Meditation Lk 8, 19-21

Stand in God’s presence. God is present here and now, looking upon you with love.

Ask for the Grace: I will beg God our Lord that all my intentions and actions may be directed purely to the praise and service of His Divine Majesty

Fixing a place, a picture for meditation: Jesus is surrounded by a crowd of the people. Try to hear what he says to them. At this moment Mary with relatives are coming to Jesus.  Bur because of the crowd they cannot get to Jesus. They have to wait outside. And where are you?

Ask for the fruit of meditation: about my desire that God be at the center of my life

1. Jesus gives us a new understanding of the term “family” in the context of the Kingdom of God. No blood ties, but the most important here is spiritual kinship. But Jesus does not reject the family. He shows that if there is God at the center of our lives than our relationships, our work, our daily activities work well.

Think who is your family, closest friends. Why? What things do unite you and what divide you? 

2. In the scene under consideration, Jesus does not leave his work (salvation of man). He does not immediately go to meet with the loved ones. Jesus is not dependent on relationships, even from the relation with his Mother. He is a free man. By this freedom, he can meet his Father’s will.

Consider what is the most important thing  to you in your life? What is your freedom in making decisions, making choices? Who or what are you serving? How do you recognize and meet the will of God? 

3. Mary could not meet with her son,  because of the crowd, and saying in today’s language because of Jesus duties. She had to wait for Jesus. We can guess that it was not an easy experience for her. How could Mary feel?

Recall a similar situation from your life, when you had to wait for someone, maybe on the phone or someone’s answer. How did you feel then? What attitude did you take? What goods has come up with your waiting? 

4.  Now Jesus is waiting for you. Come to him. Look at his face and stay there for a while.

Meditation: St Ignatius encourages in The Spiritual Exercises No. 2 … Because not so much knowledge, but internal feeling and the taste of things please and saturate the soul, that is, we stay where we feel interior movement … and nervously do not try to go on.

The final conversation: Spend a little time at the end, being with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit….as you would with a good friend: sometimes talking, sometimes listening, sometimes being together in silence. Speak to God about your feelings. Remember that times when ‘nothing is happening’ can also be significant. When you’re ready, end your prayer by saying thank you or using words that are familiar,such as the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)–whichever feels right and comfortable. (The Spiritual Exercises No.54)

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Meditation Lk 7,11-17

Stand in God’s presence. God is present here and now, looking upon you with love.

Ask for the Grace: I will beg God our Lord that all my intentions and actions may be directed purely to the praise and service of His Divine Majesty

Fixing a place, a picture for meditation: Jesus and his disciples are in Galilee, they are going to the city of Nain. At the moment He is approaching the city gate he is meeting a funeral procession. The mother of the deceased man is at the front of the procession. She is also a widow. The woman is crying. Jesus is pitying her. He resurrects the died man. People feel anxious. Try to see yourself in this image: where are you? Who you are?

Ask for the fruit of meditation: for the grace of trusting Jesus

  1. When the Lord saw her, he was moved with pity for her and said to her, “Do not weep”.

Jesus meets the widow when she is in a hopeless situation – she has lost her only son. At that time, children were the only protection for their parents. So the widow had a prospect of loneliness and misery ahead of her. And then Jesus comes to give her not only consolation, but to understand that God is always with her and wants her to be happy.

  •  Remind yourself of the difficult moments when you thought it was really bad when you did not see any chance of a rescue, to get out of those hopeless situations …. and yet you are today, here and now …who helped you?…whom you asked for help … try to see how Jesus then took care of you.
  • Jesus meets the woman when she is in a very difficult situation. Perhaps it was only now whet the woman became open enough to allow Jesus to meet her. Look at when you are most willing to meet Jesus. What is your relationship, your meeting with him when “everything is going well”?
  1. Young man I tell you, arise! The dead man sat up and began to speak…

Each of us has dead areas (our injuries, lack of faith in our abilities …), desires within yourself. Everything, what is death in human eyes, thank to Jesus can recover life. Invite Jesus to visit your dead spaces together with you. Ask him for the grace you will be able to look at these things in new light,  so that your dead areas will arise and be able to live the “fullness of life.”

  1. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming.

In situations where our mind is unable to grasp we feel fear. See these situations in your life when you were afraid because of misunderstanding. What did they concern? what did they learn you? what specific good things did they bring? Thank Jesus for it.

4,Today, Jesus is coming to you now. Look at Him and be with Him. Let yourself immerse in His love.

 

Meditation: St Ignatius encourages in The Spiritual Exercises No. 2 … Because not so much knowledge, but internal feeling and the taste of things please and saturate the soul, that is, we stay where we feel interior movement … and nervously do not try to go on.

The final conversation: Spend a little time at the end, being with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit….as you would with a good friend: sometimes talking, sometimes listening, sometimes being together in silence. Speak to God about your feelings. Remember that times when ‘nothing is happening’ can also be significant. When you’re ready, end your prayer by saying thank you or using words that are familiar,such as the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)–whichever feels right and comfortable. (The Spiritual Exercises No.54)

 

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Easier than you think #8

Yesterday I made my daughter a new hairstyle. I made it the first time. You can see it below and the second one on my polish blog Prostsze niż myślisz #10

 

 

I watched a movie about it on YT with my daughter and I did. Maybe it did not come out perfect, but I already know how to do it and I can improve on it. I have the satisfaction, I can do something new. My  daughter is happy too. It did not take me much time and it turned out to be easier than I thought before. It applies to everything we do, all the news we encounter every day. Just it is enough our willingness, good will and openness to what brings a moment.

Yes, I could say: I do not want to, I can not, it’s too hard, later, I do not have time,  …. etc. However, I would deprive myself and my daughter of joy. I would not acquire another skill. It is worth taking a step forward. I think about daily activities: cooking something new for dinner, learning new words in a foreign language, fix broken things at home, doing something new in at work, on the computer..

What new things, activities will you learn today?
It’s easier than you think! 🙂

 

P.S. I know my English is not well, I make mistakes. So, if you know well (especially American English :)) please correct me in comments or by email. It is for my development.:) naturally if you want.

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Meditation Lk 6,12-19

Stand in God’s presence. God is present here and now, looking upon you with love.

Ask for the Grace: I will beg God our Lord that all my intentions and actions may be directed purely to the praise and service of His Divine Majesty

Fixing a place, a picture for meditation: It’s night. Jesus is departing to the mountain to pray to God. He spends there all night. When the day comes, he calls his disciples to himself and chooses 12 of the named apostles. Jesus calls each apostle by his name. Then, He and his apostles are coming down. A great crowd of people stands on a stretch of level ground and is waiting for him. Everyone wants to hear Jesus and be healed. See their reaction to the coming of Jesus. Let yourself be present in these events.

Ask for the fruit of meditation: I ask  all my choices and reltionships will be based on Love

  1. Jesus stands before the choice of the 12 apostles. He goes to a secluded place for prayer. It can be said that he is discerning who to choose and He does it in communication with his Father. In this way Jesus makes every important decision, he seeks his Father’s will.
    How do you make your decisions? What is your process of discernment? What does Jesus teach you in this scene?
  2. Jesus chooses 12 apostles. He calls each of us by speaking his/her name. Let you see and hear how Jesus says your name, because he chooses you for being his apostle. How do you react to his call? What does it mean for you to be an apostle in the place where you live, in your daily life?
  3. A crowd of people are waiting for Jesus on a stretch of level ground. Jesus goes down to the crowd. He always  goes to people, and stoops himself to the level of a man, because he wants to be equal with each person. He descends to a level that enables him to make the closest relationship with a human being.  Jesus desires it most.
  • Look at your relationships with others, especially the difficult ones, on your attitude towards people. What is your motivation in your relationships?
  • Stand and see how Jesus is going down to you because he loves you. You are unique to Him. Let Jesus come as close as possible..

Meditation: St Ignatius encourages in The Spiritual Exercises No. 2 … Because not so much knowledge, but internal feeling and the taste of things please and saturate the soul, that is, we stay where we feel interior movement … and nervously do not try to go on.

The final conversation: Spend a little time at the end, being with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit….as you would with a good friend: sometimes talking, sometimes listening, sometimes being together in silence. Speak to God about your feelings. Remember that times when ‘nothing is happening’ can also be significant. When you’re ready, end your prayer by saying thank you or using words that are familiar,such as the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)–whichever feels right and comfortable. (The Spiritual Exercises No.54)

 

 

 

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Rebel view #5

Good morning!

Hey! The school year just started. I think nobody is happy about this. But then we can find cool notebooks with smart quotes in shops. Here are the ones I have found:

 

 

For today it’s all. Thanks, hello. 🙂
PS. I’m tired already! 🙂

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Rebel view #4

Chains

Hey! My today’s entry is about my climbing on the highest peak of Poland – Rysy-2499 above sea level. Of course I was with Mom there. We started our trip at 6:30 am in Palenica Bialczanska. Then we were walking to the Morskie Oko  1.5 hours. We ate breakfast, drank tea  in the mountain shelter. And we started our onward trip. We reached the  Black Pond under Rysy. It was about 50 minutes after  the stone and the stone steps. It was not easy, but we reached it. there is about 3h and 50 minutes from the Black Pond to  the peak of Rysy.

 

After next 2 h I have reached my favorite part of the road, which was the most dangerous and attractive because of chains and other “metals” … :). Here we also started to go in the clouds so nothing was visible. So it seemed little of fear and horror. In addition, we couldn’t see the peak, so we did not know how far to the top. There were some flat stones, the precipices, but I like such things so much! 10 minutes before the summit all clouds spread so we could admire the beautiful views.

It was very difficult to go down for us because of our physical fatigue and mental relaxation. So there I fell a few times. But in the end we returned safe and sound, happy and tired (and without my mum’s nail :)).

And how was your vacation? 🙂

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Meditation Lk 4,31-37

Stand in God’s presence. God is present here and now, looking upon you with love.

Ask for the Grace: I will beg God our Lord that all my intentions and actions may be directed purely to the praise and service of His Divine Majesty

Fixing a place, a picture for meditation: It is the sabbath, a day off work. Jesus is in the synagogue at Capernaum. He is teaching people who have come to hear Him. Suddenly a man’s cry is heard. He is accuses Jesus of having come to destroy them. Jesus recognizes the demon in this man and commands him to come out of the man. Try to see the amazement of people seeing this miracle. Let yourself be at this event in the synagogue.

Ask for the fruit of meditation: Jesus, please change my heart

1.  (…) and they were astonished at his teaching because he spoke with authority. What does it mean to you?

2. The meeting with the Word of Jesus is transformative for each person. Jesus speaks from the level of his heart, about the law of the heart. So the recipient can only be human heart. Nobody remains the same man after the meeting with him. Just as in the considered part of the Gospel: the possessed man after the meeting of Jesus is freed from the demon,  and he becomes free. What are your spaces (what  your weaknesses, disordered feelings, addictions) need release? How can these captive areas still be able to lead you and let you do more Good things?

3. The possessed man calls Jesus the Holy One of God. It means that he believes in the existence of God. So faith itself in the existence of God, making or not making external religious gestures (but they are  important too!) does not yet prove that you are or are not a disciple of Jesus. The most important thing is a  deep relationship with him, because it is able to change  yourself and give you strength to do good to the greater glory of God. Consider how this changes your perception of yourself and others.

4. The word,  that change your heart. What Word does today in you make a such miracle? Look at Jesus, maybe he can tell you the Word.

Meditation: St Ignatius encourages in The Spiritual Exercises No. 2 … Because not so much knowledge, but internal feeling and the taste of things please and saturate the soul, that is, we stay where we feel interior movement … and nervously do not try to go on.

The final conversation: Spend a little time at the end, being with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit….as you would with a good friend: sometimes talking, sometimes listening, sometimes being together in silence. Speak to God about your feelings. Remember that times when ‘nothing is happening’ can also be significant. When you’re ready, end your prayer by saying thank you or using words that are familiar,such as the Lord’s Prayer (Our Father)–whichever feels right and comfortable. (The Spiritual Exercises No.54)

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