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December 6, 2007 by Fr. Pawel
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My nephew and my cousin telling me goodbye at the Szczecin airport. You can tell by our red eyes that we all are related. The boy is very confused in this place. He was promised to see airplanes, but there are no airplanes in the lobby and the suitcases disappear into a wall.
Never once did I fall asleep during my own preaching which is the best evidence that I am a terrific preacher.
When the British Captain James Cook landed on different Pacific islands in the 1700s, he always claimed the place for the British Empire. Following his suit I claim every hiking trail I take for the Republic of Poland. Therefore, while hiking in Sedona, please, keep in mind that in many cases you are on Polish territory. In the picture, a view from the former Doe Mesa, now Jelenia Gora.
This is my regular activity as a missionary in Arizona. I have calculated that so far, during my stay in Arizona, in the saddle I must have spent at least 213 or maybe even up to 246 …
… seconds. Then the horse started to sway and I thought, “Ok, that’s it!”
This reminds me so much of my native city Szczecin with the ships that I used to stare at with awe as a boy. But the picture is taken in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was a real joy to be in a place where an early Christian community received two letters of St. Paul. If you claim that I included this picture just to brag about my travels – you are right!
This is my friend Joe. He is the technical wizard of this blog. Be nice or he will delete your post in cold blood. :) Pages
I bought this story for my nieces, and they still go in to their room and bring it out for me to read to them, or for them to read to me or each other. They love the story and the pictures. Without being “preachy”, this story teaches them to be caring and loving. It teaches them to pay attention to the feelings of others, and the importance of feeling good about themselves. They recognize their unique abilities and talents, and then they try to ask others what their talents are.
Father Pawel is an unassuming, humble person, and children feel drawn to him. It has been our pleasure and our blessing to have had him here in our parish, and we will miss him greatly, though his love and humility will remain in us and make us better people for having known him.
God bless all who read this book, the children who hear and learn from this story, and Father Pawel for the talent to write this for us.
Dear Carol, thank you so much for this comment. I almost did not recognize myself in the description. It is probably the best evidence how humble I am. Right now I am working on another story to which you contributed with your editing. Thank you for that. I cannot wait until it is finished so I can share with you the final product.
Fr. Pawel,
Thanks so much for being at St Tim”s, you truly are loved and appreciated!
Dear Lensch family, thank you so much for the welcoming words. Your openness to newcomers is a huge gift for me. Blessings on you all.
Dear Fr. Pawel,
Welcome to St. Timothy! I know you’ve been here for a couple of months now, but I’m a little slow. I enjoyed reading your blogs. You have a very good sense of humor!
I haven’t read your book, yet, but it sounds really good. I remember reading stories to my children when they were young. I tried to pick ones with good moral lessons.
Now, my children are teenagers and it’s much harder to reach them. They are more interested in the things of this world like music, friends, sports, and being cool. So, if you can find time to write something that will “hit home” with them, I’d sure appreciate it. Mostly, they just roll their eyes at me!
We went to teen mass when you presided a couple of weeks ago. Your homily was really good. You really got your message across! Jesus loves you! (and so do we)
Take care!
Mrs. Williamson,
I am glad you liked that. A few families and I thought it might interesting to exchange ideas as catholic parents so we created another blog http://www.catholicparents.wordpress.com. You mentioned your teen kids. I hope you find something interesting and useful on that blog. We will be happy to hear any suggestions.
Blessings.
Dear Father Pawel,
I was so glad to hear from my friend Joyce that we have a Polish priest at St. Tim.
We have been attending Holy Cross Church which is only a mile from our house and St. Tim is 20 miles but I would love to meet you.
Would you let me know when you will be celebrating Mass on Saturday.
Welcome!!
I am of Polish decent. Maiden name Wysocki. Mom & Dad came from Poland. They both did go to be with the Lord.
I am trying to remember some words in Polish but not speaking it for many years I am having a hard time.
God be with you and hope it is soon that I do meet you.
Have heard just wonderful comments.
Mrs. McMann,
do not worry, I speak a little bit of English so chances are we may understand each other. And there is always the sign language.
Mass times vary for each priest here so the best way is to call the parish and they can tell you the schedule for the coming Sunday.
Blessings.
Father you just told a big fib. I hear your English is excellent.
Keep us in your prayers.
Mrs. McMann,
you caught me red-handed. Blessings.
Father,
You have been a blessing to St. Tim’s and I appreciate your outreach to our Parish and young people.
It is incredible how you connect with the youth of the parish, and remind the old (us) of our role and life long ministry of being good Practicing Catholic Parents. It is not easy to always be that, however, we have another voice than the one inside telling us often of what we already know. Thank you for your sermons and your page here to share and reflect upon.
God Bless you, and we are so happy to have you here at St. Tim’s.
Brother in Christ,
Michael
Michael,
thank you so much. But I have to tell you – you guys are easy – nice, friendly, open, welcoming – you make it difficult not to get involved. So I thank you.
Blessings.
Father,
Just wanted to say thank you for helping me regain that joy I once had. I can breath and rejoice again in the midst of much suffering. I will never forget to ask out Lady to comfort you each time I see you.
In the Immaculate Heart,
Veronica
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation 🙂 Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Ligurian
Ligurian, still thanks for stopping by – what point did you miss?
Hi Fr.,
My friend said your homily today at 10:30 was amazing and touched on exactly some of the issues with which we have been grappling. I went to Mass last night and am so sorry to have missed it. Thank you for your inspiring homilies and all of your work. God Bless you,
Patty
Hi Fr. Pawel! I wanted to mention that your homily last Sunday (teen mass) about the small blessings in life that are FREE for us to feast on was really special. Especially at a time when so many people are stressed with money, jobs, and material goods it is so nice to be reminded to find joy in all that God provides for us. Recently I discovered that the same hummingbird sits on a branch outside my home office window each day. I’ve never seen a hummingbird SIT and relax before…they are usually flapping their wings furiously…so I try to take a break from my job when I see that little tiny hummingbird taking a rest too.
I really enjoy your homilies. My grandpa is from Slovenia and you remind me of him (he is a very spiritual, funny, wise guy).
-Becky
Dear Fr. Pawel,
Fr. Pawel,
Thank you for being the man you are. Thank you for following God, for not being afraid to be his messenger, our shepherd, and thank you for not being afraid to be real with us. May God bless you daily in your ministry, and being a little selfish, may he keep you around for awhile…for your friendship is a gift. (we are friends right?)
Ryan
Fr. Pawel,
I am so sad to hear you are leaving us. You are such an inspiration and because of your honesty have led my husband and I to realize what we need to do in our lives. Thank you for all of your work that you have done at St. Timothy’s and wherever you end up the people will be so incredibly lucky to have you. You will be missed terribly!
Mindi Cadden
Fr. Pawel,
Say it’s not so!! I was so crushed to hear that you are being transferred from St. Tim’s. You just got here! I wish you peace and happiness wherever you go. You will be GREATLY missed by many.
Joyce
Father Pawel, where are you going? We will miss your honest voice at St. Tim’s.
Thank you, for your work at St. Tim’s.