The touchstone of love

Love, sacrifice and pain –  these three dimensions of the human existence are tightly interconnected.
Pain, whatever we may think of it,  is not useless – even God himself had to suffer for our common good. It is impossible, however, to bear it without love. Mix your hardship together with devotion, in other words –  flavor it with love; if you do so, each and every of your painful experience would flourish, becoming sacrificial, showing the loved ones that your love is genuine at the same time. Jesus knows it, that's why he did not end his Mission on the Holy Cross but rather began it from there, instructing us all that the real love shall serve God and His creatures without any excuses or restrictions, namely  ''In season and out of season''.
--
Tomasz, Racibórz

PS. Please pray that, if this is God's Will, I may meet, get know and marry the woman (not a girl) who is not afraid of a cross...

The Roselike Graces

When we are on the cross -- whether due to our disability, illness or pain -- we act as a teachers & students of love at the same time. We teach other people that sufferings of an individual can be transformed out of -- and into -- love and we learn about the Love of God, our Creator, Who left no humans' experience unused.

Jesus himself showed us this while experiencing his own crucifixion: the bigger his own pain was, the wider his arm were stretched.

Your illness may not be the easiest thing to bear, yet the Love that Jesus' has for all who try to imitate Him will take the burden off your back turning it someday into the rain of roselike graces for you and the whole world.

--
Tomasz, Racibórz

St. Therese, pray for us!

Neither normal nor cool -- just the best one...

Blessed Margaret of Castello, the patroness of disabled and abandoned people, had a very difficult live. However she suffered a lot, only once she complained to Jesus about that. At that moment she asked her Lord and Saviour the following question: Why can't I lead a normal life?

Jesus replied to her calmly : Did I have such life?

Perhaps you too are the one, who wants to live so-called ordinary life:

- would it not be cool to get rid of my cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, or cancer? - you asked yourself many times.

Yes, it would be cool...At least until you ask Jesus about this idea and conclude that probably never a cool man had entered the heaven.

--
Tomasz, Racibórz

PS. Please pray for me.

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. 


--
Tomasz, Racibórz


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

Start by doing what is necessary

"Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

St. Francis of Assisi

During (m)any Christmas-- although majority of us are happy, cheerful and smiled--  many people are sad because of their loneliness.  Perhaps this year, meaning of your life is gone along with someone close to you.  I myself have suffered from a loss recently. 

If you are wondering if your life is worth living right now, replace your thoughts with an image of the Holy Family. Among Them there is a solution to any of your problem -- They know exactly what does it mean to be lonely. They went through it too. 

While experiencing pain, try to fight back your gloomy moods with three simple steps:

• First of all, be persistent in trusting ( as Mary did);
• Secondly, take every opportunity that is given to you by the Saviour ( God kept Joseph by Mary's side);
• And be happy with HIM ( at the end God rewarded the trust of the Holy Parents).

With Him impossible is nothing,  so be open to the abundance of possibilities, and remember about the necessity of your holy life - that is the base for your future happiness. 

 -- 

Tomasz, Racibórz