Personal blog of

Fr. Stefan Starzynski

Who you meet on the plane

by | Oct 19, 2024 | 7 comments

I went on a little vacation to Florida this week, Monday through Friday.. like a little adventure. Going back sit next to a lady with a button..That says ‘Bring them home now.’ I knew that was about the hostages in Gaza.. I said hello.. and made small talk...

feast of guardian angels

by | Oct 2, 2024 | 5 comments

The priests prays in the opening prayer ‘O God, who in your unfathomable providence are pleased to send your holy Angels to guard us, hear our supplication as we cry to you, that we may always be defended by their protection and rejoice eternally in. their...

Feast of St Therese

by | Sep 29, 2024 | 10 comments

Theological question! I remember reading how Zelle Martin.. I believe.. ask her children who had died ‘that she might borrow I think their.. maybe Faith in Heaven ) help me those who know exactly.. but idea of borrowing is there.. I am rereading ‘Communion of Saint )...

Grace

by | Sep 22, 2024 | 12 comments

With the whole debate about whag Pope Francis said ‘ … on his recent trip.. while his words can be taken as indifferentism.. can in Charity be understood this way.. I am reminded of this quote that I remember from Pope Benedict… ‘There is only one way to the Father...

St Therese an adventure

by | Sep 10, 2024 | 1 comment

As I am reading a biography of St Therese… I was flashing back maybe 20 years ago. When I was in Paris for 5 days, and I took a train to Lis..Home of St Therese. I remember getting off the train and got right into a cab, and told cab driver that I wanted to go...

Confirmaton Treasure Chest

by | Sep 4, 2024 | 7 comments

On my retreat last week, I went to the same chapel where I did my Confirmation retreat in 8th Grade, in 1984.. In fact, one of the priest there was assigned to my childhood parish in 8th grade. My intention for the entire retreat was that Jesus, release the treasures,...

French Revotion and the olympics

by | Jul 27, 2024 | 4 comments

When I woke up this morning.. My Facebook was lighted up by all the displays of mockery of Christianity and more precisely… Catholicism at the opening ceremonies. France is called the ‘eldest daughter of the Catholic Faith.’  When I was reading this...

Rosa Mystica

by | Jul 14, 2024 | 3 comments

Rosa Mystica… Only once– a priest in the seminary had this statue. So I was familiar with the statue.. Mary had 3 Roses on Her Chest.  A White Rose- A Red Rose-  A Golden Rose- Last Week I read this from the Vatican.. ‘The Dicastery for the Doctrine...