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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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Every Gift also includes a Task …

… 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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When the Jump is Imminent

There are paths that are dark. We don’t know exactly where they lead. There are questions waiting to be answered. There are situations in which no one can advise me – it depends on me, on my trust in God, on my courage to take the step I have recognized as the right one. But […]

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Speaker at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site

“Survival Strategies”  On October 12, 2019, I held my first theme tour on this subject at the Dachau concentration camp memorial site. I suggested this theme a year ago because I found it interesting and hoped to mention our founder, Father Joseph Kentenich. Again and again in the preparation, I discover impressive examples of prisoners. […]

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A star whose light can still be seen today

Gábor Paál, German science journalist and author, comments on the question in an interview: “How do you know if a star we see at night still exists?” An interesting question. It is not so easy to answer because the stars are hundreds of light years away. Even if they no longer exist, their light can […]

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

With a Christmas wish from Father Joseph Kentenich The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary wish all the visitors of our site a blessed and merry Christmas! “What has been sung into the souls of the shepherds by the angels? Listen: ‘You will find a little child …‘ (Luke 1:12). This gives us a great goal in […]

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Prayer always changes reality

90 years daily 24 hours worship “Prayer always changes reality,” says Pope Francis. These words confirm Father Kentenich’s thoughts and actions. Since the foundation of the Schoenstatt Movement, he has promoted a strong Eucharistic current, connected with a universal apostolic apostolate. “Prayer renews the world,” he once said. “In Christ we go to the Father […]

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Kentenich – WORD „HEAVEN”

  “HEAVEN” “Heaven is where God is …” “I imagine that some day when I am in eternity I will be able to serve you and the Schoenstatt Work much more from heaven than I was able to do here on earth.“

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Climb higher!

“I was born to higher things, to one day become an Immaculata Child.” “For nothing is impossible for God.” (Luke 1:37). These words determine the history of the Virgin of Nazareth, who went through the world without the stain of original sin because of the merits of her being the Mother of God. Mary belongs […]

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