by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Sep 6, 2024 |
At your Confirmation you received the ‘Seal of the Holy Spirit.’ ‘The Seal of the Living God.’….When you were baptized the Bishop said ‘be sealed with the Holy Spirit.’ When I was confirmed Bishop Keating said in his homily...
by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Sep 4, 2024 |
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,...
by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Jul 27, 2024 |
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...
by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Jul 14, 2024 |
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...
by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Nov 20, 2023 |
When I was assigned to Holy Trinity.. I was asked by the pastor ‘Fr Carr started a Holy Hour to the Holy Face of Jesus. Do you know about it and the devotion.’ I knew a bit.. As my friend Pat who quite an advocate of the Holy Face Devotion.. and because...
by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Nov 3, 2023 |
John Paul Ii ‘The body, in fact, and only the body, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and the divine. It has been created to transfer into the visible reality of the world, the mystery hidden from eternity in God, and thus to be a...
by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Nov 1, 2023 |
A thought that came in prayer for All Saints.. when Fr Baker was made a servant of God his body was put into the Church he built ‘Our Lady of Victory ‘… to increase devotion and prayers to him.. when some like Fr Baker became Venerable.. still the cult of his devotion...
by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Oct 15, 2023 |
I was going out to dinner to a family at my new parish and I asked the grandmother.. a couple of years back.. do you have any relics to give me. She gave me a first class relic of St Therese and St A. Liguori, both of which I have away. A Week and half ago.. I went to...
by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Oct 14, 2023 |
Coming back from my retreat… now putting books into boxes for my move.. I came across a book I bought about a while also.. Jacques Gauthier ‘I Thirst Saint Therese of Lisieux and Mother Theresa of Calcutta.’ The author writes on page 17 -18 about...
by Fr. Stefan Starzynski | Oct 13, 2023 |
I just got back from my yearly retreat. The retreat was given by a Father Donald Haggerty from St Patricks in New York. He knew more about the spiritual life than anyone I have ever meet. He had given talks to Mother Theresa of C and her nuns many times, and not just...
Fr. Stefan, blessings. Your wise support my Catholic's faith. Like Hannah no matter what I need to face living as…
Wow, perfect timing! I am recovering from a dislocated rt shoulder. Because I was using a sling for over 5…
Father, is there a way to find out when you will have a healing Mass? Email maybe?
That was beautiful, Father!
I am a baby in my mother's arms I can only lift my Head to my Mother's Arms ❤