John of the Desert.
He knows how is life in die Desert, life without Community. Therefore he calls all baptised people of today to go on the way. "Desert" is not for life, only for a short new experience;
a short refuge... not for staying.
John the finger of God.
His finger shows the direction where to go... to the river, the flowing water, where there is life. We have to find out the places offering more life and Community. The right direction to go is "make a turn" / meta-noia / new thinking / repent and find your way...
John the Baptist.
It is supposed nearly everyone who knows "John of today" is already baptised. Therefore he offers not any more a new Baptism... he calls the people of today into the Eucharistic-Community. Here is the place, the chance to get a new understanding of human life.
In this Community is the word of Jesus Christ actualised: "I'm Bread + Wine for the Life of the World". And oh wonder: most of the people have the courage to accept the "body of Christ" in order to become what he promised.
Today the Priest is ordained to imitate John the Prophet... calling the people:
go out of the desert, go to the river (the flowing life), and turn-around in favour of a new Community where Life is understood as "Bread + Wine".
If the Prophet is not present: No call... No meta-noia... No Eucharist...
Until now it is "common sense":
The Priest is ordained
to serve the Christian Community.
The Cty and the Priest together are the indispensable factors of the Cty-Eucharist.
Therefore it is the duty of the Priest to be at disposal for Sunday-Cty-Eucharist.
This is to keep as task Number 1 (priority).
Christian-Cty-Animation + Eucharist-Celebration (and at disposal for Confession)
is the reason for ordination.
To build up Priest-Fraternity is important - but there are many other chances (esp. if the Bishop knows this aim). If a Bishop decides to ordain a Priest on a Sunday he excludes
all Cty-Priests from participation. If a Cty-Priest goes on Sunday to a Priest-ordination and hinder the Cty-Eucharist - it's a sign of Clericalism (contempt strongly by Pope Francis).
It is sure the Cty has a good antenna to feel how much the Priest values the Cty-Eucharist. As more as the Priest is engaged in the Cty-Eucharist-Celebration as more the Believers
like to attend. If there is a decline in Mass-Attendance we discover as reasons mostly:
a) the value of the Cty-Eucharist is not yet recognised / why ?
b) the Church-Language is not understood / a famous fact in 2018
c) the lay-people are not good integrated into the celebration / passivity
The Sec. Vatic. Council expressed the conviction of the Church: The Cty-Eucharist is
a high event / a peak in the real Christian-life-performance.
What is wrong with Jesus? (Mk 3.20...).
His priority is to be engaged with the Cty... not with the family, not with the festive meals.
He proclaims: my brothers and sisters are the ones doing the will of God, not the one's who are ordained as my family. The ordained family accuses Jesus to be out of mind / crazy
and Jerusalem explains: This is a sign of possessed by an unclean spirit. Pls cancel him.
"play like the master"
"dancing the flute"
On the Mass-Plan,
there is a special message:
for the next Sunday
"all priests are at the Ordination in X"
[everybody knows: it means:
in the whole Parish - 6 Communities -
there will be NO Holy Mass !!!]
Q) How do you react to this message ???
a) WE Priests are so glad to have one more in the group - we have to go...
Yes' it's a sign of fraternity - they all have to go...
The Community (Cty) may perform a Word-Service.
b) The Cty-Eucharist is High-Point of Christian Life and therefore the Cty
has somehow a "right" to celebrate Eucharist - on Sunday - and because
there is not enough Priests - we don't go... Cty-Eucharist has priority.
c) We ask the Chief of the Priest-Group (the Bishop) to put the Sacrament of
Ordination to Saturday / Friday-evening. [ a + b are respected ! ]
d) If the Ordination "must be " performed on Sunday - why not arrange on
"Monday-after-Ordination" a Priest-Meeting to introduce the new Ordained
in a clever way into his "stand/state" by his Priests-Brothers.
All baptised Catholics (it means also the Priests) have to think about the Value
of the Cty-Eucharist. Whats your view ? A ? B ? C ?
I'm glad for every feedback
Vic. Hs. Leu
After we believe the Holy Spirit is poured out
we got an insight into the Mystery of God
and we discovered this Mystery is embodied
in the creation and celebrated by the Church.
How to play / how to behave ???
On the 10. Sun B in the Resurrection-Time Mk gives us a special view of JX (3.20-35)
He is at home - together with his disciples - but a great crowd has occupied him...
He is like a magnet and terribly busy and "no time" - also not for a meal... etc...
The family likes to rescue him - convinced he was out of mind / crazy. The scribes have
a more clear explication: "he is possessed by an unclean spirit".
We people have the same experience. We look at somebody and discover sthg special.
The first step (should be) the Q: "What's going on?" TAKE THE FACTs FIRST (2t2f) !
Only as we have registered the facts we may notice as sec. step: it seems sthg is wrong.
After an open investigation finally the 3 step (a judgement): He is crazy (out of mind /
possessed by a bad unclean spirit).
example: I discover I'm not an the Holy-Mass-plan (June/July 2018) (FACT)
1. step: what's going on ?
2. step: it seems sthg is wrong (we had an agreement: 3.06: Assunta / 10.06: St.A).
3. step: is he cracy / possessed by a bad spirit?
Take as an example also the catholic ordination of women:
1. Step: What's going on ? refusal
2. Step: Sthg is wrong? equal rights ? !
3. Step: Is the Church out of mind / possessed by an unclean spirit?
Jesus has gone into defence. PLS note: His defence is not God but his logic thinking:
"How can satan cast out satan?" and more: he revealed a new understanding of family;
a very interesting one: "who does the will of God" (not of the unclean spirit) is family.
This game: strange behaviour - accusation - defence by revelation
is a very human strategy of conflict-solving.
a young corporation
of joyful expectations
A soon as we have a developed BODY we start to think, to feel, to speak, to act...
without BODY forget it; we are not present.
"It's me" this is a clear declaration; the "me" is presented by my BODY with thinking,
feeling, speaking, acting.
Together with my BODY there is consciousness of my world, there is Mentality of my situation and - it's believed - there is soul [ the totality of my "me": "I am" with all what I received, what I did (as re-action) and what I didn't do.]
Afawk our trend to embody our "me" our presence, our values - without embodiment...
something is missing.
JvN has known the value of the body. And he has gone a great step into the embodiment as he revealed: my body is bread for the life of the world; my blood is poured out for many
as a sign of the new covenant.
Now after JvN has died - the Question of his embodiment got urgent. He is the risen Lord,
he is ascended into Heaven, he poured out the Holy Spirit... but is there no BODY ???
We know now 3 levels of the embodiment of JX:
a) every person is called for ... and some accept the invitation (cf. Baptism).
b) the baptised people together are a corporation (a common embodiment).
c) the eucharistic Celebration is the here-and-now-embodiment of JX (as the Community
proclaims the BODY as "bread + wine").
This Sunday is a call to discover the value of embodiment - embody your grace.
