Exempla trahunt – Examples inspire.The book by John Wehinger, missionary in Burma, titled: Three years among lepers, engendered in Fr. Beyzym a desire for missionary and charitable word among lepers. In October 1897 he asked the provincial, John Badeni, S.J., for permission to work among lepers. He stated he was ready to work in any […]
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BLESSED JAN BEYZYM. GOOD-MINDED FATHER
Father Beyzym built all his life on Jesus. Father gave Him the lead on the difficult road of his religious and priestly vocation. He began to think about his future when he was twelve. He paternalised his younger sisters and brothers and willingly took care of them. He avoided trivial entertainments, shied away from dances […]
BLESSED JAN BEYZYM or LOVE THAT LEADS US
“Even if eros is at first mainly desire, in drawing near to the other person it becomes less and less concerned with itself, increasingly seeks the happiness of the other, bestows itself and wants to “be there for” the other. It is then that the element of agape enters into this love”. (Benedict XVI, Deus […]