Personal blog of

Fr. Stefan Starzynski

Black Hawk has landed

by | Mar 2, 2023 | 0 comments

Fr Stefan reflects at Hospitsl 210 am Thursday. 115 am or so.. get paged man in actively dying.. We dream 4 times a night, but I remembered my dream as being awaken.. in dream I was in Alaska next to an airfield where I watch a Stealth Black Bird Hawk Land’ Get to...

Anointing Healing

by | Mar 1, 2023 | 0 comments

When we pray in faith and anoint our loved one and they die. How God not answer our prayer.  St Augustine says that God always answers our prayers. Even when He say not right now it is because He wants to answer our prayers in a more perfect way. When we anoint our...

Growth in Holiness

by | Feb 28, 2023 | 0 comments

For what it worth!! Thought by Fr Stefan It is said that ‘The crisis of our era is a crisis of Saints.’ Often we think we want to be the loudest voice speaking out against those who we think our the enemies.. this is often take the form of political outrage. And Yes...

How do grow in Faith

by | Feb 28, 2023 | 1 comment

I was asked today in the website “Fr Stefan I have meet you a couple of times? You also seems like a person of faith. How can I grow in Faith?’ This is a big question. First of all I am touched that someone sees me as a person of faith. Blessed Pope Paul...

prayer

by | Feb 24, 2023 | 0 comments

Prayer to Bishop O Connell Father we thank you for the gift of the humble bishop priest Bishop O Connell. Who was murdered.. He lived a life of faith and love for the poor, the immigrant, the unborn.. He had the smell of the sheep..As there are the fires of revival...

Still. some more thoughts on fasting

by | Feb 21, 2023 | 0 comments

“The fast of Lent has no advantage to us unless it brings about our spiritual renewal. It is necessary while fasting to change our whole life and practice virtue. Turning away from all wickedness means keeping our tongue in check, restraining our anger, avoiding all...

More Thoughts on Fasting

by | Feb 21, 2023 | 0 comments

I might be the last person you expect to give some reflection on fasting. It is clear that fasting is not one of my strength, but I am working on it. At a recent retreat at meal time we receive what most people would consider a normal meal such as; a tuna fish...

Fasting Lent

by | Feb 21, 2023 | 0 comments

This morning for the closing prayer the priest prayed these words, “That our Lenten fast may be pleasing to you and be for us a healing remedy.” Father Charles M. Murphy in his book ‘The Spirituality of Fasting’ writes, ” In a much-read and discussed book, ‘The...

Lent Control

by | Feb 21, 2023 | 1 comment

Eve saw the fruit was pleasing to look at and she ate it.. St John Paul II said ‘that the essence of the original sin is to grasp what we want rather than receive it as a gift.’ I was listening to a talk by a priest and he mentioned that in Lent we can...

Holy Spirit revival

by | Feb 19, 2023 | 0 comments

Jesus was right next to me. Asbury revival sets Catholic on fire with the Holy Spirit… Catholics and revivals. Right now there is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Asbury.. That I am sure of.  Now we as Catholic might say we ‘Have the Holy Spirit’...