Son, Mother and Their Home

And after the days of her purification, according to the law of Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the womb shall be called holy to the Lord), and to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.  

Luke 2:22-24

On the third Sunday of Advent, let's ponder upon the role of Mary, who – as always – teaches each & every Christian of some good approaches to take toward her Son.

The statement, heard so much today,  "Jesus is important, not the church", may, sadly, be reduced to ''Jesus will do everything for me, while I need not to do anything..."

Had the words been approved by Christ, though, He would not chosen Mary as His Mother.

She, being a devout Jewish woman, tells us on each occasion ''I will do everything for Jesus, and – while our relation is of the most importance – will strengthen the bond between us, being present at the temple for my Son as often as possible*.
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Tomasz, Racibórz +

*Presentation in the temple & looking for Jesus in the temple, can both serve as great examples of the admirable attitude of the Blessed Virgin Mary toward Our Lord.

Until the End of Time

Today, as the Church is suffering both from its internal problems and external attacks, we all may ask ourselves: is there something that, despite of lukewarmness of some believers and passionate offenses of many godless people, can keep our hope alive? No, there is not such a thing, still there is Somebody: I speak of Jesus Who, whether we believe it or not, loves His Church more than She can love Him in return.

-- Tomasz, Racibórz +

Do not believe -- *proclaim*with your life

“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”


Matthew 16:26 

"Why shall we obey the Catholic Church and accept all of her teachings?" People who ask this question try to convince as many Christians as they can that in our modern times  "the old fashion, burdensome  prescriptions of the Church are good for nothing, or that, "since faithfuls believe in God and not in some institution, they may pray at  theirs homes." Such people forget, however, that outside the Church man's soul will not be saved, and that -  "burdensome prescriptions" are, in fact, the Ten Commandments given to beloved children as the tools of Mercy, not torture...

Mary, Mother of the Church, can serve(not only)on the presented issue as a raw model for us all : She knows well that believing in God is not enough...One shall wholeheartedly accept the Holy Will and then live in accordance with It unless (s)he wants to act like the proudest of all believers - Lucifer.

It is not always easy to obey but would it not be much better for us to give, through the caring hands of Mary, everything out of love for God and His children than to "gain" the whole world with the help of the devil?
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Tomasz, Racibórz

PS Please pray for all the sinners(myself included...) that they may be able to give a correct and meaningful  Marian response - preferably with their own lives - to the second question someday.

Remember about all poor test-takers as well ! :)

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Tomasz, Racibórz

On the issue of liberalism

Abortion – for many it is the greatest evil ever made, for some- the matter of choice/liberty.

Where is the true about it?

Members of so called pro-choice movement often say that they are liberty's protectors. They want to be considered as the liberal people. Yet, they absolutely are not the men of this kind.

How can a liberal man take the life of innocent child?It other words: how can he or she take somebody's else right to living? Such actions are not liberal at all.

Only the Catholic Church is liberal in a broad sense. By protecting human's right to life she enables all human beings to exercise their freedom.

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Tomasz, Racibórz