AI translated sermon of Bishop Stobnicki. Original video is found below it for those who want to practice their Polish!

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Dear Faithful,

Very often, we hear people say that God is absent from their lives, that He is not acting, and that He is in no way interested in them. They feel left here on earth entirely on their own, unable to discern the will of God.

Yet, today’s Gospel teaches us exactly how God works in human life and how He educates us.

Consider Saint John the Baptist. He taught his disciples that Jesus was the Messiah expected and foretold by the prophets—God become man. He clearly declared to them that he himself was not the Messiah, but was sent only to prepare the way for the Savior. "He must increase, but I must decrease," John announced.
But his disciples did not understand this. They could not comprehend John's answer; they did not believe it. Therefore, John sent two of his disciples to Jesus to ask Him directly: "Are You the One who is to come, or shall we look for another?"

The Redeemer, of course, was perfectly aware of John’s plan. He did not answer them directly, as John’s disciples might have expected. Instead, He pointed to the great works He was performing—works foretold by the Prophet Isaiah, which should have been a clear sign to those learned in the Scriptures that the Messiah had indeed arrived. And truly, when John's disciples heard the words of Jesus, the veil immediately fell from the eyes of their souls. They instantly recognized Jesus as the Savior and Messiah.

The Temptation of Easy Answers

Truly, dear faithful, it is in our nature to want God to hand us solutions and answers to our nagging questions on a silver platter, so that we might not have to exert ourselves in the slightest. A vast number of Catholics desire an "asymptomatic" Catholicism—a faith where one need not use reason, where no effort is required.
Because we are not ready for that effort or for the use of our intellect, there are so many among us who are blind, plunged into the darkness of error and the gloom of sin.

My dear ones, He who instructed John's disciples does not cease to instruct us and lead us toward the knowledge of the truth. God very rarely interferes directly in human life. But even when He does not intervene directly, He acts unceasingly through His grace. Every person here on earth receives enough grace from God to save their soul. However, it depends entirely on us whether we make use of this Divine grace—to let it enlighten our reason and strengthen our will, so that we may come to know the true God, love Him, and serve Him.

Just like the disciples of Saint John the Baptist, every human being faces a choice: Will you use your reason to discover the truth? Or will you remain a mindless fool?

The Miracles in Our Lives

Dear faithful, if we open the eyes of our souls, we will realize that we are constantly witnessing the very things that caused John’s disciples to believe. We may not realize it, but these miracles—and even greater ones—are happening around us constantly, even in our own lives:

• The blind recover their sight when our souls are filled with the true Light, our Lord Jesus Christ.
• The lame walk when they rise from spiritual paralysis and, supported by God's grace, climb the mountain of Christian perfection.
• Lepers are cleansed whenever sinners, following the example of Saint Mary Magdalene, fall at Christ’s feet, regretting and weeping for their sins.
• The deaf hear when a person opens their soul to the voice of God’s call and begins to follow it.
• The dead rise again whenever those who have committed mortal sin regain the life of the soul through the Sacrament of Penance.
• The poor have the Gospel preached to them when we, spiritual paupers without any merit of our own, have the honor and privilege to stand at the foot of the Cross as we hear Holy Mass.

But do we—Catholics living in these times, seeing all these signs of God's action—truly believe that Jesus is the Redeemer, the only Redeemer of every man? Do we want to perceive that God is working in this world and in our lives? Or do we prefer to switch off our reason and despair, complaining about how lonely we are and how God is not interested in us?

A Call to Action for Advent

Dear faithful, throughout this Advent we are experiencing, we must prepare ourselves—not for a lavishly set table or a mountain of gifts, but for the coming of the Savior. Each of us is called to this, and each has the opportunity to spend all of eternity with Jesus. But do we think about this daily? Are we even interested in God's offer? Or is our eternity completely indifferent to us?

Every person—priest, farmer, police officer, teacher, entrepreneur, father, mother, student—all are called to know the true God with the help of His grace, to love Him, and to serve Him faithfully. Each of us should examine our conscience on how we fulfill the duties of our state in life—those daily obligations through which, by performing them conscientiously, we can sanctify ourselves and draw nearer to God.

My dear ones, let us no longer be like a reed shaking in the wind. Let us no longer be mindless Catholics who expect ready-made answers and solutions, saying, "Jesus, You handle this; I’ll just sit here and wait."

Let us finally believe that He who was sent to save mankind is close—close to each of us. Christ the Lord comes unceasingly to scatter the darkness of our lives through the light of His grace.

And, following the example of Saint John the Baptist, let us prepare the way for Jesus into the hearts of others, our neighbors. Let us consider whether we often sin by "talking too much" (verbosity), rather than simply giving a good example and drawing others to God through our good deeds. For each of us is called to prepare the way for the Savior—the way into human hearts.

On this Second Sunday of Advent, together with the whole Holy Church, let us lift up the words of prayer to Heaven:
"Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the ways of Thine only-begotten Son, that through His coming we may be worthy to serve Thee with purified minds."

Amen.




In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost

This is the one I used

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