19 March 2022 · 2022-03 newsletter
On 19th March we remember the name day of our father and founder – Father Joseph Kentenich. Perhaps as a gift to him on this day we could say a prayer for his beatification and at the same time implore his help, in union with Our Blessed Mother, for the present crisis in our world:
Eternal Triune God, for love of you and your Holy Church,
Schoenstatt’s founder always strove to do your will and win many hearts for you.
Through Mary, the Mother Thrice Admirable and Queen of Schoenstatt,
give him what he asks on our behalf and grant that he may soon be raised to the honours of the altar,
so that he may work even more fruitfully than while on earth for you and your kingdom.
Amen
For world peace:
Mother, take us caringly beneath your mantle,
that we may always live as citizens of heaven.
Preserve us from bombs and shells and fire
Preserve us who turn to you in time of dire need.Speak to your Son as you once did on earth
when he came to our aid in need and distress—
“Lord, they have no wine and no food”—
then he will certainly hear our prayer….In union with your Son you have been entrusted
with giving us the lost life of grace
and with protecting us from many earthly sorrows—
soothing the pain they cause and transforming them into our salvation.Unfold today the richness of your motherly heart
wherever diabolical forces are powerfully at work.
Reveal the fullest extent of your might and kindness
as the Helpmate of the Lord.Just as your Son healed, stilled hunger
and comforted the sick while here on earth,
go with him quietly through our midst,
giving your blessing and helping us with the arm of your unlimited motherly power….United with your Son, be the one who rescues us
from the fury of hell and the tempests of our times.
We want to gratefully and eternally praise you in every way we know
as the great Mother of the nations.We want to courageously spread your name
and lead all people to your shrine,
so that, with you, they jubilantly and lovingly worship the Triune God
both here and high in heaven above.
Amen.(Heavenwards, Pp.132-134)
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