{"id":51641,"date":"2014-09-12T08:33:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T13:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.austincnm.com\/?p=51641"},"modified":"2014-09-12T22:32:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T03:32:12","slug":"austin-will-marian-shrine-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atxcatholic.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/austin-will-marian-shrine-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin will have a Marian Shrine \u2013 Tomorrow!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first Marian Shrine in Austin, under construction!<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s really happening<\/strong> \u2013 tomorrow, Bishop Joe Vasquez will dedicate the first Marian Shrine in the Diocese of Austin! And you\u2019re invited to come! For all information about the Shrine Dedication, including event schedule and off-site parking, please see the website!\u00a0<\/a>(And if you can’t come, watch it on live streaming<\/a>!)<\/p>\n

God is doing something amazing in Austin, Texas. Come see for yourself! The atmosphere surrounding the Shrine construction is thrilling; it\u2019s really something supernatural. Many people are working day and night to finish the building and all the logistics of the Dedication Day, and yet there is a tangible hope and love flowing freely that makes this unlike any other construction project or event planning. The people are offering their best efforts \u2013 the construction workers going and going, day and night, the youth pitching in everywhere, moms and dads helping build and organize, the choir members studying diligently, the priests always working \u2013 they are all putting in a truly gallant effort! And yet this is where Schoenstatt spirituality really shines \u2013 because our work is rooted in the conviction and inner faith that we are not alone. There\u2019s a phrase in Schoenstatt spirituality \u2013 \u201cNothing without you, Nothing without us!\u201d<\/strong> It means that God doesn\u2019t want to work in the world without us, and that we cannot do anything apart from Him \u2013 and <\/em>that united<\/em>, all things are possible in His will.<\/em> Nothing without you, nothing without us! This phrase is at the heart of the Covenant of Love, the Marian consecration that grew out of Schoenstatt and became the soul of the Movement. Nothing with you, dear Blessed Mother, and nothing without us!<\/p>\n

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“What do I want to “see through?”…transparentization means seeing through all created things to the divine meaning behind them.” p.72<\/p><\/div>\n

It is this harmony between the natural and supernatural, between man and God, this new way of living a covenantal relationship with Christ through Mary that Schoenstatt wants to give to the world. The Schoenstatt spirituality also emphasizes the harmony between daily life and spiritual life, this way of being a contemplative in the middle of the world, of \u201cseeing through\u201d the world to the reality of God, as Fr. Kentenich, the founder, put it.\u00a0When we’re working on the Shrine, laboring in the heat, making phone calls, organizing the volunteers, \u00a0ironing table clothes – we are called to see through, to contemplate God behind all events.\u00a0We\u00a0really have to live it<\/em> in our daily lives to make any difference. That\u2019s what impacts me so much about witnessing everyone\u2019s faithful labor and genuine openness to the guidance of God\u2019s grace through this whole building process. Yesterday at the construction site, as a group of us were eating lunch, we started talking about being \u201cin process\u201d towards becoming holy. We were sharing how very much \u201cin process\u201d we all felt \u2013 that it is a real struggle, that we are so small, and God only knows how far we have to go! And that is what is so beautiful about the Schoenstatt spirituality. Fr. Kentenich said:<\/p>\n

\u201cHoliness must be synonymous with genuine, spontaneous and ennobled humanity<\/strong>\u2026Grace wants to involve all our natural strengths as far as possible, and in addition it gives us a significant measure of supernatural strengths\u2026[There is] a huge disparity between religion and life today. Many go to church, but are not Christian (\u2026) Grace must form noble human beings. Our lives must become a work of art. Both the natural and supernatural dimensions must be developed, but not in a one-sided way. Above all we want to make use of the means of grace to form our lives. Nietzsche once said: \u201cIf the redeemed would only lead more redeemed live, I would find it easier to believe in their Redeemer.\u201d This dichotomy is the greatest illness of our times. It is one of the foremost reasons why the working classes have become disenchanted with the Church. People today do not believe words, they only believe in life, in example<\/strong>. They do not want the apologetics we find in books, they want to see the genuineness of faith expressed in our lives. When I go out into life, the graced person in me must have taken profound possession of my nature. First human, then Christian, then fully human.\u201d **<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We are called to live our lives in an organic way, with a deep bond between the natural and supernatural \u2013 an \u201ceveryday saint\u201d! Evangelizing through this way of being <\/em>is part of the new evangelization. Fr. Jonathan Niehaus, a Schoenstatt priest, calls our attention to Saint Pope John Paul II and the New Evangelization:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the encyclical \u201cThe Eucharist in the Church,\u201d the Pope John Paul II states that \u201cTo contemplate the face of Christ, and to contemplate it with Mary, is the \u2018program\u2019 which I have set before the Church at the dawn of the third millennium, summoning her \u2018to put out into the deep\u2019 on the sea of history with the enthusiasm of the new evangelization.\u201d<\/strong> From the very beginning, Schoenstatt has \u201ccontemplated the face of Christ\u201d not only with <\/em>Mary, but through <\/em>Mary and for <\/em>Mary. What Pope John Paul II sees as the connection between contemplation and new evangelization has been at the heart of Schoenstatt since 1914, when committed, youthful hearts dedicated to Mary came together with a deep desire to shape the world in the image of Christ.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It has really been a deep blessing to be a part of building this new Marian Shrine \u2013 and I\u2019d like to extend an invitation to you to come and see, to be a part of something great! I am convicted that God has great plans for the transformation of many hearts in the new Shrine; that through Mary\u2019s presence there, He will help the people of Austin along the \u201cprocess\u201d of holiness, to be more fully human, more fully Christian, more fully the people whom He has created us to be.<\/p>\n

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**Kentenich was speaking in Germany in 1929. He has a very thorough way of teaching about life that is sometimes hard to depict through small quotes! For a more thorough study, you can check out the book: Joseph Kentenich- Collected Texts: Free and Wholly Human. Herbert King, ed. Excerpt from page 200-201.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s really happening \u2013 tomorrow, Bishop Joe Vasquez will dedicate the first Marian Shrine in the Diocese of Austin! And you\u2019re invited to come! For all information about the Shrine Dedication, including event schedule and off-site parking, please see the website!\u00a0(And if you can’t come, watch it on live streaming!) 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