to make a good end 2016

To visit the Blog Kdb is like a "camel-ride in the desert". I like to give thanks to all visitors - hoping the visits are encoureging. 
I give you now an overview over all the 47 Blog-letters in 2016. A second visit can bring
you more understanding. I also like feed-backs - use: rcpcleu@iafrica.com.na.

Kdb 01  A new picture of the RCC in 2016       ///   poverty + obedience + chastity ???
Kdb 02  Project DECLARATION - What is NEW ?   ///  a new heaven + a new earth ?
Kdb 03  The World-VIEW of AB Denis Hurley OMI  ///   Community serving Humanity
Kdb 04  DUST - Stardust - CALL...                           ///  the CALL of God into Life
Kdb 05  and lead us not into temptation...                ///  resurrection without cross-way
Kdb 06  A new Sex-Culture...  a temptation ?           ///  Sex is water - Love is wine
Kdb 07  VALUE - management = a Lenten exercise                      ///  give account
Kdb 08  Holy Church - wake up !          /// meta-noia = I'm racing for the fullness of Life
Kdb 09  In-Dependence 2016   /           ///  in reality we depend on all
Kdb 10  Easter / more than Nature...    ///  human = Nature + Mind + Spirit
Kdb 11  The BODY of the Risen Lord Jesus Christ...    /// a modern error: without Body
Kdb 12  INVITATION  "see you again"   ///  50 year a Catholic Priest
Kdb 13  the WAY into fullness of Life...  ///  Christ going the resurrection way
Kdb 14  engaged with Art's-education... ///  Art + Culture + Church
Kdb 15  SIGNS of Life to the Full           ///  Feasts as steps into the fullness
Kdb 16  embody the Spirit of God          ///  God is a given Gift - it means given !!!
Kdb 17  HOW to I understand myself ?  ///  Jesus: I am Bread for the Life of the World
Kdb 18  get up to ...                                ///  to embody the "Good News"
Kdb 19  The Power of Forgiveness        ///  forgiveness is a medicine
Kdb 20  How much do we know Jesus Christ ?          ///  the embodiment of God
Kdb 21  The Priest - an enabler of "HERE + NOW"    ///  the presence as a chance
Kdb 22  Christian Life is a joyful event...       /// "ite missa est"  sent - and we go
Kdb 23  Do God - what a message !             ///  to activate God
Kdb 24  I'm really SORRY...                          ///  the Church as an terror-organisation
Kdb 25  The BAOBAB-tree as a SYMBOL   ///  we are rooted in Heaven + in Earth
Kdb 26  Public - APC-FINANCE - Info's       ///  make a budget and give account
Kdb 27  ready for actions...                          ///  for this you need a Community
Kdb 28  How much do you assume Mary ? ///  do you know her self-understanding?
Kdb 29  Glory to God in the Highest            ///  The glory of God is the Person fully alive
Kdb 30  About Invitation...                            ///  Did you accept the Invitation?
Kdb 31  Jesus a provocateur                       ///  Sacraments as healing-process
Kdb 32  The sanctification of poverty           ///  you cannot share nothing
Kdb 33  The sanctification of richness...      ///  do you know your richness ?
Kdb 34  "Increase our faith"                         ///  lear to make decisions
Kdb 35  Faith - translation                           ///  our "creed" needs translation
Kdb 36  10 : 1 / Lk 17.11-19                        ///  to discover the healing is not easy
Kdb 37  An excellent APC - Experience...   ///  ongoing formation to give your best
Kdb 38  faith on earth ? where ?                 ///  faith is not begging - you have rights
Kdb 39  MISSION - Sunday 2016               ///  the Kingdom of God is a way
Kdb 40  HOPE for the RICH...                    ///  Zachaeus has opend his heart
Kdb 41  resurrection                                   ///  God has sent us on an excursion
Kdb 42  YoM - missed chance                    ///  Is God MERCY - now given ?
Kdb 43  ADVENT - a PROCESS                ///  we discover how God appears in history
Kdb 44  Advent - what kind of redeemer ? ///  Choose you Prophet
Kdb 45  ADVENT - real ?                           ///  Is the redeemer now born or not ?
Kdb 46  near Christmas                             ///  a member of the Jesus Movement ?
Kdb 47  to make a good end 2016             ///  Blogs as Inspiration

We discover: a lot of Ideas have been posted; proposals for better Church-Life etc...
Therefore we hope we have done better than ever in 2016
And 2017 may become a NEW Year - so I wish you the courage to make it a NEW one.
see you over there /  ons sal ons weer seen / oshii wete /  uf wiederluge

near Christmas

Our APC-Tsumeb has been (again) in Swakop, participating with the famous "Swakopmunder Musikwoche" (08. - 18.12.2016). For all the 30 participants a great success and a joy with a lot of experiences... I played the role of a Supervisor...  and a daily walk
on the beach was a refreshing...

Now back in the heat of Namibia we go nearer to the great Feast.
Since 1805 the message came to Namibia: "Over there in Bethlehem Jesus is born; accepted as the Christ". Until today quite a lot of people in Namibia like to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ. Now a lot of stories are well known; we know about the Angels the shepherds etc...Everybody knows: it's long ago!
Today it's our duty and our salvation to live our own lives; this is right and just. 
But where is my life? Good question! Since of old people know: my life is part of our lives. And again today remain the question: My life is part of which movement? The Jesus-Movement?
Exactly this we go to show to our people - as we celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ,
we show our participation with the Jesus-Movement of our time.
Later, we learn a lot about Jesus and the Church - we fabricate our Jesus-Images, some try to establish a relationship with the internal Jesus - why not? important is today our decision
to celebrate his birth. By his birth he became one of us; a member of our human World-Community. Later we will find out about his role in the history, about his role in my own life...
first we have to accept: he became one of us. How was the conception? how was the birth? how was the manger? how was the first visitor? How was the family? good to know!
But first give him the acceptance to be one of us!

[As you know it's not an easy task to accept someone as "one of us". Sometimes it's dangerous; sometimes nearly impossible. And this strange Jesus: one of us? ]

At least let's celebrate his birth; he may live as a human being and we may discover his value later. We may discover:  what a kind of life is possible. Give him a chance.

ADVENT - real ?

The Catholic Church has invited us to keep Advent in our memory. Advent is the time before Jesus Christ was born. Many many years people have been crying and waiting for a Redeemer (some until today). Finally HE came; the Arrival is a FACT; it means ADVENT is over. Now a day there is no more a real ADVENT. It's for Christians very important to know the difference: There is a time before Jesus Christ was born and there is a time after Jesus Christ was born. There is a time of pregnancy and there is a time after-birth. If we sing: "oh come oh come Emmanuel", we unite us with people long ago; we participate with their hope and expectation; we celebrate a FACT, already happend.
But for us it's strange; a time without Jesus Christ is nearly unthinkable. Is it possible for us to come together next Sunday to tell everybody (maybe also on TV): sorry people, there is no redeemer born yet; but we feel a redeemer is most needed - so we held up our arms and cry as loud as possible " oh come oh come Emmanuel" ?  pls come asap...
The Church would excommunicate us. Don't forget: it's the message of the Church: the Redeemer is born (cf. our celebration of Christmas). The Church teaches us: the birth of Jesus Christ is a real FACT, not an illusion, not a fiction. And the Church also says: it's clever to accept the reality. The solution is "hear and see". A day-dreamer is not fit for our world-situation. If you wait for the Redeemer you are not a realist; you are a blind-walker.

Problem Nr 1:
HOW do we express our conviction: the real Redeemer already came ? Since 2000 years
every day HE offers his life-style, his message, his presence - and more - HE has given his presence in different ways and even in greater understanding than ever. His Arrival has started; HE is known as born, as Prophet, as Healer, as Unifyer, as crucified and as risen into the fullness of Life.  HOW WE EXPRESS THIS FACT ???

Problem Nr 2:
WHY the Church is undecided in the liturgical language - causing a lot of trouble and uncertainty. How many times Christians pray: "come Lord Jesus come" ? Such a prayer is denying the reality, is refusing to accept his Arrival as a FACT.

If HE wouldn't have come, we would know nothing about HIM - now as HE came - 
at least be real.