Two Ways, One Love

Why we all have to suffer? This question, to which many people cannot give a satisfactory answer, seems to constitute some challenge to God's Love, Mercy and Justice. In fact, and this can be well proven, it is not the challenge to Creator's Goodness, but rather Its affirmation. People will always suffer because of their sins; that's the part of God's Justice - some theologians would tell you.  That is true but still incomplete answer to the presented issue. Do not forget about God's twofold Mercy, the One that can cleanse us either on earth or in purgatory; both ways lead sufferers to the infinite, divine Love.            
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Tomasz, Racibórz +

P.S. Let's pray for our newly elected pope, Francis.

The Two Oceans

Sometimes people are haunted by their sinful past or – on the contrary – are afraid what will their future be. Neither the first nor the second attitude, however, may serve as a guidance for the true Christian; the one who relies on the Divine Mercy(no matter of his past) and the Divine Providence (whatever the future may bring) – the two Oceans of Hope that gushed forth from Jesus' Sacred Heart for each and every occasion.
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Tomasz, Racibórz

Beyond our Understanding (be Patient)

The concept of mercy is often simplified and associated with <<obtaining something that, as we think, would make us happy here and now -- namely in this life.>>

The Divine Mercy, however, seems to operate differently: I think that this Phenomenon can't be appreciated until a human being  is totally opened to  (and grateful for) whatever God the Father may intend for them....
Amid all the sufferings we should be aware that Our Lord wants to see us,  His beloved and happy children, in Heaven someday. Only this counts.

St. Bernadette, the patron Saint of this day, had known this from the time of her childhood, and that's why later -- when the Grace came -- she could listen, without any fear or resentment, to the words of wisdom
that the Mother of Mercy, Mary  privileged her with:

"I don't promise to make you happy in this world but in the other."

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Tomasz, Racibórz

Our souls, His Choices/ Nasze dusze, Jego wybory (ENG/PL)

The hardest thing for many of us is to let some bad people and affairs go out of our lives...
Attached to them, we cry and moan, instead of rejoice and see that each and every loss experienced by us has its purpose. In fact any loss is a greatest act of Lord's Mercy, for the soul that lives mainly for God won't ever enter hell because of any human being.

St. Faustina, pray for us!
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Wielu z nas ma trudności z tym, by pozwolić niektórym złym ludziom i sprawom odejść z naszego życia...
Przywiązani do nich, płaczemy i jęczymy, zamiast cieszyć się i zauważać, że każda doświadczana przez nas strata, ma swój cel. W zasadzie jest ona wyrazem największej łaski Boga, gdyż dusza która żyje głównie dla Niego, nigdy nie trafi do piekła z powodu żadnego człowieka.

Św. Faustyno, módl się za nami!
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Tomasz, Racibórz

Life-changing Love

Perhaps you are aware of some kind of addiction that makes you cry on the regular basis.
No matter what the source of your addiction may be, and what kind of abandonment you do suffer because of it, there is someone who cares: His name is Jesus.


Before-mentioned source of your problem–either with alcohol, drugs or porn movies–can be traced and is, probably, connected to the fact that you had lost any hope and then tried to fill the hole in your soul with various types of painkillers.


Fill your heart with Jesus, be strengthened, and live forever with the One who once refused wine mixed with gall – the pain-reliever offered to Him by some Roman soldiers. 


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Tomasz, Racibórz


PS. May His Resurrection and Ascension strengthen you as well. Thank you for reading and commenting on this blog.

Light of your true Home (They are waiting there for you)

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Why are many of us so timid or indifferent when it comes to sharing our faith with the world we live in?  In my opinion committed sins play the greatest part in preventing people from doing their best for Jesus.  But He is the One who came especially to heal sinners. Read the following excerpt from St. Faustina's Diary, any you will understand my point:

Let the greatest sinners place their trust in My mercy. They have the right before others to trust in the abyss of My mercy. My daughter, write about My mercy towards tormented souls. Souls that make an appeal to My mercy delight Me. To such souls I grant even more graces than they ask. I cannot punish even the greatest sinner if he makes an appeal to My compassion, but on the contrary, I justify him in My unfathomable and inscrutable mercy. Write: before I come as a just Judge, I first open wide the door of My mercy. He who refuses to pass through the door of My mercy must pass through the door of My justice... (Diary, 1146).

That is why -- no matter what your past looks like --  trust in Him, and He will do the rest.  Just like well-known father did to the prodigal son of parable. The later, so reluctant in backing home, eventually believed that there is only one Shelter, only one Love and Mercy. So if you are in pain because of your sins right now try to be persistent, even despite experienced difficulties,  in following the Light of your real Home.
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Tomasz, Racibórz

Stand up and fight again

Have you been crushed by your sin recently? If so, do not give up your fight for Heaven.Although you may feel unworthy,
confess your sins with a confidence and let your guardian angel to remind you often of two famous statments that Theresa of Avilla made a few centuries ago:

• I alone am nothing, yet with Jesus I can be everything(He wants me to be).

and

• It is love alone that gives worth to all things

These words of before-mentioned Spanish saint tell us so much about our Saviour and His Mercy.

The greatest joy and mystery is that we all are destined to be in Heaven. And we hopefully will get  there not only for our merits, but for our love-giver, Jesus the Christ.

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Tomasz, Racibórz

St Theresa, pray that we may obtain graces needed in this difficult earthly pilgrimage.