W drodze 2016, nr 13

It is with a great sense of joy that we hand you this special edition of the monthly magazine „W drodze” (On the Way), published by the Polish Dominicans for over 40 years. Produced specifically to coincide with the 2016 World Youth Day, we hope that its cont...

When God forgives a sin, it is entirely erased, nothing is left on the margins. God restores innocence completely as if the sin had never existed. It is half past four in the morning. A hall in an old castle still bearing traces of its previous splendo...

A sin is not a matter that concerns only me and God. A sin destroys the community too. It is in its name that sins are forgiven by its representative - a priest. Let’s imagine that we have only a single chance to go to confession in our whole life. Too...

If there is no affection, kindness and trust between the inhabitants of a bishop's residency, presbitery, monastery or convent, and if nobody wants to be with their housemates such a dwelling cannot be called a home. I do not like statements sayings su...

Anger is not an opposite of intimacy. Even our loved ones can sometimes frustrate us, for they cannot fulfill all our needs. Mateusz Łuksza OP: What is anger? Andrzej Wiśniewski: Anger is a very important feeling. Thanks to anger we can set bou...

Confession is showing the Lord Jesus that in this place it hurts and a little there, so that He would kiss these painful places, so the pain goes. Roman Bielecki OP: Why do we speak so often of confession? Is it proof of the vitality of this sacrament ...

Among English and Welsh Catholics, ancient penitential prac-tices are back. Is the Church digging in? Or is the sound pride of Catholic identity being born? A full English breakfast. Its chief ingredients are bacon and eggs. However, it is not full if ...

It is said that the wedding is for the bride and groom, while the reception is for the family. There is something in this. The organisation though, of a wedding party is also a lesson in family dialogue, compromise and being able to negotiate. Katarzyn...

Luca Giani is the son of the chief of the Vatican gendarmerie. He is responsible for the Pope's safety 24/7. How is it to live and grow in the Vatican City, to meet the Pope while walking in the garden, to talk with him about the future? Jolanta Brózda...

Dt 30:10-14 / Ps 69 / Col 1:15-20 / Lk 10:25-37 Before we jump into the parable itself, let us focus first on the scholar of the law. He is a man of paradoxes. On one hand he is well versed in the Scriptures and has a profound understanding of them, as...

Gen 18,20-32 / Ps 138 / Kol 2,12-14 Wie kleine Kinder bitten die Jünger Jesus: Lehre uns beten! Zeig uns, wie das geht! Und wie so oft, gibt Jesus nicht eine einfache, eindimensionale Antwort. Ja, in diesem Evangelium (Lk 11, 1-13) gibt er ihnen etwas ...

Ecc 1:2; 2:21-23 / Ps 90 / Col 3:1-5, 9-11 / Lk 12:13-21 It is noted by scholars that Luke’s Gospel has a particular concern for the poor. This can be discovered in all sorts of places by comparing it with the Gospels of Mark and Matthew; I am going to...