“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God” (Lk 1:30) Three hundred young people are gathered in Rome during these days to discuss the topic of Church, youth, and vocation. But this is only the minority of participants – a total of 14,100 young people are involved in the discussion online […]
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It won’t take long before a certain couple will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. The man tells us joyfully that they are now having the letters bound which they wrote at the time of their first love. These love letters are more for them than a few pieces of paper and a little ink. These […]
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Radical Change, Upheaval, a New Beginning So many things are radically changing, posing questions, calling for a new beginning – right now, on the national and international political stage, and in the realm of our church. This also holds true in our personal life: radical changes, upheavals, new beginnings, situations that were not there like […]
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New paths –one needs a little time until one has found them and then also goes along them. That is something I have experienced very practically in this year. A large wooded area very near our house invites one to go walking there. For a long time I always went the same route until one […]
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The Christmas season in its actual Christian meaning wants to move our hearts and have an effect in them also this year. It wants to leave a glow in our hearts. The charming sounds of the Christmas songs can really put us in the mood, yet it can really only be Christmas when it occurs […]
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A child asked his mother about Advent and Christmas. The mother answered, “Oh, Advent and Christmas – that is something very boring.” Things that happen every year or every day can lose meaning, become routine, and even get boring. We all know of such things. But does this also apply to Advent and Christmas? […]
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Called to Joy In his message for the 55th World Day of Prayer for Vocations, Pope Francis emphasizes each Christian’s vocation to joy. This vocation is placed before our eyes anew on Christmas: “Even amid these troubled times, the mystery of the Incarnation reminds us that God continually comes to encounter us. He is God-with-us, […]
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