Since I'm back in Namibia (after my refreshing CH-May-Holiday 2016) we have gone
to celebrate the Priesthood in Osire (29.05.2016 with dances, poems and a Braai), in
Fatima (Otjiwarongo 12.06.2016 / with best wishes and a pick-nick ), in Tsumeb (19.06.2016 in St. Barbara + in St. Francis / with a great dinner) and in Okakarara (26.06.2016 / with more people than ever and a pick-nick).
The joy of the Believers has shown me, they appreciate our priestly Service, they are grateful for a good prepared lively Celebration of the Eucharist. I have shown them that a Priest is a mediator for the relationship with God and exactly this Service can best be done only as we have the feeling "we go together the way into the fullness of Life". Without Community a Priest is lost and unable to serve.
We give thanks to God for the Grace to perform (now + here for me for 50 years) the
priestly Service - including all the joys and difficulties, all the experiences and failures.
The Communities have discovered: to be a Priest is a joyful Life-style, a very interesting journey. The song came up again: "The Church must be a sign of Life, a Community serving serving Humanity, Humanity".
The Gospel (Lk 9.57-62 in Okakarara) has proclaimed very clear: for a disciple of Jesus,
the establishment of the Kingdom of God has priority (a new Heaven + a new Earth / where fullness of Life is at hand). It's the Service of the Priest, to remind the Community of this challenge and to accompany the believers into this adventure. The great question: where and when a disciple of Jesus has to prioritise the Kingdom of God - get the clear answer: NOW + HERE.
To live the presence as a chance to establish the Kingdom of God is the brand
of a real disciple.
As a Supervisor of the APC's I have seen again (20.-25.06.2016 in Tsumeb and in Otshikuku) how much the performance of Arts is an exercise to concentrate on this famous HERE + NOW. I wish strongly that the Confirmation-Course in our Parishes and Communities should become an exercise, a training to focus one's attention to the crucial HERE + NOW. The real Life happens HERE + NOW as Jesus said: "The right time is now and the Kingdom of God is now and here at hand" (Mk 1.15)
Montag, 27. Juni 2016
Freitag, 17. Juni 2016
How much do we know Jesus Christ ?
I know myself - somehow ..... - esp. after 77 years of life-experience.
I can tell you some of my skills, strengths, successes, some of my weaknesses, failures...
Jesus also cares about his IMAGE - Lk 9.18-24
Until today it's a good idea to ask people around us,friends and coworkers
"Who do the people say I am" ??? Sure I will learn a lot about me!
They will tell me today what IMAGE I have over-there; of what I'm well known....
but they will not tell me which person, which spirit I'm embody.
(Such a thinking is now rare...)
But exactly this is the very question of Jesus: Which personality (person, spirit, culture)
I represent for you? Jesus is interested to know: "do the people know my secret? "
I give shape, effectiveness, word, presence to whom?
It seems Peter (in the name of the early Church) has well understood the question.
The Apostle Petrus (until today Pope Francis) is convinced "Jesus is the Christ of God".
This proclamation is not easy to understand - we try...
"Christ" means: the anointed of God (by God).
Today we have a lot of "oil" to make the face, the body more beautiful, healthier etc...
we use ointment very often but not in biblical sens.
At confirmation or at ordination ointment is understood as fortify...
But this is not enough. Anointment as a Christian, as a Priest means "embody".
The anointed of God = God is incarnated.
As Christians we believe the Spirit of God is incarnated in Jesus, in the baptised people,
in the Church (and some say: also in Nature and in the Universe).
As the Lord speaks (cf. Zech 12.10-11 "Over the Citizens of Jerusalem I will pour out the spirit of kindness" - we hope these Citizens will accept this spirit and embody the spirit of kindness - what means: to show a kind spirit and a kind behaviour.
After we got the Gospel of today
we are asked a) Do you know Jesus; what answer you may give to the question?
b) Do you know what people say about Jesus?
c) Did you know to be a Christian means
"to embody the Spirit of God in our daily life" ???
I can tell you some of my skills, strengths, successes, some of my weaknesses, failures...
Jesus also cares about his IMAGE - Lk 9.18-24
Until today it's a good idea to ask people around us,friends and coworkers
"Who do the people say I am" ??? Sure I will learn a lot about me!
They will tell me today what IMAGE I have over-there; of what I'm well known....
but they will not tell me which person, which spirit I'm embody.
(Such a thinking is now rare...)
But exactly this is the very question of Jesus: Which personality (person, spirit, culture)
I represent for you? Jesus is interested to know: "do the people know my secret? "
I give shape, effectiveness, word, presence to whom?
It seems Peter (in the name of the early Church) has well understood the question.
The Apostle Petrus (until today Pope Francis) is convinced "Jesus is the Christ of God".
This proclamation is not easy to understand - we try...
"Christ" means: the anointed of God (by God).
Today we have a lot of "oil" to make the face, the body more beautiful, healthier etc...
we use ointment very often but not in biblical sens.
At confirmation or at ordination ointment is understood as fortify...
But this is not enough. Anointment as a Christian, as a Priest means "embody".
The anointed of God = God is incarnated.
As Christians we believe the Spirit of God is incarnated in Jesus, in the baptised people,
in the Church (and some say: also in Nature and in the Universe).
As the Lord speaks (cf. Zech 12.10-11 "Over the Citizens of Jerusalem I will pour out the spirit of kindness" - we hope these Citizens will accept this spirit and embody the spirit of kindness - what means: to show a kind spirit and a kind behaviour.
After we got the Gospel of today
we are asked a) Do you know Jesus; what answer you may give to the question?
b) Do you know what people say about Jesus?
c) Did you know to be a Christian means
"to embody the Spirit of God in our daily life" ???
Montag, 13. Juni 2016
The Power of Forgiveness
A wonderful story HOW JvN embodied the Spirit of God (Lk 7.36-8.3). The Pharisees
are good people: they go every Sunday to Church (Synagogue), they keep all the Ten Commandments and a lot of Rules, they pray a lot, they care for order and for a pious society... one of them had the courage to invite JvN... but a woman (who had a bad name in the whole City) came also in... bringing with her... we know what happened...
The Pharisee didn't sent the bad woman away but he discovered now for sure: this JvN
is not a real Prophet - he knows nothing - and he associates himself with "such people"
and worse: It seems this JvN is of the opinion: if she can show so much love God must
have given her already much love - it means God gave her forgiveness - not to understand!
And now the Sacrilege: In public JvN says: "your sins are forgiven".
This famous word is for us the embodiment of the Spirit of God; JvN makes her conscious what God has done to her.
For us normal pious people (like the Pharisees) - this story is a challenge: Sometimes we should make a jump and go on the level of Jesus Christ... we should say: "I forgive you" (all your sins). Sure we need the law. Reason demands: thieves must be punished... the one who breaks the marriage-bond, the liar, the speed-maniac, the corruption-masters.... they all must be taken to court... you cannot do what ever you like... but for JvN there is an other higher level: after justice comes forgiveness (not revenge). JvN knows better: if you got a hard insult, if you are damaged... you cry for justice - right so - but for your own spiritual health - try to forgive... it's your medicine.
This is the Good News of the Kingdom of God (of the fullness of Life): without forgiveness the relationship will never be restored; great forgiveness opens the door for great love - for the renewal of love. JvN now is well known as the one who forgives - he has spoken the word in public - he is a great Healer of his own personality and of the sinner and of the society. More and more people discover today: Forgiveness is a special contribution of Christianity towards the human evolution.
God is a GIFT - given-present
in the Life I live, in the Love I share, in the Being that I am.
A secular view: living, loving, being become the manifestations of God.
God is a drive to live - where love is present - as enhancer of Life
are good people: they go every Sunday to Church (Synagogue), they keep all the Ten Commandments and a lot of Rules, they pray a lot, they care for order and for a pious society... one of them had the courage to invite JvN... but a woman (who had a bad name in the whole City) came also in... bringing with her... we know what happened...
The Pharisee didn't sent the bad woman away but he discovered now for sure: this JvN
is not a real Prophet - he knows nothing - and he associates himself with "such people"
and worse: It seems this JvN is of the opinion: if she can show so much love God must
have given her already much love - it means God gave her forgiveness - not to understand!
And now the Sacrilege: In public JvN says: "your sins are forgiven".
This famous word is for us the embodiment of the Spirit of God; JvN makes her conscious what God has done to her.
For us normal pious people (like the Pharisees) - this story is a challenge: Sometimes we should make a jump and go on the level of Jesus Christ... we should say: "I forgive you" (all your sins). Sure we need the law. Reason demands: thieves must be punished... the one who breaks the marriage-bond, the liar, the speed-maniac, the corruption-masters.... they all must be taken to court... you cannot do what ever you like... but for JvN there is an other higher level: after justice comes forgiveness (not revenge). JvN knows better: if you got a hard insult, if you are damaged... you cry for justice - right so - but for your own spiritual health - try to forgive... it's your medicine.
This is the Good News of the Kingdom of God (of the fullness of Life): without forgiveness the relationship will never be restored; great forgiveness opens the door for great love - for the renewal of love. JvN now is well known as the one who forgives - he has spoken the word in public - he is a great Healer of his own personality and of the sinner and of the society. More and more people discover today: Forgiveness is a special contribution of Christianity towards the human evolution.
God is a GIFT - given-present
in the Life I live, in the Love I share, in the Being that I am.
A secular view: living, loving, being become the manifestations of God.
God is a drive to live - where love is present - as enhancer of Life
Samstag, 4. Juni 2016
get up to...
Now I'm back in Namibia from our May-CH-Holiday 2016... It was refreshing !!!
We had 3 days full blue sky (like Namibia) 3 days full rain (the whole day) and the other days a good mixture of clouds + sun + rain.
3 times we have gone to celebrate the 50. Jubi of my Priest-Ordination (19.03.1966).
1. At the Parish "Good Shepherd" in the City of Zuerich with the theme "MERCY".
a) God receives us b) God contributes to our human shape c) God let us go into freedom to make our way from Birth to Death d) God will accompany us into all our situations.
The Apero gave me the chance to meet many of the once Youth-Leaders.
2. At the Parish St. Martin in Altdorf / Uri where I was born and ordained. The theme:
"BETWEEN". Jesus has disappeared (Ascension) ... and now ... what are we going to do ?
There was after Church an Apero for all and a lunch for the Lion-Clan and friends.
3. At the Parish "Christ the King" in Kloten ZH with an Orchestra-Mess and the theme:
"EMBODIMENT". After Jesus - we are invited to embody the given Spirit of God. A great Apero gives me the opportunity to meet most of the Parishioners I once have worked with.
The famous slogan of Fr. RR / OMI "cWhat we cease to celebrate we will soon cease
to cherish" shows that I appreciate my 50 year-decision to live as a Priest; I feel it's a challenge and a satisfaction - until today.
After Pentecost we celebrate the Holy Trinity. It means the life of Jesus (and our lives) is
on the one hand embedded in God and on the other hand there is a dynamic relationship between God and JvN ( and us). But - what now is most important - the Feast "CORPUS CHRISTI" (the BODY of Christ) says: Without human embodiment - all the Resurrection,
the Rain of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost) and the Trinity count for nothing. Paulus is such an example: first a strong embodiment for persecution and after his conversion a real interesting embodiment for his new mission (Gal 1.11-17). Paulus is convinced God called him (while he was still in mothers womb) to embody the "Good News", to set the Good News in action, in practice.
Lukas (7.11-17) shows HOW Jesus embodies the Spirit of God in calling the young man of Naim "to get up". Somebody has to call the dead person - if not - the person remains dead for ever. The "Call of God" (Vocation) is nothing or only a narcissistic imagination or arrogance if not embodied into our human communication. We believe: God calls us every day "to get up into the fullness of Life" but somebody has to materialise, to embody this call. The Call must be bodily.... CORPUS CHRISTI.
We had 3 days full blue sky (like Namibia) 3 days full rain (the whole day) and the other days a good mixture of clouds + sun + rain.
3 times we have gone to celebrate the 50. Jubi of my Priest-Ordination (19.03.1966).
1. At the Parish "Good Shepherd" in the City of Zuerich with the theme "MERCY".
a) God receives us b) God contributes to our human shape c) God let us go into freedom to make our way from Birth to Death d) God will accompany us into all our situations.
The Apero gave me the chance to meet many of the once Youth-Leaders.
2. At the Parish St. Martin in Altdorf / Uri where I was born and ordained. The theme:
"BETWEEN". Jesus has disappeared (Ascension) ... and now ... what are we going to do ?
There was after Church an Apero for all and a lunch for the Lion-Clan and friends.
3. At the Parish "Christ the King" in Kloten ZH with an Orchestra-Mess and the theme:
"EMBODIMENT". After Jesus - we are invited to embody the given Spirit of God. A great Apero gives me the opportunity to meet most of the Parishioners I once have worked with.
The famous slogan of Fr. RR / OMI "cWhat we cease to celebrate we will soon cease
to cherish" shows that I appreciate my 50 year-decision to live as a Priest; I feel it's a challenge and a satisfaction - until today.
After Pentecost we celebrate the Holy Trinity. It means the life of Jesus (and our lives) is
on the one hand embedded in God and on the other hand there is a dynamic relationship between God and JvN ( and us). But - what now is most important - the Feast "CORPUS CHRISTI" (the BODY of Christ) says: Without human embodiment - all the Resurrection,
the Rain of the Holy Spirit (Pentecost) and the Trinity count for nothing. Paulus is such an example: first a strong embodiment for persecution and after his conversion a real interesting embodiment for his new mission (Gal 1.11-17). Paulus is convinced God called him (while he was still in mothers womb) to embody the "Good News", to set the Good News in action, in practice.
Lukas (7.11-17) shows HOW Jesus embodies the Spirit of God in calling the young man of Naim "to get up". Somebody has to call the dead person - if not - the person remains dead for ever. The "Call of God" (Vocation) is nothing or only a narcissistic imagination or arrogance if not embodied into our human communication. We believe: God calls us every day "to get up into the fullness of Life" but somebody has to materialise, to embody this call. The Call must be bodily.... CORPUS CHRISTI.
Samstag, 28. Mai 2016
HOW do I understand myself ?
On the 29.05.2016 Namibia celebrates the EUCHARIST: a gift of Jesus and of the CHURCH for the people of 2016... for the whole world...
A) In 1 Cor 11.23-26 Paulus shows us the very interesting and wonderful SELF-UNDER-
STANDING of JvN (developed by his people many years ago):
A 1. "I am bread and wine for all" (as a metaphor) or in the old language: "my body and blood is given for you / for the life of the world" or in the language of today: "I live for you, I work for you, I'm engaged for you". (I'm at your service! What can I do for you? How can we help you?) [The Ev John will show us more about this Jesus-Self"]
A 2. This excellent SELFUNDERSTANDING, developed since of old, is a mark of JvN, but is meant as something for everyone; it's like an offer, an invitation... a gift... it's a survival discovery of humanity... it's a redeeming act...
A 3. People of such a SELFUNDERSTANDING are together a new covenant, a world-
corporation, a Company not for gain but for giving, a trust...
B) Later Lk (9.11-17) shows JvN with such an SELFUNDERSTANDING in Action:As normal JvN makes the crowds welcome. The Twelve (Apostles) care for the people (as
it should be! They give a good advice to JvN: let the people go to find food and lodging).
But JvN has another understanding about the Twelve: It's up to you to give them to eat. And in reality: they cannot (until today)! How to solve the problem? JvN shows the way:
Take what you have... multiply what you have... in favor for all...
C) Today the EUCHARIST-Celebration is a REMINDER for all of us about this crucial human Selfunderstanding for survival.
C 1. Try to develop as a Christian the real SELFUNDERSTANDING of JvN.
C 2) Put this redeeming Selfunderstanding step by step into action:
Step 01) Discover what you have: your skills, your property / your blessings... etc...
Step 02) Elaborate a strategy to multiply what you have (your "credit").
Step 03) Find a way to meet people with the same Selfunderstanding..
[ in reality the Church should be such a corporation, a company...]
Step 4) Invest your new belongings, "your credit" into a common goal.
As we make a procession on this Sunday... the spectators will understand our message?
And you are willing to demonstrate in public your Christian Selfunderstanding ?
And how are your experiences in this regard in your Community?
A) In 1 Cor 11.23-26 Paulus shows us the very interesting and wonderful SELF-UNDER-
STANDING of JvN (developed by his people many years ago):
A 1. "I am bread and wine for all" (as a metaphor) or in the old language: "my body and blood is given for you / for the life of the world" or in the language of today: "I live for you, I work for you, I'm engaged for you". (I'm at your service! What can I do for you? How can we help you?) [The Ev John will show us more about this Jesus-Self"]
A 2. This excellent SELFUNDERSTANDING, developed since of old, is a mark of JvN, but is meant as something for everyone; it's like an offer, an invitation... a gift... it's a survival discovery of humanity... it's a redeeming act...
A 3. People of such a SELFUNDERSTANDING are together a new covenant, a world-
corporation, a Company not for gain but for giving, a trust...
B) Later Lk (9.11-17) shows JvN with such an SELFUNDERSTANDING in Action:As normal JvN makes the crowds welcome. The Twelve (Apostles) care for the people (as
it should be! They give a good advice to JvN: let the people go to find food and lodging).
But JvN has another understanding about the Twelve: It's up to you to give them to eat. And in reality: they cannot (until today)! How to solve the problem? JvN shows the way:
Take what you have... multiply what you have... in favor for all...
C) Today the EUCHARIST-Celebration is a REMINDER for all of us about this crucial human Selfunderstanding for survival.
C 1. Try to develop as a Christian the real SELFUNDERSTANDING of JvN.
C 2) Put this redeeming Selfunderstanding step by step into action:
Step 01) Discover what you have: your skills, your property / your blessings... etc...
Step 02) Elaborate a strategy to multiply what you have (your "credit").
Step 03) Find a way to meet people with the same Selfunderstanding..
[ in reality the Church should be such a corporation, a company...]
Step 4) Invest your new belongings, "your credit" into a common goal.
As we make a procession on this Sunday... the spectators will understand our message?
And you are willing to demonstrate in public your Christian Selfunderstanding ?
And how are your experiences in this regard in your Community?
Mittwoch, 11. Mai 2016
embody the Spirit of God
For the liturgical year EASTER is high point - we celebrate the most important EVENT
in Christian Life: the Resurrection. We are convinced the life of JvN ist the most outstanding INCARNATION - EMBODYMENT of the Spirit of God. We know:
as a human Incarnation HE has to die - but the cross is in every case a shock.
And then the great question: where is his body ??? remember Maria of Magdala !
his inexplicable appearances for many ? he is somehow recognized (Emmaus / Beach) - but finally he has totally disappeared (named Ascension).
At this moment - why the story of Jesus Christ is not ending? The famous answer:
Because the Holy God has decided to give us his Spirit, the fullness of Life.
Therefore: WHO is open to accept this gift and to incorporate (to embody, to impersonate,
to incarnate) the Spirit of God into his own life-style? It`s very good for us, it`s joy, to see,
to experience people living the Spirit of God.
On Pentecost we celebrate the fact: The Spirit of God is poured out. The one who believes in the Holy Spirit (cf. Creed) is convinced the Spirit of God is not jailed in Heaven but poured out and therefore the one who believes will never more sing: "come Holy Spirit come".
It`s one of the famous contradiction of the practical Catholic Life: "to believe in the Holy Spirit" + to sing: "Come Holy Spirit come".
Everyone who waits for the Holy Spirit is a witness of: the Holy Spirit didn`t come yet.
As we wait and pray to get the Holy Spirit - we are totally wrong - the whole Bible (Genesis etc... until Mary of Nazareth and until the Apostles) and the Creed and the History and all the Holy-Ones proclaim: The Holy Spirit is poured out.
Everybody knows God is a "GIVING GIFT". He has given his Spirit, his Creation, his Son - he has given all and Himself - nothing less - and there is nothing more HE can give us.
The only problem: there are some people unable to accept the "giving Gift"; they are not open but closed. We have in the Church the ever-waiting (praying) people and the people who try to live the Spirit of God.
The celebration of Pentecost is an INVITATION to make a clear decision again:
I wait or I try! I open or I close! I enjoy the Gift or I look after!
Please discover: it`s a fact: You got body + mind + soul... here in is incarnated the Spirit of God and it`s up to you to embody, to live this wonderful Spirit of God.
I wish for all a refreshing May-Holiday
in Christian Life: the Resurrection. We are convinced the life of JvN ist the most outstanding INCARNATION - EMBODYMENT of the Spirit of God. We know:
as a human Incarnation HE has to die - but the cross is in every case a shock.
And then the great question: where is his body ??? remember Maria of Magdala !
his inexplicable appearances for many ? he is somehow recognized (Emmaus / Beach) - but finally he has totally disappeared (named Ascension).
At this moment - why the story of Jesus Christ is not ending? The famous answer:
Because the Holy God has decided to give us his Spirit, the fullness of Life.
Therefore: WHO is open to accept this gift and to incorporate (to embody, to impersonate,
to incarnate) the Spirit of God into his own life-style? It`s very good for us, it`s joy, to see,
to experience people living the Spirit of God.
On Pentecost we celebrate the fact: The Spirit of God is poured out. The one who believes in the Holy Spirit (cf. Creed) is convinced the Spirit of God is not jailed in Heaven but poured out and therefore the one who believes will never more sing: "come Holy Spirit come".
It`s one of the famous contradiction of the practical Catholic Life: "to believe in the Holy Spirit" + to sing: "Come Holy Spirit come".
Everyone who waits for the Holy Spirit is a witness of: the Holy Spirit didn`t come yet.
As we wait and pray to get the Holy Spirit - we are totally wrong - the whole Bible (Genesis etc... until Mary of Nazareth and until the Apostles) and the Creed and the History and all the Holy-Ones proclaim: The Holy Spirit is poured out.
Everybody knows God is a "GIVING GIFT". He has given his Spirit, his Creation, his Son - he has given all and Himself - nothing less - and there is nothing more HE can give us.
The only problem: there are some people unable to accept the "giving Gift"; they are not open but closed. We have in the Church the ever-waiting (praying) people and the people who try to live the Spirit of God.
The celebration of Pentecost is an INVITATION to make a clear decision again:
I wait or I try! I open or I close! I enjoy the Gift or I look after!
Please discover: it`s a fact: You got body + mind + soul... here in is incarnated the Spirit of God and it`s up to you to embody, to live this wonderful Spirit of God.
I wish for all a refreshing May-Holiday
Mittwoch, 27. April 2016
SIGNS of LIFE to the FULL
MAY is not only HOLIDAY but also a great FESTIVE SEASON - and for a real FEAST you need a "Community serving Humanity" and a Resurrection with body + mind + soul into a great EVENT... as a SIGN of Life in Abundance...
The 1. May is dedicated to the WORKERS (since 1955) under the patronage of St. Josef,
the builder of an environment for the growing JvN. And bc in 2016 it's a Sunday, the free-day is delivered on Monday - what is now the gift ? (work or work-free ???)
The 4. May is Cassinga-Day, we honor the engagement of so many Namibian for the political independence - political self-determination.
The 5. May (Thursday) is kept as a Sunday and dedicated to the disappearance of JvN.
The 8. May as Sunday is dedicated to the Mothers. We honor the contribution of women to the real and important Family-Life - all day long. In the Gospel John (17.20-26) tries to show us the consciousness of Jesus about his unity with God and the believers. We see the Mother's love for their children as an fragmented expression of God's redeeming love.
The 12. May (Thursday) we see Mary, the Mother of JvN as "MOTHER of MERCY". The best explication of MERCY is the WOMB of a woman. GOD + KOSMOS + NATURE + FAMILY are - at it's best - WOMB. Womb is the creative environment: let's RECEIVE;
let you get a SHAPE... let you GO... and GOES with YOU...The 14. May shows us the Apostle Matthias (Acts 1.15-26) the one who replaces Judas;
not an easy task... replacement is a risk...
The 15. May 2016: The Feast Catholic people don't believe... it's too much! "The Spirit of God fills the whole world" or: "The love of God has been poured out into our hearts by his Spirit living in us" - and nobody believe such a reality... blind we cry: pls send your Spirit... and we don't see the Spirit given into HEART + MIND + EARs + EYEs + HANDs.
The 21. May: the OMI's celebrate Eugene de Mazenod and some will promise to realize
his Charisma in our time... we hope with some success...
The 22. May Sunday is a call to discover the MYSTERY of God's Trinity... The creative Father, the redeeming Son and the dynamic relationship between Creation and Redemption
The 25. May as "Africa-Day" shows us the famous black Continent as emerging into the World-theater - a great ongoing struggle.
The 29. May (Sunday) draws our mind into the MYSTERY of the Last-Supper.We demonstrate for the "life-giving-bread" - the definition of a human person...
The 31. May (Thursday) shows the visit of Mary by Elizabeth as inspiring Event... Mary starts to sing... a song never heart before
The 1. May is dedicated to the WORKERS (since 1955) under the patronage of St. Josef,
the builder of an environment for the growing JvN. And bc in 2016 it's a Sunday, the free-day is delivered on Monday - what is now the gift ? (work or work-free ???)
The 4. May is Cassinga-Day, we honor the engagement of so many Namibian for the political independence - political self-determination.
The 5. May (Thursday) is kept as a Sunday and dedicated to the disappearance of JvN.
The 8. May as Sunday is dedicated to the Mothers. We honor the contribution of women to the real and important Family-Life - all day long. In the Gospel John (17.20-26) tries to show us the consciousness of Jesus about his unity with God and the believers. We see the Mother's love for their children as an fragmented expression of God's redeeming love.
The 12. May (Thursday) we see Mary, the Mother of JvN as "MOTHER of MERCY". The best explication of MERCY is the WOMB of a woman. GOD + KOSMOS + NATURE + FAMILY are - at it's best - WOMB. Womb is the creative environment: let's RECEIVE;
let you get a SHAPE... let you GO... and GOES with YOU...The 14. May shows us the Apostle Matthias (Acts 1.15-26) the one who replaces Judas;
not an easy task... replacement is a risk...
The 15. May 2016: The Feast Catholic people don't believe... it's too much! "The Spirit of God fills the whole world" or: "The love of God has been poured out into our hearts by his Spirit living in us" - and nobody believe such a reality... blind we cry: pls send your Spirit... and we don't see the Spirit given into HEART + MIND + EARs + EYEs + HANDs.
The 21. May: the OMI's celebrate Eugene de Mazenod and some will promise to realize
his Charisma in our time... we hope with some success...
The 22. May Sunday is a call to discover the MYSTERY of God's Trinity... The creative Father, the redeeming Son and the dynamic relationship between Creation and Redemption
The 25. May as "Africa-Day" shows us the famous black Continent as emerging into the World-theater - a great ongoing struggle.
The 29. May (Sunday) draws our mind into the MYSTERY of the Last-Supper.We demonstrate for the "life-giving-bread" - the definition of a human person...
The 31. May (Thursday) shows the visit of Mary by Elizabeth as inspiring Event... Mary starts to sing... a song never heart before
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