Impulses Archive - Schönstätter Marienschwestern

HUMAN(S)CHILD

DECEMBER We can breathe again. We are a redeemed humanity. Heaven is open to us again. J. K. HUMAN(S)CHILD Advent—a time to make wishes. What is great fun for children is sometimes difficult for adults. When asked last year what they associated with longing, 2500 people mentioned the following in particular: “missing someone/something,” […]

PATIENCE

NOVEMBER To be good, you also need a bit of time. J. K. PATIENCE Actually, I know it is not prudent to respond immediately to a remark or to an E-Mail that angers me. I wish I had the attitude my grandmother had in her old age – when life had long been reduced […]

We Have Been Richly Blessed!

Thanksgiving on Mt. Schoenstatt, Germany “Thank you” is a words we use every day with other people. Once a year, in common, we Christians consciously direct our gratitude to God and say “Thank you” for the harvest. On the morning of Thanksgiving Day, when we entered the Adoration Church, our eyes were immediately directed to […]

CALLED

October What should the Blessed Mother awaken in us? The urge for the highest. J. K. CALLED “Mary, Mother of Yes. You listened to Jesus. You knew the sound of his voice and his heartbeat. You, Morning Star, speak to us about him!” are the words of a song. Once, in front of a […]

PURPOSEFUL

September What is important to me? Where do I want to go? Then make the small decisions! J.K. PURPOSEFUL Where fox and hare say goodnight, a colleague goes jogging every day. Actually, you meet no one there. Recently, however, a friend who was also jogging met the colleague at dawn. My friend remarked in […]

I AND YOU

August What is important to me? Where do I want to go? Then make the small decisions! J.K. I AND YOU “Three qualities you associate with me,” is what a friend wished from her guests for her fortieth birthday. An interesting variety of words were brought together – some as expected, others surprising. Who […]

ALWAYS THERE

July There is nothing that can prevent the good Lord from touching and meeting us. J.K. ALWAYS THERE “I still need to make my scroll,” remembered my mother. She was to travel soon with a group of pilgrims to Israel. She wanted to follow in the footsteps of Jesus – and the footsteps of […]

PRECIOUS

June Whoever has the eyes of a child, is surrounded by wonders. J.K. PRECIOUS Recently I looked after Florie, age four. When I announced “Now we’re going outside for a little while,” she nodded very intelligently: “I’ll put on my mud pants!” I soon understood why they were so important. Lucky it is, […]

CARE

APRIL When love is awakened, it must be nurtured. Even if is awakened spontaneously, it does not grow by itself. J.K. Care I visited a friend. She and her husband were having a bit of a hard time at the moment. He had just come back from shopping, two children in tow. Even before […]

RAISED

MARCH The Easter person is a person of inner joy. It is joy that God loves us. J.K. raised A young father said the following about his daughter: “I love her so dearly. Of course I know that it would not be good, but I would love to protect her from all the dangers […]