In a wide-ranging and hard-hitting interview with EWTN Germany, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan, president of the Polish bishops' conference, said that were we to cease to recognize sinfulness, then Christ's Incarnation would be rendered “void of its meaning.”
“We void the meaning of the whole work of the incarnation because we say that Christ has not come to us; however, beyond Christ, there is no salvation or redemption,” Archbishop Gadecki told EWTN's Robert Rauhut in an interview which took place shortly before the Synod on the Family began.
We are obsessed with sin: some people
who should know better think Christ's
who should know better think Christ's
Incarnation is made meaningless by sin.
God is love.
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
God is love.
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
that you have separated from your brother.
"Sin" means "to miss the mark".
Does God withdraw love when we miss the mark?
Why do human beings think God will be offended?
Does God withdraw love when we miss the mark?
Why do human beings think God will be offended?
God is love.
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
that you have separated from your brother.
Our Creator made us flawed so we
can learn to grow in our creation,
to be more the image of God.
to be more the image of God.
God is love.
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
that you have separated from your brother.
Our Creator made us separate
so we must work to grow in unity into
the body of Christ.
the body of Christ.
God is love.
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
that you have separated from your brother.
Our Creator gave us drives and emotions
that will always master our
thoughts and wills.
thoughts and wills.
God is love.
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
that you have separated from your brother.
God built us for the loves and angers
of families so we can learn, can grow,
can forgive, can love. Support that gift!
God is love.
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
that you have separated from your brother.
There is in heaven joy
when we take each small step
towards our destiny in Christ.
towards our destiny in Christ.
God is love.
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
that you have separated from your brother.
And that means to love, means to forgive,
means to open to God. It does not mean to
cut off brothers and sisters from God.
cut off brothers and sisters from God.
God is love.
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
Judge not.
Leave your gift outside the Church if you realise
that you have separated from your brother.
Suggestions for meditation
Always begin by offering your time to God: something like "My loving God, I love you with my whole heart and above all things. I give you this time when I am reaching out to you" and then a few moments reminding yourself of some of the blessings God has given you - the clear signs of God's love for you. The exact words of the prayer are not important but you do need a firm intention to open yourself to God's input.
Read the mediation over slowly a couple of times.
Listen for the personal message for you. There will always be one word or phrase that will reach into your heart. Think of it as the personal meaning God has for you alone!
If you would prefer a more authoritative reading to focus your meditation try Matthew 5, 21-24
Read the mediation over slowly a couple of times.
Listen for the personal message for you. There will always be one word or phrase that will reach into your heart. Think of it as the personal meaning God has for you alone!
If you would prefer a more authoritative reading to focus your meditation try Matthew 5, 21-24
“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment.
Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.
“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.Focus on this passage or the meditation slowly a couple of times.
What word of phrase jumps out to speak to you?
Why? Try to put yourself into those words. Maybe imagine Jesus speaking, and reply.
Then spend 5, or 10, or 20 minutes with your word from Jesus, or the word FAMILY or the word LOVE.
You need a clear intention to empty your mind of random thoughts (you won't be entirely successful but you need the intention).
You might want to begin the meditation using the breathing exercise I suggest in We have two minds.
After a minute or two focused on your breathing, move your focus to the word/s you have chosen.
Each time your attention moves away from the word/s, push the distraction gently aside and return to the word ("without the intervention of analytical thought" as The Cloud of Unknowing puts it).
You need a clear intention to empty your mind of random thoughts (you won't be entirely successful but you need the intention).
You might want to begin the meditation using the breathing exercise I suggest in We have two minds.
After a minute or two focused on your breathing, move your focus to the word/s you have chosen.
Each time your attention moves away from the word/s, push the distraction gently aside and return to the word ("without the intervention of analytical thought" as The Cloud of Unknowing puts it).
You may need a countdown clock.
At the end thank God, and return to your day.
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