Monday 12 June
Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time First reading - 2 Corinthians 1:1-7 the God of all consolation, who comforts us in all our sorrows, so that we can offer others, in their sorrows, the consolation that we have received from God ourselves”. In this verse, we can see how the relationship of God to us is and what does it mean. God is God of all consolation, who comforts us in all our sorrows. God is with us in all our sorrows. He is gentle with us in all difficult situations in our life. This is beautiful. But this relationship does not stop there. The Word of God says, this love of God the Father has a purpose. The purpose is that we can offer others, in their sorrows, the consolation that we have received from God. We are called to offer others the consolation which we receive. The consolation which we receive from God should flow through us towards others. It cannot stop at us. Let’s reflect: How much am I sharing the consolation which I receive from God the Father with others?
Corpus Christi 2023 on the Klosterberg in Cochem
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
Sunday 11 June
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?