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.
Dear Reader.
In May 2018 I was two times in CH:
a) for the funeral of my twin-brother Josef
b) for Holiday with Ailly + Moni
and now I try again to give you
spiritual water... may it makes youhealthy and still more beauty ...
As you celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus you have to take into account his ascension into Heaven. These 40 days "between" are full of encounters; it's again time to exercise a new kind of life... and then - take it pls seriously - Jesus has disappeared. It follows: "10 day's in
fear" (without Jesus and without Holy Spirit is a very dark time - you know it). And now the Revelation - performed in a dramatic scene: people! The Holy spirit is poured out since ever; is given like a tongue for speaking, like an energy for engagement. That's a great reason to celebrate Pentecost.
As the Holy Spirit is given and accepted - we get insight into the Mystery of God. An old declaration for our God is the name "Trinity" (Sunday 28.05.2018). On theological level a very high title. On an all-day-level a normal experience:
The sun - a great mystery / a symbol of God - is given to us: as a light (Jesus: I'm Light of the World); as a warm -up (Creator God); as a source of energy (Holy spirit).
Dear Mr. xyz! You know ladies are a mystery. It may happen such a nice lady is given to you as a girl-friend, as a spouse, as the mother of your children. It means: one mystery given, experienced by three epiphanies. That's normal... that's "trinity in life": God the total holy Mystery let see, experience himself - God reveals himself - as human (Jesus), as creator
(Father-God), as spiritual energy (Holy Spirit).
What a great relief the Mystery of God given in all-day experiences.
Nearly everybody likes to do "good works".
It means to bear "good fruits"... Joh 15.1-8
Christians of today know: "to do good" is
glorification of God!
Jesus has shown the same feeling...
To do really "good works" is not so easy! But Jesus is ready today to give us advice,
a solution "HOW" we get able to do good works (not only to dream about).
The Gospel of today is therefore a declaration of unification "a branch cannot bear fruit all by itself, but must remain part of the vine - neither can you - unless you remain in me."
To remain united (with Jesus / God) is the source of good work.
The whole Creation shows us: unification is natural condition to bear fruit. Every child is
witness thereof. Everybody is fruit of unification and unification is condition of existence
and growing. First WE - then I / me
The law of unification is also condition for Christian Life.
"Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty".
"Jesus in me / in us" is a modern expression of Christian Belief.
It's of good value to discover HOW is Jesus in me / in us ! (in order to bear fruit).
The "Last Supper" / the Eucharistic Celebration shows: Jesus likes to be "bread + wine".
He is not first Partner, friend, helper etc... He is first a "source of energy".
Death and Resurrection means Jesus has disappeared as member of the present population... in favour of... to become "spiritual Energy of Life".
How do we fulfil
the will of God ???
as we pray in "Our Father",
as we try in our daily
christian life ???
There is in Ev John 6.29 a special answer - astonishing - given by Jesus:
"Working for God is: You must believe in the One He has sent" (JX).
id est: working for God, fulfil his will means: believe in Jesus Christ.
One may ask: is this all ?
Consider the meaning of "I believe in JX":
1. I accept JX as the Prophet of Nazareth, living 2000 years ago... and living today
as the Risen Lord.
2.) I'm convinced his Life is good for me, is yet salvation for me / for us...
(he has laid down his life for us - John 10.11)
(Acts 4.8-12: as we confess every Sunday "I believe in JX"
than we work for God... as better as we realise this in our daily life).
3. I see: his lifestyle is the best for all people to live...
I hear: his words as joyful message...
I feel: his engagement is total...
4. I take the Church (the Baptised people) as the Body of Christ of today.
You discover: "I belive in JX" is quite meaningful ...
