czwartek, 18 sierpień 2011 20:47

Wolf among sheep (Fr/14/I)

Louth, 10th July 2009

 

Jesus said: I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore I used to think: I am a sheep and the people who are against the Gospel are wolves. Yes. They are wolves. The people who laugh over God and church, who mock the commandments, who constantly speak against and against. I thought so.
But is it true? Maybe not.

Maybe I’m not a sheep, may be it is me who is a wolf, and the wolf among sheep. Maybe I want to tear apart the people who has different lifestyle, maybe I want to devour the others only because they don’t share my religious beliefs, maybe I want to destroy them showing that they are on a wrong way only because I need to be sure that I am on a right path.
Who am I?

Jesus says: You will be hated by all men, and not: You will hate.
How do I behave towards the people who are far away from my Christian life?
Who am I for them?
Sheep among wolves or wolf among sheep?

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środa, 17 sierpień 2011 19:53

Problem with head (Fr/3/Lent)

Jerusalem, Notre Dame, 16th March 2007

 

 

Why is so important to know which is the first of all commandments?
Why one of the scribes wanted to know which is the greatest?

At first glance it is only a matter of curiosity or a matter of knowledge. But Jesus says to the scribe: You are not far from the Kingdom of God. Why? What did the scribe do to be not far from the Kingdom? He had knowledge of what is the most important.
We must say that it is very important to know the truth, to know what should I do today? What is the most important? What is the first? What is necessary? What is the greatest?

Maybe we are far from the Kingdom of God not because of our sins but because of our crummy knowledge. Not because we do wrongly, but because we know wrongly. Not because of our hands, but because of our head. I don’t think that the problem of the modern world is in the heart, because it seems that our ancestors were crueller than us. But they had probably better heads. That’s the reason why should we learn, why should we think, why should we meditate, why should we ask, why should we seek. Because we have to know not only the values but also the hierarchy of values.

Now when we know which is the first of all the commandments for Jesus, there is only one question: 
Do you know which is the first of all the commandments for you?

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czwartek, 18 sierpień 2011 15:47

About Love (31B)

Jerusalem-Notre Dame, 5th November 2006

 

 

This is true.
It is love who is the most important and most beautiful in our religion.
We have believed in the Gospel because we believe in the love.
We know very well how wonderful is to be loved by Jesus Christ.
We know by experience how marvellous is to love the others, to dedicate our time, strength, feelings, dreams, money, patience…

What is life without love?
It is...
Tea without water.
Wallet without money.
Spring without flowers.
Job without earnings.
Sunset without horizon.
Prayer without God.

What is life without love?
Life without love it is not life. It is only vegetation….
God be praised for love that he gave us!
He knows very well what is the most important for a human heart.

Dear brother and sister.
We read in today’s gospel that to love God is the first commandment”.
More or less we know what it means to love. But do we know who our God is?
Who is One for you?
Who is Lord alone?
Who is so important that there is no other than he?
Who is your and my God?
Who do you love with all your heart?
Who do you love with all your soul?
Who do you love with all your mind?
Who do you love with all your strength?
Who?
This question is very important.
Because where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.
Sometimes we deify what we love instead of loving our God. 

Dear Beloved.
The last question is about yourself.
Jesus says: “you shall love your neighbour as yourself”. We know very well the first part of this sentence, but we forget very often the second part of it: “as yourself”,
Do you like yourself?
Do you love yourself?
We can not love neighbour if we don’t love ourselves!
Maybe our neighbour is very difficult, very strange, rude and annoying so that it’s hard to love him. But maybe we are not satisfied with our live, job, family, face or character, maybe we don’t love ourselves so that we are unable to love to others.
Don’t forget, my brothers!
If Jesus shed his precious blood for you it means your are precious. You are valuable.
Nobody sheds blood for nothing. Nobody pays so much for nothing.
Believe in your worth and price. Love yourself.
It will be easier to love your neighbour and to love your God.

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piątek, 12 sierpień 2011 13:32

Truth and Love (4C)

Jerusalem-Notre Dame, 28th January 2007

 

Dear Brothers and Sisters!
There are two pillars of our faith: The truth and the love.
The truth even against everybody and the love above all. 

God says to prophet Jeremiah:
“I have made you a fortified city: against the whole land; against kings and princes, against priests and people”.
Prophet Jeremiah can be sure: Lord is with him. The truth is with him.
Jesus is not afraid to say in the synagogue:
“No prophet is accepted in his own native place”.
His is not afraid to say very strong and hard words about his nation.
“There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, but it was to none of these that Elijah was sent”.
“There were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet; yet not one of them was cleansed”.
The power comes from the truth.
Jesus is not political correct, because he is not going to became a president but the saviour. And the saviour has to tell the truth. Despite any consequences.
What I like in Jesus and in prophets is the courage to tell the truth, to be honest with the people and with God. 

But this is only first part. The second is love.
The truth without love is only fundamentalism.
So Jesus used to say not only the truth but died for us because he loves us. St. Paul writes:
“Faith, hope, love remain, these three, but the greatest of these is love”
and
“If I have all faith so as to move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing”.
I don’t want today to discus with the Judaism or with the Islam. What I like in my faith is not only the truth because all religions claim to know the true revelation. What I like in my faith is the love. We Christians, we don’t know the truth without the love and the love without the truth. We know that the love without the truth is immaturity and blindness. We know that the truth without the love  leads only to the quarrels and wars.

I like to be a Christian because my faith says me: love everybody! Love the Jews! Love the Muslims! Love atheists! Love your enemies! And I know: love is good! And I know: I liked to be loved!
I like to be Christian because my faith says me: Get know the truth! Don’t be afraid to say the truth! Don’t be afraid even of presidents, even of bishops, even of consequences! And I know: the truth is good. It gives the power and freedom. 

This is, my beloved, a good news of Christianity for the modern world!
The truth and the love! Never separated. Always together.

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wtorek, 07 czerwiec 2011 09:28

Love, Paraclete and Peace (6CEaster)

Jerusalem-Notre Dame, 13rd May 2007

 

Dear Christians,
I would like to focus your attention to three problems, we can discern in today’s gospel. 

1. The first is a problem of love.
Jesus says: “If anyone loves me he will keep my word”.
We understand it very well. If we love somebody we keep his words, imagines, we remember, we want to be closer. That’s the law of love.
To keep Jesus’ word means to keep Jesus, to take care of him, to stay in a good relationship with him. And if we have problems with it, it’s not a matter of our weakness or malice. It’s first of all a matter of love. To keep Jesus word without love is impossible, to keep Jesus word without love is pure masochism.
So the question is not: Do you keep Jesus commandments?
The question is: Do you love Jesus?

2. The second problem is the Holy Spirit.
Jesus says: “the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all I have said to you.”
About the practical importance of the Holy Spirit we could hear in the first reading. The leaders of the young church wrote: “It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by ourselves”. The Holy Spirit was and is necessary to understand Jesus will, He is our teacher. And if we don’t take lessons in the Holy Spirit, we cannot remember what Jesus said, we cannot be disciples, we cannot love, because the Holy Spirit is the love of the Father and the Son of God. So we have to ask in this special Easter Time:
Come Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Your Divine Love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth. 

3. The third problem is a peace.
Jesus says: “Peace I bequeath to you, my own peace I give you, a peace the world cannot give, this is my gift to you.”
According to these words the world can give a peace. Jesus doesn’t say: the world doesn’t give a peace, but the world gives a different kind of peace. The world cannot give the peace of Jesus.
Very often we look for peace in the world, we hope to receive peace from the world and in the world. But only in a peace of Jesus we can say “Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” If we battle for a peace in the world we should battle more and more for Jesus’ peace.
Let us be honest with ourselves: what kind of peace we are looking for? 

Dear Christians,
May Merciful God send us in this week Love, the Holy Spirit and Peace.
Pray for it.
Amen.

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piątek, 14 styczeń 2011 23:13

God is love (20A)

Leicester, 18th August, 2002

 

 

Prophet Isaiah, what do you want to say in Leicester?
What do you want to say today?

Dear Christians,
I want to say the main truth of the faith.
I want to say the most important thing in life.
God is love!
He said: My salvation will come and my integrity be manifest.
Only love wants for us the wonderful future.
God said: All foreigners who observe the Sabbath and cling to my covenant, these I will bring to my holy mountain.
Only love doesn't despise man, don't despise the foreigners and the poor.
God said: I will make them joyful in my house of prayer.
Only love wants to comfort and wipe every tear from our eyes.
God is love - says the prophet Isaiah today.

Psalmist, what do you want to say in Leicester today?
What do you want to say?

Dear Christians,
I want to say the main truth of the faith.
I want to say the most important thing in life.
God is love!
Holy Spirit said through me: All nations will learn God's saving help.
Only love wants to help.
Holy Spirit said through me: God, you rule the world with justice. With fairness you rule the peoples.
Only love doesn't swindle, only love can rule.
God is love - says the Psalmist today.

Saint Paul, what do you want to say in Leicester today?
What do you want to say?

Dear Christians,
I want to say the main truth of the faith.
I want to say the most important thing in life.
God is love!
God never takes back his gift or revokes his choice.
Only love can forgive. Only love never says: "never!"
God has imprisoned all men in their own disobedience only to show mercy to all mankind.
Only love can turn the evil to good.
God is love - says saint Paul today.

Holy Gospel, what do you want to say in Leicester today?
What do you want to say?

Dear Christians,
I want to say the main truth of the faith.
I want to say the most important thing in life.
God is love!
Jesus preached the Good News of the kingdom.
Only love says the good news, not terrible, not about death, not about disaster, not about theft, not about violence.
Jesus healed all who were sick.
Only love remember the sick men.
Only love doesn't want to think about euthanasia.
Jesus said: I was sent only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.
Only love thinks more about family than the other.
Jesus said: Woman, you have great faith. Let your wish be granted.
Only love listens the wise wishes.
God is love - says the Gospel of the Lord today.

Dear Christians,
My brothers and sisters.

Today Pope John Paul II consecrated Sanctuary of Divine Mercy in Cracow Lagiewniki.
Today he reminded all the world of God who is merciful.
You can forget that when you miss the Sunday mass or the solemn mass like The Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary you can't receive Holy Communion.
You can forget daily prayers.
You can forget that Christians can't have sex before marriage.
You can forget that divorce is sin.
You can forget that contraception is sin.
You can forget that you must pay taxes.
You can forget that theft is sin.
You can forget that abortion is sin.
You can forget that euthanasia is sin.
But you can't forget that GOD IS MERCIFUL LOVE.
This is the main truth of our faith.
This is the most important thing in life.
This is THE GOSPEL OF THE LORD.

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