I’ve got one particular problem with the English language. It concerns my ministry among you. As you perfectly know, there are very few pronunciation rules in English, and even they have a lot of exceptions. So, actually I have to check pronunciation of many words in a dictionary. But the dictionary doesn’t contain all of the biblical names of people…
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Over the last few weeks the celebrations in Berlin, Prague and Budapest drew the attention of the mass media. Twenty years ago the peoples of Central Europe liberated themselves from communism and Soviet power. The desire for freedom survived in the peoples’ hearts despite oppression, persecution and brain washing. Communists believed that new generations, grown in that system would be…
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Today’s gospel is part of quite a long speech by Jesus. It is taken from the thirteenth chapter of St Mark’s gospel. This text is quite complicated, because it’s a mixture of forecasts concerning the downfall of Jerusalem, persecution of the disciples and apparently the end of the world. Actually it’s hard to separate the parts telling about the end…
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Last night I took part in a celebration of Poland’s Independence. At one point the Polish consul approached. When I was introduced she was really surprised to see a catholic priest from Poland dressed in a kilt outfit. I assume she expected to see a man in a long black robe and a collar – which is a very popular…
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Once a famous photographer had an exhibition. Among many visitors there was an equally well-known writer. When they met, the writer said: “I’ve watched your photographs and found them amazingly inspiring: the colours, composition… Every picture is absolutely stunning! You must have had a very good camera!” The photographer politely thanked him for his opinion. A few months later the…