Dec 4, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Friday of the 1st week of Advent
First Friday: Let's entrust ourselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Reading: Isaiah 29:17-24
Isaiah announces a beautiful reversal—forests becoming fruitful fields, the deaf hearing, the blind seeing, and the humble rejoicing in the Holy One. Advent invites us into this quiet miracle: the joy that comes not from abundance but from belonging to God. Those who are small in the eyes of the world, who carry poverty of spirit, who know their need for the Lord, these are the ones who taste the deepest joy. On this First Friday, entrusting ourselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we remember that His heart delights in the simple, the wounded, the seeking. It is there that Advent joy is born, not in noise or success, but in humble hearts that make room for the Child who is coming. Let’s reflect: Advent is the season in which humble and trusting hearts discover their joy in the nearness of the Lord.
Don Giorgio
Dec 3, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Thursday of the 1st week of Advent
Saint John Damascene, Priest, Doctor
Reading: Isaiah 26:1-6
Isaiah reminds us that in the day of the Lord’s coming, a “strong city” will rise, built not on human power, but on the steadfastness of God’s love. Its gates are opened only to the righteous and the faithful, teaching us that Advent is a time of interior preparation, when we let God lay anew the foundations of our heart. And the only true way to welcome Him is through humility. “Trust in the Lord forever,” the prophet urges, because He alone is the eternal Rock. Advent invites us to stand before God without masks, without self-reliance, without illusions of our own strength. Saint John Damascene, whose brilliance and holiness shaped the faith of the Church, understood this well: true wisdom begins in bowing low before the One who lifts up the lowly. Let’s reflect: Advent is the season in which we become humble before God, letting Him be our Rock so that He may build within us a heart ready to receive His coming.
Don Giorgio
Dec 3, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Saint Francis Xavier, Priest
Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent
Reading: Isaiah 25:6-10a
Isaiah’s prophecy unveils the deepest longing of Advent: the promise of a God who does not remain distant but comes to heal the human heart at its most vulnerable point. On His holy mountain, the Lord prepares a feast rich with joy, communion, and abundance, sign of a salvation meant for all peoples. And at the center of this promise stands a tender gesture: “The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces.” Advent is the season when we allow this hope to draw near, not as an abstract idea but as a personal truth. God comes to wipe my tears, your tears, the hidden tears of the world. He comes to remove every shroud of fear, guilt, or sorrow that burdens us. In this light, the missionary zeal of Saint Francis Xavier becomes clear: he rushed across continents to announce that such a God is real, One who heals, gathers, and embraces every human being. Let’s reflect: Advent is the time when we open our hearts to the God who draws close to wipe every tear, replacing sorrow with the joyful communion of His saving love.
Don Giorgio
Dec 1, 2025 | DAILY BREAD
Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent
Reading: Isaiah 11:1-10
Isaiah’s vision of the “shoot from the stump of Jesse” captures the very heart of Advent: God brings new life precisely where human eyes see only barrenness. From what appears dead, cut down, or without promise, the Messiah emerges, filled with the Spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, and strength. His coming changes everything: justice replaces oppression, harmony overcomes hostility, and peace transforms creation itself. This promised One becomes a signal for the nations, a radiant point toward which every longing heart turns, drawn by the beauty of His truth. Advent invites us to recognize this divine pattern in our own lives: God often works in the stumps, places of disappointment, limitation, or endings, bringing forth a new beginning that is entirely His gift. As we await the Lord, we are called to lift our eyes toward His “glorious dwelling,” where all peoples find unity, healing, and hope. Let’s reflect: Advent is the season when we watch for God’s surprising new life rising from our stumps of discouragement, drawing all hearts toward the peace and unity of Christ’s glorious reign.
Don Giorgio
Dec 1, 2025 | NEWS
99. The 99th pilgrimage of our congregation to Our Lady in Bardo, which took place on November 21—the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary—was and remains a deeply moving experience for each of us. At the feet of the Guardian of Faith, we always give thanks for the courage of heart and living hope of our predecessors, who entrusted the fate of our Congregation to Mary. Much has changed in recent years: the world, the Church, our homes, and our ministries. However, one thing has remained unchanged – our entrustment to the Mother of God and the certainty that she guides us through every stage of history. We thank her and entrust ourselves to her. The Superior General, M. M. Sybilla Kołtan, took part in our pilgrimage to Bardo and expressed her joy that “we are faithful to our tradition.” "I encourage you, dear Sisters, to give thanks in a special way today. Let us pause and think about how much good has been done in our lives, even amid the difficulties we have encountered here. Let us try to see the good in ourselves and in our sisters." Mother Sybilla emphasized that we can discover hope when we are able to be grateful for what we have. And in order to truly celebrate it, we must first take a step of gratitude. “Let this day be a thanksgiving for our communities, for our sisters, and for our own lives,” she said. The Eucharist was presided over by Fr. Piotr Gołuch, vice-rector of the Świdnica Seminary, and the homily was given by Fr. Bartosz Trojanowski, former chaplain of the provincial house in Wrocław. “Your congregation has experienced a difficult moment in history—the threat of dissolution,” said the preacher. "It can also be described as a purification of the temple: a series of trials, threats, and even near destruction. But it was then that the truth, which your constitutions remind us of, was revealed even more strongly: ‘Our apostolate will only be fruitful if we are deeply united with Christ. He is the source of our spiritual life and the strength of our devotion to our neighbors.’" At the end of his homily, he encouraged: “Today we give thanks for the preservation of your congregation, but at the same time we entrust it anew to Mary, that she may always be your Guardian of the Faith, that each sister may listen to Jesus with bated breath, that Jesus may purify what needs to be purified, and teach you daily in the temple of your hearts.” As every year, the Sisters from the Jutrzenka house in Bardo welcomed us with the cordiality that has always been a hallmark of this place. Our conversations at the table prepared with love—full of sisterly closeness and brotherly warmth—became a beautiful complement to the Eucharistic table where Christ had previously fed us. We are now on the threshold of our 100th jubilee pilgrimage to Bardo, and this awareness gives us particular joy, but also a sense of obligation.
Sister Małgorzata Cur, SMI
