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niedziela, 18 wrzesień 2011 15:41

Wartość i sprawiedliwość

Kolegiata św. Anny, 18.09.2011

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wtorek, 16 sierpień 2011 17:07

Sweet and Sour (Fr/33/II)

Jerusalem, Notre Dame, 24th November 2006

 

The psalmist said today:
How sweet to my palate are your promises!
And we repeated:
How sweet to my taste is your promise! 

However, the Book of Revelation shows us the other side. John swallowed the scroll and in his mouth it was like sweet honey, but when he had eaten it, his stomach turned sour.
Sweet or sour? Probably both. And despite todays Psalm there are a lot of people who say: "God’s commandments are not tasty". 

There is a roman proverb: De gustibus non disputanduum est - "there is not to be discussion regarding tastes". We don’t want to discuss about the taste of God’s promises. We know it is sweet and it is sour. What we want and what we can is just to pray:
“O, Lord, sweeten your decrees so that we can gasp with open mouth in our yearning for you commands.”

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wtorek, 16 sierpień 2011 16:47

The force of the individual (31.07)

New York, St. Margaret, 31st July 2007

 

It’s amazing how much one human being can do!

Saint Ignatius Loyola was just one person. But if we think about the history of the Church, and especially of the Jesuits, if we think about hundreds thousands of people who decided to live as Saint Ignatius, we can shout out: It’s amazing how much one human being can do!
Usually we say: "I can’t do anything. I’m alone. The majority has a different opinion". Usually we believe in democracy and a power of the people as a community.
But when I think about prophet Elisha who was one true prophet against of 450 false prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Ashera and he won... He was right... If we think about saint Francis of Assisi, Padre Pio, about the great popes as John Paul II or about great people from the civil history as Mahatma Gandhi or Nelson Mandela, we begin to believe that one human being can do much more than the common people think.

Let us pray to saint Ignatius that we never stop to believe in the force of the individual.

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niedziela, 07 sierpień 2011 07:22

Success and Ghost (19A)

Maidstone, 7th August 2011

 

Dear Catholics of St. Francis Parish in Maidstone.
We have holidays so I’d like to say only two words. 

The first about success.
Last Sunday Jesus made a huge success. He has fed the five thousand.
Bo what did he do after that?
Did he say: „Does anybody want my autograph?”
Did he say: „We won. Let’s celebrate!”?
Did he say: „Come to me to shake my hand!”?
Not. Not at all.
“After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone”.
The winner alone. The miracle-worker only with God. 

The real success never moves away from God.
The real success never moves away from family.
Never moves away from friends.
If your success moves you away from God, people or values you are not worthy to be successful.
The success was made for man not man for the success.

We say: “When in fear, God is dear”.
With today’s Gospel we should say:
“When in luck, God is back”. 

The second word is about a ghost.
“When the disciples saw him walking on the lake they were terrified. It’s a ghost, they said and cried out in fear.”
It’s a ghost… 

What does God look like?
What kind  of  face shall we look out?”
How does God reveal himself?
The questions are crucial.
Because how can I pray if I don’t know who I pray to?
How can I be faithful to him, If I’m not sure who should I be faithful to?
Who are you, my God?  Who are you, our Father? 

In Elijah’s meeting with God, God came with the sound of the gentle breeze. In today’s gospel he came as a ghost. Yesterday we read that his face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as the light. On Easter Sunday Jesus came through the closed door. In the Book of Revelation we read about  “a Lamb standing that seemed to have been sacrificed”.
Does God have many faces? Probably he does. So how can we be sure about him?
When Jesus said: “It is I. Do not be afraid”, Peter wasn’t sure about him. He said: “If it is you, tell me to come to you”. “If it is” doesn’t mean “it is”. And only Jesus word made him sure, so he got out of the boat and started walking towards Jesus.  Only Jesus word made him sure. 

Dear Christians,
The Bible says:
“Seek out the Lord while he is still to be found, call to him while he is still near”.
We are made not to wait for God but to look for him.
Let us go out of the boat! May we follow Jesus’ words, seek God and look for Him.
It is he who said: “Everyone who searches finds”.

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