You know the way for me
You know the time
Into your hands
I trustingly place mine 
Your plan is perfect 
Born of perfect love
You know the way for me
 That is enough 

  July 2021
       
           A day late and a dollar short. That is exactly what I thought this morning when remembering that I forgot to post yesterday. God’s timing is always perfect so perhaps, although a day late, it is the perfect time with nothing shorted at all.
             Fr. Kentenich remarks that in the Bible there is no reference to a family consecration. Father often spoke though of “visitations” within our family consecration. These visitations were and are similar to the visit Mary had with her cousin Elizabeth. Upon Mary’s entrance into the home of her cousin, every single person was affected. Elizabeth began to prophesy, Zechariah’s tongue was unbound and he began to praise God, and even John the Baptist, in the womb, leapt with joy. Father Kentenich understood that this is what happens in our own homes if we invite her in. Mary visits us often, but sometimes we are so wrapped up in the chaos of worldly things that we do not acknowledge that she is at the door, waiting to be invited in; not only to our homes, but also our hearts. This is the purpose of the Covenant of Love and the Home Shrine. In both we invite Mary to enter more deeply into our families and our lives, and we are never left the same. Mary holds so many titles because she comes to our door regardless of what is behind it. She comes to us truly as a mother, our mother, to love out the darkness and bring us into the light of her Son. Mary can undo the knots, she can bestow grace where there is none, she can heal with a smile, she can intercede for us to obtain miracles, and she will sit with us in our sorrow. She is a Mother. She is Thrice Admirable. She is a Queen and she is a Victress. Mary is one of the main parts of what makes Schoenstatt a beautiful place AND she is so much more. We must be open and willing to allow Mary to break the walls of the boxes we attempt to put her in and invite her into our lives and our homes in any way she wishes to come. Mary will leave us forever changed from these “visits” and we will then see the beautiful place of Schoenstatt as Father Kentenich did. We will then understand that our family is everywhere and everyone is part of it. All are welcome in that beautiful place with the Mother of all.

Our Lady of Grace, Mercy, Miracles, Sorrow, Peace, Compassion, Love, Forgiveness…pray for us. 


Submitted by an anonymous Schoenstatt  member