It's been a while since the Easter Triduum, however, those days are still alive, still on the recall. As long as we are in the octave of Easter, I would like to share a few photographs showing the great, lasting several days the liturgy at our church. For the sake chronicler's duty must be noted that the Holy Thursday liturgy presided by the parish priest - Father Peter Wisniewski CSsR, Good Friday - the vicar, Fr Peter Grześkiewicz CSsR. The main celebrant during the Easter Vigil was the Provincial Warsaw Province of the Redemptorists, Fr Janusz CSsR juice. On the crest of the Assembly read the words of Psalm 129: A rich redemption with him. Without a doubt, during the Sacred Triduum tone sounds these words are particularly hard ... authors appearing below (pięknych!) images are Brodnicki Luke and Michael Hofman. For my part I would like to thank you for that time and preparation to the Father Staszek Madejczykowi, Krzysiek Wąsiewiczowi and Michael Marciniakowi so that I could for the Easter Triduum learn not only from the spiritual, but also a more liturgical and technical support. For me it was undeserved honor. I cordially thank my colleagues from the LSO, who have given these Holy Days very seriously and they put in their commitment to their survival (greetings to all, especially for turyferariusza and nawikulariusza - far przewyższyliście last year!). First of all, thank God Almighty, who gave his Son as a sacrifice for many - including me, a sinner, and that allows us - as individual people of different vocations - priests, consecrated laity different states - to stand at the altar of Christ, adored by His Cross and ensure at the tomb of the Savior to later find out that this tomb is empty, that death was defeated. Praise Jesus and Mary ever Virgin!
the occasion of Easter Resurrection, I wish you, dear reader, that the period of the world was not the time for you to enjoy to wash the windows, worship święconce in a basket, gluttony and laziness unproductive.
to wish you a moment of encounter with Jesus Christ, the Blessed Redeemer, who gave his life for us on the cross and conquered death for us to open the gates of heaven.
"Because there is no greater love than this, when someone gives me life I could live with."
May God bless you for this amazing time and the rest of your life!
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And now I give the floor a moment Krystian, who accompanied us throughout the past post ...
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04/24/2011
I'm really impressed. Very impressed. I never thought that taking part in the Easter Triduum will be for me such a wonderful experience. Every day had something special ... Only now do I realize how very little I know about this extraordinary time ... Probably worth a bit to decipher the next year to experience it all a little more consciously: what is the washing of feet on Holy Thursday, why is lying on the ground in the Good Friday and so on and so forth ... Most importantly, however, that for real pleased with this resurrection, as if I lived two thousand years ago and was one of the students ... It just has happened here and now. And what next? Do not deceive myself that after this post and celebrations of my life will turn up in some magical way that I'll be holy, that I will have no problems. But at least I learned that cross, which brings up - although it is associated with suffering - will ultimately lead to the resurrection. Probably time to accept the cross of the school, relationships with others, their own shortcomings ... and everyone else. One I'm sure - he will not leave me with my burden. And since I have this consciousness is a very different start to look at your life. Well, the past week was not an easy time ... but even these were really beautiful!
Chris
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Do you believe in the resurrection?
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From me: passed desert time but life goes on. Many things have happened in recent weeks - were certainly blessed moments, however. Lent, the Easter Triduum and jubilation as always forced me to reach down to my faith and relationship with God. Do I met the answer to all my nagging questions? not. Can I survived those days was the best I can? answer is also negative. Has God changed my life as if by magic? for anything in the world!
... and if I am wrong in connection with these allegations? NO! Because ... does not the case. What can I say? All I know is that God loves me. I know that he gave his only Son, that through his death he gave me salvation. I know that are open for me the gates of heaven and that it is my goal - the goal to which the grace I seek God.
What more could you want? What to expect when faced with these facts, everything else pales?
series of texts of the desert Time, which led us to the Easter Resurrection, has just finished. Thanks for this common journey! How Did Father Stanislaus says CSsR: Let it has a deep, let it prosper, and in full, and in part. The Lord God!
PS Feel free to familiarize yourself with the entry Echo Triduum Sacrum, which contains among other things, pictures of the Easter Triduum, 2011 in the parish of Our Lady Queen of the Polish Elblag.
the wilderness Time VI - Days That Shook the World!
20/04/2011
rose with the fall ... or perhaps it was raised ... Thank God. There is already much better. Recently he is surprised - I gave a little pocket money from their Lenten alms ... That the best of their abilities. seems that Lent has just begun ... and soon Christmas is. But even before this whole ... Triduum. I know that you do not have to walk. As they say: The duty does not exist. But this year somehow want to be there. Strange ... I guess the first time I feel it in this way. But maybe that's because for once I took the time to prepare for Christmas REALLY serious? I do not know me or anyone ... Okay, so Christ knows for sure. Totally do not know why, but something seems to me that this Christmas will be completely different than all the ... and that it can not explain. Only now something occurred to me that this is not a lamb sugar baskets and dedication ... totally not about that! Until I felt stupid, that for so many years we have not received it to me. The important thing is that he will die ... but later RESURRECTION! Amen!
Chris
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you remember about the three pillars of Lent - fasting , alms and prayers? How is my handout?
Do you plan to participate in the Liturgy of the Easter Triduum?
What is most important for me in the upcoming period? Free days? "Blessing of the basket?" But maybe something else?
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From me: came this moment of my beloved year ... I left the evening with the university after writing a final test before Christmas and I went on, taking place every year, way of the cross streets of my city. Beautiful These are the traditional Lenten song: In the cross suffering, cross, salvation ... Something unusual. And tomorrow - Holy Chrism Mass and the Liturgy of the Lord's Supper. The Day After Tomorrow - Good Friday Liturgy and Stations of the Cross in my parish. On Saturday vigil at the tomb of Jesus and in the evening ... Easter Vigil! What can I say - these are the days that shook the world!
Father, please, I survived this time, as you want it for me!
Glory and to the Son and the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, now and ever and ever and ever. Amen.
Our Pope, who a few days ago ended 84 years of age, today celebrated the sixth anniversary of his pontificate (he writes about very well including the Catholic Agency Information ). His motto is "cooperatores veritatis" - associates of the truth. This beautiful and eloquent call for the period which came out for humanity. At a time when so many wrong hails the sole depositories of the so-called truth (which involves pride, arrogance and complete blindness samozachwyt) Holy Father, remember that the truth comes from God and should just work with it - and not to use, bend, distort for their own, often nefarious purposes. A mitzvah modern world such purposes ...
Benedict XVI is an extraordinary character. Recently I had the pleasure to read his two books: an interview-the river under the title The Light of the World and Spirit of the Liturgy wonderful , which he wrote while still a cardinal. From the moment you read it first person of His Holiness always reminds me of an association with the biblical Abraham. In an interview with Peter Seewald asked the Pope:
Holy Father, 16 April 2005, the 78th day birthday, Your Holiness told his colleagues, how much has already happened to your retirement. Three days later, your Holiness was elected as head of the universal Church, amounting to 1.2 billion followers. Well, it seems that is a task that a man prepares himself for older years.
- In fact, I expected to finally find peace and relaxation. When suddenly I had to face this enormous task, it was for me, as everyone knows, a shock. The responsibility is vast indeed.
was a moment, as Your Holiness later said he felt like Your Holiness, the falling guillotine blade. - Yes, I thought of the guillotine: behold, now is the blade falls and hits me. I was absolutely sure that this office is not my vocation, that God will provide me now, after a grueling years, a little peace and relaxation. I could only say, to realize: God's will is clearly different and for me to start something completely different, new. He will be with me.
Benedict XVI, like Abram heard the call (the next in your life) and decided to accept them. In Genesis we read :
Lord said to Abraham: "Go from your kindred and
your father's house to the country, I will show you. make of thee a great nation , I will bless thee, and make your name will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you will, and those who you will be cursed, and I will curse. of you will nations be blessed throughout the earth. "(Genesis 12: 1-3)
next verse begins with the words: Abram went on his way, as the Lord commanded him ... - immediate admission will God this thing is amazing considering what Yahweh asks Abram (who does not even have the right to expect the intervention of the Lord - refers to the pagan era, for many years before Moses, and even more against Jews as such.) principle we know him that old trees are not exaggerating . Abram in spite of the age gives to overdo it, and time will tell, that will be able to even greater sacrifices. No wonder they call him, along with Jews and Muslims, Father of the Faith. The ability to offer a sacrifice of his son, of which we read later in the Book of Genesis (and of which Abraham was happily relieved by Yahweh) is something really unusual (and from a human point of view - maybe even scary!). So he wrote about the incident CS Lewis, author of the famous Chronicles of Narnia , who lost and then regained his faith in Christ in his suffering problem :
common example is the "test", which was subjected to Abraham, when he ordered him to sacrifice Isaac. I do not do here historicity or morals of this story, but the obvious question: "If God is omniscient, had to know what Abraham would do, without the need for such an experiment, so why in that case is unnecessary torture?". But as St. Augustine points out, no matter what you knew God, Abraham certainly did not know that his obedience to such order can survive until until there is an event that taught him, the obedience, which he would not know that they will choose, one might say that it has been selected by him. The reality was that the obedience of Abraham's deed, and what God knew, knowing that Abraham would obey, "was the actual obedience of Abraham to the top of the mountain at that time. To say that God is "unnecessary attempt to put it," mean to say that there is no need for God to been known at all occurred.
As you can see: it was not God required test. She was required to Abraham himself. Let us now return to the Holy Father. He, by the mere fact of being the next successor to St. Peter and the Vicar of Christ on earth, it is subjected to many a "test", the many sacrifices and victims. The church is constantly under attack, and Pope Benedict XVI had already faced many a very difficult situation (for example the case of pedophilia among the clergy). He is still faithful to the decision he made six years ago. All the time goes on, despite his age, at the head of the Church. So I want to encourage everyone to pray for the Holy Father Benedict XVI: To continue with the faith of Abraham, did the will of God and realized his extraordinary vocation.
Thank you, Lord, for our Pope Benedict!
Holy Ghosts, God, who guides the Church, or continuously with the Holy Father, Pope Benedict. Follow his intentions, bless his words, take care of his strength and support me in the fire of love for the Church and to all people. Amen.
text of this prayer is also found in the "prayer box."
is a Saint whose life (the fact that the hairy legend) has always aroused my doubts. These doubts are justified especially if you look at its history from the perspective of If only the Christians living in the twenty-first century (which is obviously unfair and is a manifestation of manipulation - but I hope that the hero of this post wants to forgive me - mea culpa maxima ).
Well, he was himself in the fifth century after Christ a Roman, Alexis, whose name was. Husband righteous and just, who also came from a wealthy family (probably something like the infamous Forresterów Fashion for Success - so that the Alexius family certainly ran a lot better in terms of some moral Eric, Thomas and Brooke).
comes a moment in the life of a man that falls to him to get married. Faithful to this trend Alexius becomes the aisle with Famijaną. Basically everything would "All right," , were it not that in place of the fairy-tale "and they lived happily ever after" separation occurs, and instead of the usual course of the wedding night - there are incentives to take the ascetic life. She describes this situation Legend of the Holy Alexei from the fifteenth century:
St. Alexei
And when her placed his, That night he talked with her, he returned again pirścień her And somehow he said to her: Ostawiam you by your dziewstwie, back to me ji when both the blue będziewa krolewstwie; Jutroć be taken from you Use (c) morning, cożci is in heaven; A gdyć osiędą all four tables, Tedyć I've been through, I will. nice wife! I tell you, serves God for every day. Poor feeding, Carlisle;
His legacy will never be angry (j); hides in (e) of worship and torment, nijednej Do not waste your friendship.
Snow responds to him: I also have a good will k ago, my husband Namilejszy! That's all over me do not be afraid; Each member in my womb I want to hide in torment, and virtue; Jinako wzwiesz after me, Trains you live, me too.
Truly heroic (extremely abnormal?) Seems to be the attitude of Famijany. Which modern woman after marriage would make her wedding night had such a course? Wedding night is actually much more to say - because the decision has yet Alexei affect her whole future life!
Here comes my modest question is addressed with great humility the Holy Catholic Church:
Holy Venerable Alexis, wyznawco! You could not take their holy decision BEFORE the wedding?
Alexius I probably will not answer too quickly, I'll just add that today the Church in similar situations come to the poor, the women left behind by their husbands with the help of other similar situations. The Code of Canon Law (Canon 1061 § 1 CIC; 2) reads:
important marriage between baptized persons are called only included if it has not been completed; concluded and consummated if the couple took in a human way by the conjugal act is capable of generating progeny, to which the act of marriage is nature-oriented, and through which the spouses become one flesh.
Good news for the bet against the wall of his wife Alexei: unconsummated marriage is not consummated. On the other hand, both for her and for Alexei is now rather irrelevant. After all, Christ in the Gospel of Matthew (chapter 22, verse 30) says:
since the resurrection they neither marry nor be married to go out, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Anyway, because of the summary: It's hard not to wonder Alexius, who when it comes to marriage does not put the proverbial dots over "and" , but chose life Pilgrim and almsgiving. On the other hand, many centuries after the Alexis one of the blessed of the Church say that (quote from memory) it is easier to keep clean in the law than in a marriage . Maybe poor Alexius it dawned on him and did not want to risk your salvation? That will probably never know.
guess falls and end this already lengthy post. I wish you all the way to your vocation in life does not run out of room for denial (regardless of whether it comes to marriage, consecrated life, the priesthood, or loneliness). I'm sure that with such an attitude of today's hero scraps of joy intercede for you with God.
PS Gentlemen, do not leave their wives on the wedding night (or later they do not leave).
PPS I can not resist impression that the Alexius wife deserves acclamation Holy more than himself. Oh, the poor (but the persevering) are sometimes women in Christianity ... Dear Smile!
The semi-autobiographical novel by a young Chinese writer, cursed and banned because of its sensuality and movement themes typical of Western culture, and China, considered to be taboo. Compared to "Catcher in the Rye" Salinger and "The Road" Kerouac, in part inspired by the work of Henry Miller, is the voice of the young generation of contemporary Chinese, showing their country on the threshold of social and sexual revolution. main character of the book is Coco, a waitress at a Shanghai restaurant, impatient of life, who wants to better know myself. Torn between two lovers - Mark, married man from the West, and Tientiana, a loner and a drug addict, which has a deep love - writing novel, which tries to describe the present raging emotions and feelings.
short dialogue with the lady teacher accidentally met before the church. I felt it needed today, really ... I like those moments that remind me that the Church is true, God's community, not a club, circle or association.
Like take a variety of masks. Sometimes you can adjust as appropriate for your occasion to be able to significantly improve the living conditions in the environment. Do not kid yourself - it's nice to pretend gives attention than it is to impress your colleagues. Preferably rip a person smarter and more diligent before the faculty than is the reality. Even before the priests in the parish may be intentionally behave devoutly to be seen as a better Christian. And honesty? The confession of feelings, express their emotions - even those positive? Maybe it's better not to do, maybe better to turn everything into a joke ... Make a good face on the bad games and approaches to life from a distance ... if it is not convenient?
Sure, it does not happen that I get up in the morning and prepare myself in advance of the mask needed for another day. They can appear to me somewhat automatically. As if this were not enough, not only deceiving others, but can also handle himself! The temptation of being able to really mess up an ideal in human life. Being the best, most handsome, smartest ... What is wrong, you better hide as deep as possible. So, to make it invisible.
When I look at the Cross of Christ and the mind's eye I see the moment of exposure of the robes of Jesus knocks me humility. King of Kings and Lord of Lords can be peeled off from his clothing. His body - the whole tortured, marked with wounds, broczące blood. Definitely boring view, but Christ can remove from their hair. Allows you to see his wounds, it covers the dust and dirt. Who of us would like to be in the state watched by a crowd of people? God is in agreement, although at one's beck and call there may be legions of angels przepędzających soldiers and Jews, rich in Appendix beautiful garments that could clothe the Messiah. However, this is not happening.
Jesus Christ does not block his human weaknesses. not cover what is ugly. Does not impose a mask, it allows for it to put on a crown of thorns. Suffers a total bare, although it is a righteous man, though there was no guilt in him.
me alone - as opposed to the Son of God - many sins burden, many want to hide the weaknesses - the neighbor, in front of you before God (even if it's impossible).
Jesus Lord, teach me the humility to stand in the truth about himself. Especially on the occasion of the sacrament of penance. Amen.
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Today, I feel that I lack strength ... Sometimes even this is so difficult to admit!
Easter, Passover, Easter Sunday, Resurrection of the Lord - the oldest and most important Christian holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Weeks preceding it, which is the most important time of remembrance for the Christian faith of events is called Holy Week. The last three nights of the week: Maundy Thursday (evening), Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday is known as the Easter Triduum (Triduum). In Christianity, although every Sunday is a reminder of Christ's resurrection, but the Resurrection Sunday is the most solemn of them.
During the council of Nice in 325 years found that it will celebrate the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. This complicated rule is essentially a reflection of the solar in nature the Julian calendar a date of 14 Nisan Hebrew religious calendar, which is the solar calendar lunarno. Date 14 Nisan in the Hebrew calendar designates the beginning of Passover, which were happening around the events of salvation. Easter is a movable feast: it may fall March 22 at the earliest, but no later than April 25. From the date of Easter is linked to most of the time moving and Catholic holidays, including: Ash Wednesday, Lent, Easter Triduum, Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi and others. Following the introduction of the Gregorian calendar once again appeared to be different: in the Orthodox Easter is celebrated because according to the Julian calendar.
Recently some Christian environment call for the establishment of Easter as a holiday independent of the phases of the moon. Between others proposed to circumvent Easter is always the second Sunday in April, that is, between 9 and 15 Another option is a proposal to maintain seven Sundays between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday. It also gives the time between 9 and 15 April with the exception of leap year in which Easter on April 7.
own method of determining the date of Easter was used in the early Middle Ages, the Church and the Church iroszkockim starobrytyjskim.
Easter Sunday is the first day of the Easter holiday period, called the octave of Easter. Easter Time Easter Vigil begins. Easter Time takes joy in the liturgy of 50 days and ends on Pentecost Sunday. In the 40th day (Thursday) is celebrated on the feast of the Ascension of Jesus [2].
With the celebration of Easter is linked to many folk customs (some of which come from the Slavonic spring holidays): Easter breakfast, eggs, paigns, śmigus-dyngus, grandfathers śmigustne, Rękawka, Emmaus, walatka, with cock after dyngusie, Siuda Baba , the hanging of Judas, the funeral żuru and herring pucheroki, palm Easter, Palm Jezusek. / Taken from the wikipedia /
What is all this does not make sense ... Why do I need those retreats, confession of why I and so on - if after a while once again repeating the same mistakes. What a crap ... And I thought that now I will be so perfect ... And what? And once again yielded to the influence of my dumb buddies ... Eh ... Well, that although these provisions are going to me somehow. On Sunday I was at the Bitter grievances - the first time in my life. Well, I limited the coffee "postnego mortification" ... But so what? I fell and did not have the strength to get up ... On the downside today, Monday ... I feel it would be nasty week.
Chris
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Can I go to the Lenten devotion (The Way of the Cross, Lenten Lamentations)?
you remember about the three pillars of Lent - fasting, alms and prayers? How does my fasting?
How I experience failure, and the difficulties it faces in the current period? Do you ask for the grace of Jesus' resurrection from my fall? A can immediately be discouraged and give in?
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From me: difficult for me somehow after last weekend to gather up in himself. A lot has happened and I can see how easily he get very discouraged. Well, God has once again reminds me that I am not ideal. I will not say a painful process - but we probably need I, the sinner. Today reproach myself that all weekend I did not do practically anything useful - especially at the university. The result is that I had to make up for it just now - that is, on Monday morning. You could say that you have me at the moment the intellectual moral hangover. And for tomorrow even need to write an outline ... and completely have no idea. Well, this is hard! But I know that God will carry me through the week. It can not be otherwise, if you got from the community for its consideration at a time of fasting words If God be for us, who can be against us? Well, who can be against us? It is he who deals the cards here. I finish with this optimistic comment and welcome to another part of the Desert time. God bless you!
When I remember Lenten retreat, which took place in the school, it reminds me that I enjoyed them - but only because przepadały my lessons. Now, when I choose to retreat alone, and coercion on the part of the school, a catechist or parents do not have - it's hard to go on a retreat to force ... As a man realizes that four days ago you have to walk to church, it's actually a odechciewa ... But I am glad that this year I broke up. Retreat spoke quite sensibly, not too long, not too short, but most importantly, that understandable and interesting. He was talking a lot about three "pillars" the present time - that is, fasting, penance and prayer. But best of all is that finally I broke and I managed to go to confession (using the fact that priests in the confessionals sitting with other parishes, and so those who do not know me.) When you knelt at the confessional, I thought I'd die of fright, but now I feel like I've thrown off the kilkutonowy boulder. Zbiło me a little confused by the priest's question, what is my prayer. I told him about the sins, and he told me about prayers ... In fact, I did not know what to say. Why should I think? I have for this provision of the Lenten - Just do not know if I can make them happen ... Well, here I am again writes about the church, and just be late for an appointment. Again .
Chris
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you participated in a Lenten retreat?
you remember about the three pillars of Lent - fasting, alms and prayers? How is my prayer?
How to fulfill the terms that I made? Or maybe not so far do not have any?
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From me: past days were not particularly easy for me - I tired of school, tired of taking drugs - not very pleasant. To the extent that it is difficult to focus on anything else (including the prayer). But nobody said that it has to be light, and joy at this time is really too much. I remembered the last of the prayer, he advised me a few months ago Father Peter and whose words were: Lord, teach me to bear my cross! So I'm learning, but rather it is He who teaches me. Gradually, small steps, but still! Once again, I realized how God helps me in college when I did not really give you advice and not growing up to do something intellectually - just like the last, happily passing the test. The next time I see that it helps me and reminds of myself when I'm letting back on the people (as they sometimes probably fail on me - so, well, I realize that it can operate in two pages). When you analyze it all, I see that my "desert time" actually may ultimately turn out to be purification of the heart. Maybe that's why so much like the one of the Lenten Preface, which reads as follows:
surely is worthy and just, right and salutary, * we always give you thanks * you, Father, Almighty God, * King of eternal glory. time you give us the grace and salvation, * we purify the heart from disordered attachment * and among the temporal * cared mainly about eternal salvation. why the angels and saints * praise You, we sing:
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of hosts ...
I wish you all good the use of "time of grace and salvation." The Lord God!
