Jun 11, 2023 | NEWS
Godhead deeply hidden, praying near you.
Under these signs you are truly here.
See, with all my heart I give myself to you,
because before such a miracle I am only poverty.
This year we celebrated Holy Mass together with the residents of our home in the most beautiful weather in our courtyard. It is a beautiful experience every time to meet God in the sacrament and in His nature.
Everyone prayed and sang with gratitude.
Many memories of the past were awakened and very interesting conversations about the traditions of the past took place.
Eyes, mouth and hands deceive you,
but the message of the Word reveals you to me.
What God the Son has spoken, I accept with faith;
he himself is the truth that cannot deceive.
Sister M. Felicitas and Convent
Jun 10, 2023 | DAILY BREAD
10th Sunday in Ordinary Time
First reading – Hosea 6:3-6
“Let us set ourselves to know the Lord”. This is very beautiful. The prophet Hosea is asking to make a foundation for our life. We have to prepare ourselves with a disposition to know the Lord. A disposition by which we can know who the Lord is. This disposition is not for any other motive or selfish interest but to know who the Lord is. The Lord is going to come like as the dawn. He will rise like the light. And we should be prepared to welcome him. More than that, to know Him. We need a real opening of our hearts to know him. It is not enough our love like a morning cloud that disappears. And the Prophet speaks exactly how we must have the disposition to know the Lord. “What I want is love, not sacrifice; knowledge of God, not holocausts”. It’s the not the sacrifices without love that is needed but it is the love that’s needed. When the Lord says, “what I want is knowledge of God, not holocausts”, it is for us to remember that the knowledge of God is greater than holocausts. Let’s reflect: Are my sacrifices devoid of selfless love?
Jun 10, 2023 | NEWS
Every year in May we go on pilgrimage with our home residents to venerate Mary in a special way. This time we visited the pilgrimage church Maria Magdalena a small church very close to Cochem with the
“miraculous Mother of the Mountain” on the Valwigerberg.
Through a church known as
“image of the miraculous mother of the mountain”.
Our Lady statue, which was created around 1400 from softwood,
which was made of soft wood around 1400,
a lively pilgrimage business developed on the Valwigerberg.
In the past, up to 2,000 pilgrims came daily on Marian feasts.
Even today, several pilgrimages take place on a smaller scale.
Yes, our residents always look forward very much to the pilgrimage. Of course, everyone gathered in front of our house very punctually for the departure. The oldest pilgrim who took part is 100 years old and a Protestant – but she didn’t let that stop her.
We presented all our intentions to Our Lady and, of course, sang the beautiful old Silesian Marian songs.
After the pilgrimage and coffee we went back home with happy residents.
One of the residents said: “Hopefully we will all be alive next year so that we can visit Our Lady on Valwigerberg again.
Sister M. Felicitas
Jun 9, 2023 | DAILY BREAD
Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time
First reading – Tobit 12:1,5-15,20
This is a beautiful passage where we can find the importance of praising God and doing good is beautifully stated. Thanking God and helping the needy are equally important. Faith in God must be equally expressed in words and in deeds. Regarding thanking God, we read, “Proclaim before all men the deeds of God as they deserve, and never tire of giving him thanks”, again, “Thank him worthily. Do what is good”. We must give thanks to God in a worthy manner, and we must never get tired of giving thanks. What is the worthful manner of giving thanks to God? It is by doing what is good. We can see the complementarity of prayer and good works in this reading. “So you must know that when you and Sarah were at prayer, it was I who offered your supplications before the glory of the Lord and who read them; so too when you were burying the dead”. We must complement our prayers with our good works, our thanksgiving to God with our alms giving, and our praising of God with helping the needy. Let’s reflect: Do I complement my prayers with doing what is good?
Jun 8, 2023 | DAILY BREAD
Friday of week 9 in Ordinary Time
Saint Ephraem, Deacon, Doctor
First reading – Tobit 11:5-17
In this episode in the life of Tobit and Tobias we can see that the meaning of life. Life is for two things. For praising the Lord and for blessings the others in your life. Praising the Lord because God arranges everything in life for good. We may have difficulties in our life. We may have crisis in our life, but we stick to the Lord, and we praise the Lord, crisis goes away. By trusting in the Lord, we will see that the night goes away, and lights come in. This is why we must praise the Lord always. The second thing which we must do is to bless others. When we bless others, we become instruments of God. Because God is the source of all blessings in our life. So, when we bless someone, we become the channel of His love and grace. Let’s reflect: Am I praising God and blessing others enough?
