Personal blog of

Fr. Stefan Starzynski

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’...

Hospital ministry

by | Feb 11, 2023 | 0 comments

As the Diocese kicks off the Bishop’s Lenten Appeal (BLA), please consider supporting our wonderful seminarians and all the good offerings that the Diocese provides, including the Hospital Ministry (mentioned in the video below at minute 1:50). It should be noted that...

Vatican 2 Pope Benedict

by | Jan 28, 2023 | 0 comments

I am now reading ‘How the Catholic Church can Restore our Culture ‘ by Archbishop Ganswein.. Pope Benedict was a man of the second Vatican Council.. It is often said that Vatican 11 was a postural council, not a doctrinal one.. but archbishop Ganswein says reflecting...

Synodal process and Peter apostles

by | Jan 17, 2023 | 0 comments

Jesus asks His Apostles ‘who do people say that I am ?’ The answer some say ‘you are Elijah or one of the prophets’ but Jesus says to Peter ‘who do you say that I am?’ Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus...

St Therese Holy Face

by | Jan 10, 2023 | 0 comments

St Therese lived a life of Hope. She saw beauty where other saw only ugliness.. In the book of Isiah we read ‘there was no beauty in Him’ this was a reference to Jesus in the Cross.. as Isaiah said ‘He was one from which men turn their eyes ‘ but St Therese saw beauty...

Art of dying

by | Jan 10, 2023 | 2 comments

I just finished reading a book ‘The Art of Dying’ A 13th c book on the art of dying. Scripture says call no man happy till his end death. Life is either a comedy or a tragedy that is know at the end. A person might have lived a sinful wicked life but turns to God at...

Funeral of Pope Benedict

by | Jan 5, 2023 | 2 comments

my thoughts … Over the last hundred years or so we have made saints or blessed most of the Popes of the last 100 years or so…. One priest said that St John Paul 11 spoke so well of ideas like freedom, human dignity… but Pope Benedict spoke only of Jesus. For Pope...

Holy Family

by | Dec 30, 2022 | 6 comments

Feast of Holy Family In the Sacramentary it is called ‘Feast of Jesus Mary and Joseph’ I would argue just for this feast it ought to be called ‘Feast of Jesus Joseph and Mary’ Joseph is guardian of the Jesus and husband of Mary. And he is called in the Litany ‘Head of...

Feast of St Stephen

by | Dec 26, 2022 | 0 comments

When I was assigned to St Patrick’s I lead a trip to the Holy Land.. we had an afternoon free.. and the tour guide pointed to the Church where St Stephen was Stoned to death.. This was about 18 years ago.. a bit less by a half a year or so.. but I remember the tour...