Refreshing Bread

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Adrian Rosca meditates upon wisdom as a personified being who invites us all to be attentive to her words and influence in human society, calling out people from all walks of life. Wisdom is the voice who stands among the people and demands attention; she is the guiding force to all human affairs. Wisdom is God’s delight! Proverbs 8:1-21 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Ovidiu Marginean is reflecting on the importance of our need to preach, teaching and acting with compassion just like Jesus did. Mark 1:35-44 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Ovidiu Marginean is reflecting upon the destroying power of the person who gives in the temptation of adultery. Proverbs 6:20 – 7:1 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Ovidiu Marginean is reflecting on the importance of our community. Just as in the case of ants or bees, a Christian life lived as a group where each member works for the good of the community not just themselves, is ultimately a life wisely lived. Proverbs 6:3-20 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Ovidiu Marginean is focusing on wisdom and marriage. Wisdom is having God always connected to one's marriage through ongoing communication and sharing with one's loved one the joys and sorrows of the day. Proverbs 5:1-15 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Ovidiu Marginean is reflecting on wisdom, our preserver and safe guarder, but also the power of understanding, as goals we should all pursue in our daily living. Proverbs 5:15-6:3 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Ovidiu Marginean is reflecting on the practical advice this section of proverbs on marriage, namely the emphasis placed on fidelity, which is key for a good life in marriage. Proverbs 5:15- 6:3 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Calin Tamiian meditates on Jesus' true love and courage as visible in his story of healing during the Sabbath. Mark 2:23-28; 3:1-5 Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Calin Tamiian focuses on the idea of doing good for our neighbors today - not tomorrow or the week after - but in the present moment. Proverbs 3:19-34 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today's episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Calin Tamiian meditates on how the Lord disciplines us. These moments are opportunities to grow. Discipline and some reproof although not pleasant in the moment, if done in love might bring good fruits in the end. Proverbs 3:1-18 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Calin Tamiian explores further the wisdom of God, one that does not change from one season to another, from one generation to another. This understanding will enable us to make our life more pleasant, prudent in regards to our temptations, and compassionate with our brothers and sisters in their realities. Proverbs 2:1-22 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Calin Tamiian is reflecting on the focus we place on our material and spiritual security. Security is of great importance to all of us. Yet, all the dimensions of our security, including our future are encompassed in the wisdom of God. Consequently, an easy heart is one that puts not its hope and faith into the things of the world but it comes from trusting God. Proverbs 1:20-33 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Calin Tamiian is reflecting on God’s wisdom and our foolishness. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. We are fools when we are full of ourselves. Yet in the fear of the Lord we will find the true knowledge. Are we humble enough to let God guide us in this season of Lent and hear God’s voice in the voices of our brothers and sisters? Proverbs 1:1-20 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Meditation by Fr. Cristian Laslo Today’s reading presents us part of the Testament that Christ left for his followers. After His passion, He anticipates the apparition of false witnesses; He reassures his disciples about the end of the ages, and he impels them to a virtuous life, for “all things are lawful, but not all things are helpful. All things are lawful, but not all things build up.” (2 Corinthians 10, 23). We heard about the false prophets that will rise, those who never knew God, but will try to impose their ideas about Him; those who will ask for benefits for their sweet poisoned words. They were always present in the history, and always will be, but God said: “I did not send the prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied” (Jeremiah 23, 21). All Scripture talks about the wolves dressed in sheepskin, inviting us to stay away from them, and to protect our Tradition and Sacraments. Regarding the end of the world, Jesus reminds us about the words of the Psalmist: “Of old t

Meditation by Fr. Cristian Laslo The Roman soldiers are taking Jesus up to Golgotha for the supreme sacrifice. For them it was only an amusement, for the Jews a revenge, but for the rest of mankind it was an act of kindness and mercy, the supreme act of love for the humanity. In the praetorium, or the Pilate’s palace court Jesus is stripped of his shirt and beaten without reason. Pilate thought that like that he could temper the Jewish accusers, but they did not have enough; they’ve received Barabbas, and now they wanted Jesus’ life. The soldiers are taking Jesus out of town, to the place called Golgotha and they are crucifying Him. Still, Jesus was praying for them. Unfortunately, the sacrifices for God were not stopped on Golgotha, but that was only the starting point for persecutions. Millions of Christians have died all over the places under this world rulers, and many are dying even today in Africa, Middle East or Asia. Just as Jesus, they are calling in their sufferings: “My God, My God, why hast thou

Meditation by Fr. Cristian Laslo Today’s Gospel is inviting us to reflect upon our Savior who is brought in front of the world’ rulers to be judged for revealing God’ love for mankind. Trying to interfere as little as possible in Jewish community, Pilate offers them to choose between Jesus and Barabbas, a killer. And they have chosen the killer. Jesus’ dialog with Pilate is more like a friendly talking than an interrogation. At Pilate’s questions, Jesus is not answering; He didn’t come to justify Himself. He came to act accordingly to the Father’ will. “He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.” (Isaiah 53, 7). Just like his disciples, the multitude seems to have forgotten the miracles that were done for them. They were already fed, healed, resurrected. They got what they expected, and now, after they have spread their clothing at His feet, they want Him dead. And

Meditation by Fr. Cristian Laslo In today’s Gospel we meet Jesus praying in Gethsemane garden, where He is found by Judah and the Temple’s guard. Through a kiss Jesus is identified, caught, and brought in front of a illegitimate court. They are bringing him false testimonies, but He doesn’t collaborate with the vicious men. Revealing Himself as the Son of God, they accuse Him of blasphemy, and they are sending him at the Roman authority. When we read the end of chapter 14 in the Gospel according to Mark, our heart can be filled with resentment against Jesus’ disciples. On the one hand is Judah, who for a few pennies betrays his Master, his friend, his brother. On the other hand most of the other apprentices, astonished and tired, fled. Peter has an salvific attempt, but he is appeased by Jesus. He also finds the courage to follow the crowd into the courtyard of the high priest, but here he will deny his Master too. Just like Job in his sufferings, Jesus could have said: “… my acquaintances are wholly estrang

Meditation by Fr. Cristian Laslo “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord, throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever.” (Book of Exodus 12, 14). Chapter 14 from the Gospel of Mark contemplates of the Last Supper, and Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. It also reveals the the perverted nature of mankind, using the image of the corrupted Judah and the weakness of the other disciples. Jesus is observing the Mosaic law before the Passover, sitting together with his brothers… true the corrupted ones. He knew them well, their desires, their dreams, their weaknesses. Yet, He didn’t choose them by their human impulses, but by their spark of divinity hidden deep into their conscience. The greedy Judah, the incredulous Thomas, the immature John, the unreliable Peter, the unstable sons of Zebedee… all in the same room, all at the same table, all receiving the true Body and Blood of Christ. After dinner they weren’t able to assist a

Meditation by Fr. Cristian Laslo In today’s Gospel Jesus is ready to enter in Jerusalem as the true Son of Man, like the old kings of Israel. His disciples are preparing the colt on which no one has ever sat, the crowds are spreading their garments on the road, and leafy branches, crying out loud “Hosanna!...” The King is bringing the new life to the mankind. A very ridiculous trend in every generation is to be concerned about the end of the world, about the apocalypse. If not, we are investing time in all kind of projects or hobbies, neglecting more and more the most important project which is our soul. And most of us have forgot that we have a soul, the living part of our existence, the only part that is everlasting and will live after our bones will be dried out and our memory long forgotten. This week's Gospel wants to remind us about the true meaning of our life, describing us a very human face of our Savior. In chapter 11 from Mark, we meet Jesus as he’s approaching to Jerusalem for the last time. He i

In today’s episode of Refreshing Bread, Fr. Radu Titonea meditates on the way we give. When we don’t have but give, it is not the amount that counts, but the heart or intention behind the giving. Similarly, when we have more, we don’t have to always do the math, but rather focus on God’s and our own satisfaction for the help that we have provided. All in all, in this life, the more we give, the more we will receive. Luke 20:45-47; 21:1-4 Music: Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)