February 2, 2023
Today is Candlemas - at least that's what it's called in the vernacular. Ecclesiastically it is actually called "Presentation of the Lord". We are celebrating something that happened far before [...]
December 8, 2021
Today the Catholic Church celebrates Mary, more precisely her "immaculate conception". A strange statement: Mary was conceived without original sin - mind you: she WAS conceived. It goes [...]
August 15, 2021
Today the Catholic Church celebrates a feast with which I could not do much for a long time: We celebrate that Mary went to heaven with body and soul [...]
August 16, 2019
Yesterday I wrote here about the Magnificat, the "Decalogue of Mary". It made it clear to me anew how much Christianity is a religion of [...].
August 15, 2019
This morning I heard a sermon that gave me a surprisingly new perspective on our religion. After 20 years as a professional Catholic, something like that is rare [...]
May 16, 2019
Today I talked with the children about Mary in the school service. And sang a Marian song. Except for the organist, there were only women and children in the [...]
April 15, 2019
Then Mary took a pound of genuine, precious nard oil, anointed Jesus' feet and dried them with her hair. Joh 12, 3 Women! Always these exuberant sentimentalities. [...]
March 25, 2019
Actually, I have never been a special devotee of Mary. But today's Solemnity has opened an access to her for me: God asks Mary to bring His Son into the world [...].
March 19, 2018
Today is the feast of St. Joseph. In Bethany we venerate him especially because he placed himself protectively before Mary and her unborn child. When [...]