After the 12 Apostles have gone out... to teach, to heal, to cast out many devils ...
after they have performed well their "weekly-mission-work" (Mk 6.7-13)
they rejoin Jesus... and they gave him somehow an activity-report (Mk 6.30).
The following Invitation "to rest for a while" is like a spiritual retreat to go to the base.
Until today the Apostles and all Missionaries have - from time to time, in favour of a healthy
message - to reflect the "things" [hidden from the learned and clever] "revealed to mere children" (Mt 11.25).
The basic revelation given first to the mere children into their experience consists of:
a) life is a game (of the forces)
b) life is given (as a gift or as a fate)
c) life is dependency (the balance of dependencies)
d) life is swimming in the womb (of the mother, the nature, the humanity, the universe)
For a Catholic believer it's more than important not to loose these basic experiences -
it means to fill up again and again the heart and the brain with these child-experiences.
We all play the given life in mutual dependencies within the womb of our world.
I wish all of you a favourable place for this joyful rest for a wile; why not choose the Cty-Eucharist to become such a "holy place" ?
Situation at the Cath. St. Anthony-Church in
Otjiwa Sun 01.07.2018 / 09h:
Entrance + church: closed! Why? No Info!
(why not an info-paper on the entrance-door?)
It was announced in the Church and in WhatsApp:
There will be Holy Service; and Vic. Hs. Leu
has declared to be ready for the Holy Mass.
People, ready for the Holy Service, have asked me:
Why all is closed ???
The reality:
a) The Namibian-Diocesan-Priests had the annual spiritual retreat in Pastoral-Centre
of Otjiwa Mon 26. - Sun 01.07.2018 / 29 participants.
b) Against the announcement the rumour came up: Sun 09h in Assunta Hight-Holy-Mass
Con-Celebration of all the priests.
c) In reality it means : 28 Communities are on Sun 01.07.2018 deprived of the
Community-Eucharist-Celebration (Cty-Eu-C). Did you realise that ?
Why not high-holy-mass-con-celebration on Saturday or on Monday?
Consideration:
a) It seems there is no much planning in the Parish and therefore INFO is nearly
impossible if not contradictory.
b) If there is "high-level-mass-con-celebration" - priests like it very much, as a chance
for "presentation of the priesthood" esp. after spiritual retreat or on the ordination of
a new priest... or for a jubilee... but why at the expense of so many Cty-Eu-C?
Is this not "clericalism"? You cannot preach priest-spirituality and deny the Cty the Eu-C !
c) In Namibia - if 29 priests on Sunday present a high-Con-Celebration... we have to
discover the fact, that on this Sunday 28 Communities are without Cty-Eu-C.
And everybody knows many Cty's in Namibia are on Sundays again and again
without the Cty-Eu-C.
d) If the Cty-Eu-C is of no value... the "fact / 01072018" doesn't matter.
If the Cty-Eu-C is of high value... the "fact / 01072018" couldn't happen.
The Parish-Priest would send two priests to every Cty and 'lend-out" the other priests
to the neighbouring Parishes for the Cty-Eu-C.
Note: the 2. Vatic. Council says: Eucharist is officially recognised as
"the source and the summit of the spiritual life". ("I belief in the holy catholic Church")
Therefore Catholics are required to attend Holy Mass on Sundays.
Logic: the retreat would be terminated better on Sat 13h.
e) The Arch-Diocesan-Pastoral-Council will do the same "fact"; a lot of priests have to
go there (Windhoek / Doebra) and the ADPC will end an Sun 02.09.2018 after the
high holy mass-con-celebration - it means again: a lot of Cty's are deprived of the
Cty-Eu-C and the experience shows: there are many more excuses to cancel the
Cty-Eu-C... sorry! (bc: "I don't belief in the Church")
Maybe: "it doesn't matter" or the 2. Vatic. Council is not recognised.
f) Now we have to aks: For what do we have the ordination of priests if not for:
"at disposal of Cty-Eu-C" ? And why is Cty-Eu-C so important ???
1. it's the best way to build up Cty's. 2. Vatic,. Council says: "No Christian Community
can be built up unless it has its basis and centre in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist".
2. It's the best medicine for the healing-process to become in fact a "true-chirstian-believer".
3. It's a precondition for the call:
"The Church must be - a sign of Life - a Community serving Humanity".
4. But most of all: The Cty-Eu-C is the highest way to accept the Mystery of God,
to follow Jesus Christ and to embody the Holy Spirit.
Conclusion:
In my view: something is wrong with the leadership of the Church, with the formation of the priests, with the valuation of the Cty-Eu-C (on both side: clergy + lay-people). Something is wrong with the practice of the Catholic-value-scale.
If something has gone wrong, we can do better... and if I am wrong: pls correct me...
at least the 2. Vatic. Council told us: "the source and summit of the spiritual life" is the
Cty-Eu-C". What we now urgently need:
A course: How to build up Cty by celebrating Holy Mass?
How to bring value to the Celebration of Holy Mass?
What is priestly Spirituality for a Diocesan Priest of today?
Is this not a nice fraternal correction for the month of priest's care?
NO FAITH
The GOSPELS show: For the Apostles, the disciples, for the believers
(until today): JESUS (Mk 6.1-6) is a special phaenomenon, sure an Epiphany.
Everybody is asking: "From where did the man get all this?"
(wisdom, courage, clear vocation, sensitive responsibility, strong bearing,
strange behaviour, miracle-strength, relationship-capacity, empathy,
healing power, faith etc... etc... )
Is there any explication for the phaenomenon "JESUS" ?
The mk JESUS knows:
a) It's not the family and the blood-line
(He is only the carpenter, only the son of Mary; the brothers (4) and the sisters
we know as normal people... nothing special...)
b) It's not the image or the story of the home-town Nazareth / Bethlehem
(He is not from Jerusalem)
but it seems for the mk JESUS,
there is a clear new explication of this phaenomenon:
look at Nazareth: where there is no faith
there is no miracles, no wisdom, no resurrection...
You see this every day: where there is no faith in each other, no faithful
relationship: there is no healing, no liberating unity, no mutual love...
The great Q: Why was there no faith - in Nazareth ?
Why is here + now no faith - in my own village, family, Parish ???
John of the Desert.
He knows how is life in die Desert, life without Community. Therefore he calls all baptised people of today to go on the way. "Desert" is not for life, only for a short new experience;
a short refuge... not for staying.
John the finger of God.
His finger shows the direction where to go... to the river, the flowing water, where there is life. We have to find out the places offering more life and Community. The right direction to go is "make a turn" / meta-noia / new thinking / repent and find your way...
John the Baptist.
It is supposed nearly everyone who knows "John of today" is already baptised. Therefore he offers not any more a new Baptism... he calls the people of today into the Eucharistic-Community. Here is the place, the chance to get a new understanding of human life.
In this Community is the word of Jesus Christ actualised: "I'm Bread + Wine for the Life of the World". And oh wonder: most of the people have the courage to accept the "body of Christ" in order to become what he promised.
Today the Priest is ordained to imitate John the Prophet... calling the people:
go out of the desert, go to the river (the flowing life), and turn-around in favour of a new Community where Life is understood as "Bread + Wine".
If the Prophet is not present: No call... No meta-noia... No Eucharist...
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.
