Corona crisis! Canceled events: Overnight “set to zero.” Or? – Jesus in the last days of his life: How did he wear himself out to tell people his good news? What didn’t he all do! Crowds gathered around him – and he effortlessly fed thousands. They cheered him; they gave him a grandiose entrance into […]
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Holy Week Every year Holy Week leads us to the high point of our Christian faith, the Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter. We remember the suffering, death and resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ, the gift of the Eucharist. This year Holy Week is marked by special events. I would like to go into […]
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Cordial invitation “An Hour before the Lord” – online Calm down, entrust my concerns to God, meet God, to move on with renewed vigour. “Let us learn again to rest in God.” J. Kentenich for prayer every Saturday starting today prepared by Sister M. Tabea Platzer Next date: April 4, 2020
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An invitation, to stay with the Blessed Mother in the Original Shrine and sing her praises
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Mary, full of grace! For the feast day today we would like to consider some words of this biblical scene as Fr. Joseph Kentenich presented it in a sermon for the German community in Milwaukee / USA on January 10, 1965. He said: “The Ave in her ear (Lk 1:26-38). From whom does the Ave […]
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“I have made you father of many nations.” Rom 4, 17 On this feastday of St. Joseph, we also celebrate the name day of the founder of the Schoenstatt Work, Father Joseph Kentenich. We look in a special way at his fatherly charism. Today’s liturgy introduces us to St. Joseph as a distinctive father-figure. Joseph […]
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CORONA – a virus • is spreading explosively over all countries of the world; every day we hear new news about its spread, about its fight, about precautions and protection measures, recommendations, obligations … • Events and meetings of all kinds will be cancelled; schools, day-care centers, and shops will be closed, and social contacts […]
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“It is worthwhile looking into one’s own life. The failures that others have, we also have in seed. We can perhaps more easily cover them up. I am simply human and nothing human is far from me. When a person has learned to know his own weakness and knows what a person can do to […]
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“If I love my children, it does not show through statements and testimonies of love. Certainly, they may also be there but they are long not a proof of genuine love. Paul tells us, ‘Love is long-suffering, kind, patient’, etc. These are all things of sober, everyday life. We must also see them soberly.” September […]
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… and often a Sword in the Heart Every gift includes a task, a challenge and often a “sword” in the heart. We also perceive this reality in the life of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. She was chosen to be Mother of God and Mother of the expected Messiah. What a gift of God’s […]
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