent is the time to assure that the wonderous deeds of the Lord are the basis of our prayer and His glory is our objective.
Monday 13 March

Monday 13 March

Mar 12, 2023 | DAILY BREAD

Monday of the 3rd week of Lent First reading - 2 Kings 5:1-15 This is reading which calls our attention to the Plan of God which is revealed to us through the simplest people around. This is the story where the Lord guides the history through the servants and not through the kings. A servant girl from Israel reveals the possibility of the healing for Naaman. The Naaman and his wife followed the word of that servant girl. And Naaman went to Israel. Then when the Prophet Elisha said to go and take bath in the Jordan, Naaman became angry. But again, we read, “But his servants approached him and said, ‘My father, if the prophet had asked you to do something difficult, would you not have done it? All the more reason, then, when he says to you, “Bathe, and you will become clean.”’ So, he went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, as Elisha had told him to do. Naaman listening to the words of his servants. The Plan of God is revealed through the simple and humble circumstances in our life. The big signs are easy to read but small signs are difficult to recognize. But small signs are equally important and so necessary to be open and sensible to the small signs in our life. Let’s reflect: Lent is a time to train ourselves to see and recognize the humble circumstances through which God speaks to us.