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Young and old united

Essentially, the young and old, from the infant to the old man or woman, are united in the worship services. Children and adults can also participate together at the retreats. Many families come together at our Place of Grace.

 

Antworten auf provozierende Fragen

Jugendseelsorge, Benedicite 4/2002

Im Mai dieses Jahres begann Matthäus auf Geheiss des Himmels mit der Jugendseelsorge. Unter dem Stichwort: «Ich habe ein Problem. Ihr Engel helft mir», dürfen Kinder und Jugendliche ihre Nöte und Fragen schildern, damit Matthäus die Jugendseelsorge aktuell gestalten kann. Er verfasst jeweils eine Zusammenfassung, die wir im Bendicite allen zugänglich machen wollen.

 

Antworten auf provozierende Fragen

Bist du sicher, dass das, was du über uns gehört hast, wahr ist?
Warum stört dich mein Glaube? Ich lass dir den deinen auch.

Noch haben wir in der Schweiz Glaubensfreiheit. Wer sich gegen eine Glaubensgemeinschaft erhebt, verstösst gegen die Menschenrechte.

Herr Kuhn sagte jeweils an den Kursen, wenn er um eine Auskunft über eine andere Gemeinschaft gebeten wurde: «Ich kann mich dazu nicht äussern, denn ich kenne diese Gemeinschaft zu wenig. Ich könnte mich schwer versündigen, sagte ich etwas Falsches.»

Ich habe den Glauben gefunden, der mich zutiefst erfüllt. Mein Glaube gibt mir Kraft für den Alltag und macht mich froh und zufrieden.
Auf bewusst verlockende Fragen und Aufforderungen antworte ich schnell und bestimmt:

Frage: Kommst du heute Abend mit mir in die Disco?
Antwort: Nein, das tu ich prinzipiell nicht! Ich habe Gescheiteres vor!

Frage: Nimmst du auch eine Zigarette? Warum versuchst du nicht mal von dieser Droge?
Antwort: Nein, was glaubst du, ich ruiniere meine Gesundheit auf solch leichtfertige Weise?

Aufforderung: Komm mit mir nach Hause. Ich zeige dir pornographische Bilder und Filme!
Antwort: Nein, das tu ich unter keinen Umständen! Ich bin meinem Schöpfer gegenüber verpflichtet, Sorge zu tragen für meine Seele.

 

Formen der Gewalt

Die mentale (gedankliche) Gewalt

Paulus lehrt: Gedanken sind Kräfte im positiven wie im negativen Sinn. Negative Gedanken, gezielt ausgesendet, sind schwarze Magie. Neid und Eifersucht sind Waffen des Bösen, geistige Gewaltakte und wirken als schwarzmagische Kräfte geisttötend und lähmend, ja sowohl auf den Absender als auch auf den Empfänger. Gegen diese Waffe des Bösen haben wir eingeweihte Christen im Michaelsgebet ein wirksames Gegenmittel. Dieses Gebet ist ein Exorzismus, welcher die böse Absicht wirkungslos macht. Deshalb beten wir gerne und bewusst täglich dieses Gebet, dass uns die negativen Gedanken nichts antun können.

Die verbale Gewalt (mit Worten)

Worte sind imstande zu töten oder zu beleben. Tötende Worte werden dauernd ausgesprochen in wütenden Attacken und Hasstyraden vieler Völker. Sie verletzen und vernichten Seelen und lassen sie depressiv oder aggressiv werden je nach Veranlagung. Deshalb bin ich niemals böse, denn so hätte das Böse über mich gesiegt. Ich spreche stets liebevoll und wähle meine Worte gut, eh ich sie spreche.

Die optische Gewalt (übers Auge)

Brutalofilme, pornographische Bilder und Filme, gewalttätige Aufnahmen in Zeitungen, Illustrierten und TV verletzen die Seele und verleiten den Betrachter zu Aufruhr und Gewalt. Deshalb wende ich mich von solchen Bildern und Filmen ab, wenn es mir möglich ist.

Die akkustische Gewalt (übers Ohr)

Härteste Klänge der heutigen Pop- und Rockmusik verletzen und zertrümmern sowohl die Seele, als auch das vom Schöpfer überaus fein gestaltete Innenohr. Mit ungeheurer Wucht vernichten diese Klänge und Geräusche Seele und Ohr.

Wenn du bedenkst, dass solch überlaut verstärkte Musik vom Innenohr nochmals um ungefähr das 30-fache verstärkt wird, kannst du dir die Schäden vorstellen, welche deinen materiellen und geistigen Ohren zugefügt werden. Deshalb danke ich meinem Schöpfer, indem ich harmonische, die Seele stärkende, edle Musik höre, die mir Kraft, Mut und Segen spendet.

 

Fragen, Massnahmen und Vorsätze bei schulischem Misserfolg

Liegt es an meiner negativen Einstellung zum Fach?
Wenn ja, will ich mir folgendes vornehmen:

Vorsatz: Ich freue mich auf meine Fortschritte in jeder Stunde. Die Freude über meine kleinsten Erfolge macht mich glücklich und zufrieden.

Liegt es an der fehlenden Ruhe beim Arbeiten?
Wenn ja, will ich folgende Massnahme treffen:

Ich schaffe mir eine ruhige Atmosphäre. Ich lasse mich nicht stören. An der Türe steht die Anschrift: Bitte nicht stören!

Bin ich schlechten Gewohnheiten zum Opfer gefallen? (Rauchen, Drogen, Internet- und Fernsehmissbrauch, Onanie)

Wenn ja, will ich folgende Einsichten und Vorsätze beherzigen:
Jede üble Gewohnheit nimmt meinen geistigen Kräften Energie und Substanz. Ich nehme mir fest vor, diese und jene üble Gewohnheit mehr und mehr zu meiden, bis ich sie ganz überwunden habe. Der Beistand des Heiligen Geistes wird mir dabei helfen. Das Glücksgefühl nach einer überwundenen Schwäche macht mich gesund und stark.

Ist mein Tagesablauf ungeordnet? Lebe ich mehr oder weniger aus dem Bauch heraus?
Wenn ja, will ich folgende Massnahmen treffen und Vorsätze fassen:

Ich plane detailliert meinen Tagesablauf. Besonders meine Freizeit bedarf der genauesten Planung: Aufgaben, Musik, Vereine, Arbeiten für die Familie, Gebet, Freunde, Spiel, etc.

Lähmt mich Antipathie zum Lehrer?
Wenn ja, will ich folgende Massnahmen und Vorsätze beherzigen:

Wenn der Lehrer mich oder ich ihn nicht mag, spreche ich täglich: Ich bin eins mit dem Lehrer. Wir beide sind Kinder Gottes. Ich stelle mir den Lehrer vor im schönsten Licht und bei bester Laune und segne ihn.

Versage ich, weil die Klasse mich wegen Dozwil aus der Gemeinschaft ausgeschlossen hat?
Wenn ja, sind folgende Einsichten, Massnahmen und Vorsätze nötig.

Wenn die Klasse mich nicht mag, habe ich sie von meiner Liebe und Geduld noch nicht überzeugt. Ich lebe nach den Worten Jesu: Liebet eure Feinde! Segnet, die euch fluchen! Bittet für die, die euch verfolgen! Jeder Angriff auf mich ist ein Grund mehr, meine Kameradinnen und Kameraden noch mehr zu lieben und ihnen meine Liebe zu beweisen. Jeder Angriff macht mich geduldiger und barmherziger; nicht trauriger und aggressiver! Ich verzeihe der Klasse, denn sie wurde Opfer von lügenhaften Darstellungen über unsere Kirche. Durch meine ausdauernde Liebe will ich sie für mich gewinnen.

In einem offenen Gespräch werde ich ihr aber auch sagen, dass wir damals im Jahr 1988 grosse Fehler gemacht hätten, indem wir Botschaften in der Öffentlichkeit verteilten, die nicht für alle verstehbar waren und dass Menschen unseres Kreises durch fanatisches und eigenwilliges Verhalten Aussenstehende provoziert hätten. Unter den Krawallen hätten wir sehr zu leiden gehabt. Am schlimmsten lastet immer noch die Verleumdung, wir hätten den Weltuntergang prophezeit.

In jedem Gespräch kann ich Sieger sein, wenn ich Fehler gestehe.

Bin ich Versager, weil in der Familie Disharmonie und Streit herrschen?
Wenn ja, dann ist folgende Massnahme erforderlich:

Ich sage der Familie, dass mich die Streitereien sehr belasten. Wenn keine Besserung eintritt, melde ich die Familie bei Matthäus zur Sprechstunde an.

Bin ich Versager, weil ich meine Gedanken nicht unter Kontrolle habe?
Wenn ja, dann gilt folgende Massnahme:

Ich übe meine Gedankenkraft täglich im Rosenkranzgebet. Ich begrüsse und bitte dabei die Gottesmutter so innig, als ob Sie in Ihrer himmlischen Gestalt vor mir stünde. In der Vorstellungskraft wächst meine Glaubenskraft.

Mein erstes Ziel ist es, ein «Vaterunser» ohne störende Nebengedanken beten zu können. Gelingt es mir, dann füge ich ein «Gegrüsst seist Du, Maria» hinzu, bis ich ein Gesätzlein konzentriert beten kann. Wenn mir der ganze Rosenkranz in dieser innigen Weise zu beten gelingt, habe ich mir und der ganzen Schöpfung Licht und Gnaden gespendet.

 

Regeln für den familiären Frieden

Ich begrüsse jeden Morgen den Heiland in meinem Nächsten, wenn ich ihm freundlich guten Tag sage.

Mit einem «Benedicite» und dem Kreuzzeichen mit geweihtem Wasser wünscht ihr euch bei jeder Verabschiedung den Beistand des Heiligen Geistes, der euch in allen Situationen Kraft und Mut spendet.

Die Früchte des gemeinsamen täglichen Rosenkranzgebets zeigen sich in der liebevollen Zuwendung in kleinsten Dingen.

Wenn mein Nächster sündigt und deshalb in schwere Not gerät, frage ich mich:

Habe ich mich durch ein liebloses Wort oder durch eine unbedachte Tat an seiner Sünde mitschuldig gemacht?
Wenn ja, dann gestehe ich ihm meine Teilschuld in einem ehrlichen Gespräch, damit Jesus Christus uns vergeben kann.

Ich suche beim Versagen meines Nächsten den Fehler bei mir selbst.

Warnung: Was ich von meinem Nächsten befürchte, ziehe ich an!

Gute Gedanken, gute Worte über ihn und zu ihm persönlich, wie ein bewusstes Vertrauen auf das Gute in ihm stärken ihn und dich. Wenn du Ungutes über andere weisst und es weitersagst, so bist du wie einer, der Unkraut in den Garten sät und dadurch die nützlichen Pflanzen zum Ersticken bringt.

Sprichst du Gutes weiter, so wird es dir warm ums Herz und der Mitmensch entfaltet sich so, wie du von ihm denkst und sprichst.

Eifersucht und Neid auf meinen Nächsten belasten meine und seine Seele schwer. Eifersucht ist eine Leidenschaft, die mit Eifer sucht, was Leiden schafft. Deshalb sind Eifersucht und Neid Waffen des Bösen und wirken schwarzmagisch.

Wenn ich meinen Nächsten beneide, schwäche ich ihn und mich. Wenn ich mich an seinen Erfolgen freue, stärke ich ihn und mich.

Ich freue mich über den Erfolg meines Nächsten und betrachte sein Können als Ansporn zu meiner Vervollkommnung.

Wenn es Unstimmigkeiten gibt, vereinbare ich in einer ruhigen Stunde ein Gespräch.

Beim Gespräch schaue ich meinem Partner ruhig und freundlich in die Augen. Die Anliegen sollen beiderseits ohne Unterbruch dargebracht werden können.

Danach besinnen wir uns in einer kleinen Pause und durch ein kurzes Gebet um Einsicht auf eine positive Antwort, die keinesfalls mit einem Vorwurf beginnen soll.

Wenn wir dazu nicht imstande sind, soll eine neutrale Person (älterer Bruder, Schwester, Vater, Mutter) zu Rate gezogen werden.

In wichtigen Glaubens- und Existenzfragen haben aber stets die Eltern zu entscheiden.

Ursachen von schulischem Versagen

Jedem Versagen liegt ein seelisches Problem zugrunde. Um dieses Problem zu lösen ist ein tiefes Vertrauen in die eigenen schöpferischen Kräfte, der feste Vorsatz, täglich neues zu entdecken und zu erkennen, ein unbändiges Verlangen das Entdeckte und das Erkannte anzuwenden auf allen Ebenen meines täglichen Lebens und schliesslich eine alles durchflutende Liebe zum Leben, die mein Bewusstsein weitet, meine Lebensfreude weckt und mich gesunden lässt.
In diesem Satz ist alles enthalten, um mein Leben glücklich und erfolgreich zu gestalten.

Vertrauen in die eigenen schöpferischen Kräfte

Bedenke jeden Tag, dass Gott dir Talente gegeben hat, schöpferische Kräfte, die in dir schlummern und genutzt sein wollen. Du wirst sie finden, wenn du deine Sinne, dein Auge, dein Ohr, dein Gefühl und deine Ahnung stets für das Gute, Wahre, Edle und Heilige offen hältst. Das bedeutet aber auch, dass du deine Sinne, um Erfolg zu haben, für das Unwahre, für das Schlechte und für das Verderbliche verschliesst.

Vorsatz:
Ich will am heutigen Tag mit offenen Augen und Ohren das Schöne der Schöpfung Gottes suchen, um meine Seele gesund und kräftig zu gestalten.

Nach diesem gesprochenen Vorsatz bemerkst du erstmals die verschiedenen Grün im jungen Laub des Waldes, an welchen du so lange Zeit achtlos vorbeigegangen bist. Du entdeckst alle Stufen dieser wohltuenden und erfrischenden Farbe, vom gelblichen bis zum dunkelsten Grün.

Du hörst erstmals den kunstvollen Amselgesang. Beim vertieften Hören entdeckst du gar Motive, die in jeder Strophe in veränderter Form wiederkehren. Die Freude, die du dabei empfindest, macht dich glücklich und zufrieden.

Du nimmst erstmals den wohltuenden und gesund machenden Harzgeruch einer frisch gefällten Tanne wahr. Du ziehst ihn mit Wohlbehagen tief in deine Lungen ein und ein Gefühl der Lebensfreude lässt dich von innen her gesunden.

Du kannst deinem traurigen Kameraden zuhören, erkennst den Ursprung seiner Traurigkeit und vermagst ihm durch einige liebende Worte zu helfen. Die Freude, einem Menschen geholfen zu haben, erfüllt dich mit grosser Zufriedenheit.

Vorsatz:
Ich will am heutigen Tag meine Augen und Ohren verschliessen für alles Verderbliche, Unschöne und Lasterhafte, dass meine Seele keinen Schaden nehme.

Ich verschliesse meine Augen vor grausamen, obszönen, die Würde des Menschen verletzenden Bildern und Filmen und wende mich erbauenden und meditativen Bildern zu.

Ich verschliesse meine Ohren vor brutalen, beleidigenden und zerstörenden Klängen und öffne sie für wohltuende und erbauende Musik.

Ich wende mich ab von unguten Gesprächen und üblen Witzen und suche das Gespräch mit guten Menschen.

Kriterien zur Bewertung guter Musik und Literatur

Gute Kunst erhebt meinen Geist, schafft Harmonie und Frieden in mir und versöhnt mich mit Gott und meinen Mitmenschen.

Die Texte beeinflussen mich positiv in meinen Gedanken, Worten und Taten.

Worte, Farbe und Klänge sind stets melodisch rein, harmonisch klar und rhythmisch belebend, göttliche Offenbarungen zur Vervollkommnung meiner Geistesgaben.

Massnahmen zur Verhinderung oder Verminderung familiärer Probleme zwischen Eltern und Kindern während der Pubertät

Wie kann ich mir den vollen Segen für meine spätere Familie verdienen und Konflikte vermindern?

Geschieht die Erziehung von der Zeugung bis Ende der Pubertät in Friede, Wohlwollen, Achtung, Strenge, im Vertrauen auf das Gute im Kind und im Wissen um die Entwicklungsprobleme des Jugendlichen, können die natürlichen Pubertätskrisen ohne grosse Probleme im gemeinsamen positiven Gespräch bewältigt werden.

1. Durch vorsichtige Partnersuche:

Bedenke stets: Dein Partner wartet irgendwo und irgendwann auf dich. Du musst nur warten können. Übereile nichts! Bitte den heiligen Josef, dass

er dir zur rechten Zeit den richtigen Partner zeigt. Wenn du auch längere Zeit warten sollst, verzweifle nicht. Nutze die Zeit, deine Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten auszubilden.

Dein Fleiss und deine Ausdauer, dich gut ausbilden zu lassen, werden deine Chancen, einen tüchtigen und liebenswerten Partner zu finden, vergrössern.

Achte gut darauf, dass du nicht schlechten Gewohnheiten zum Opfer fällst.

Alkohol, Nikotin, Hanf, zwanghafte Onanie, vorehelicher Geschlechtsverkehr und Tablettenmissbrauch haben schon vielen jungen Menschen eine glückliche Bekanntschaft verunmöglicht, denn mit jeder Sucht nimmst du dir ein Stück deiner angeborenen Natürlichkeit und Würde und entehrst Christus in dir!

Während Drogen in Form von Alkohol, Rauch oder Chemie dich enthemmen und dich Dinge sagen und tun lassen, die deine Seele verletzen, können zwanghaftes und häufiges Onanieren sowie vorehelicher Geschlechtsverkehr dein gutes Verhältnis zum andern Geschlecht hemmen und in schwerwiegender Weise belasten. (40 – 50 % aller Jugendlichen trinken Alkopops und rauchen).

Der Meinung der Mehrheit entsprechend hättest du die Freiheit alles zu tun, was dir Lust und Vergnügen bereitet. Du hättest überall und jederzeit das Recht auf Lustbefriedigung in allen Formen: Rauchen, Alkohol, Kiffen, Tablettenkonsum und Sex. Was lange Zeit als Sünde, Laster oder schlechte Gewohnheit galt, wurde heute im Wirken des Zeitgeistes salonfähig gemacht nach dem Motto: Wenn es alle tun, darf ich es auch!

Vorsätze:
Ich verzichte freiwillig auf unmässigen Alkoholkonsum, um in meiner zukünftigen Familie Beispiel zu sein.

Ich verzichte gänzlich auf jeglichen Nikotin- und Hanfkonsum, um mich meiner zukünftigen Familie mit gesunder Seele und mit all meinen gesunden körperlichen Kräften zu widmen.

Ich will mich im Interesse meiner zukünftigen Familie in meinen sexuellen Gelüsten beherrschen lernen. Sie hat es dereinst verdient, mich in meiner gesunden Ganzheit möglichst lange Zeit als Beistand zur Seite zu haben.

Ich will so gut es geht auf unnötige Medikamente verzichten und statt dessen täglich Gott den Vater im Namen Seines Sohnes um Kraft, Gesundheit und göttliche Energie bitten.

Da du weisst, dass der Segen für die spätere Familie im gemeinsamen Glauben weit höher ist, als ohne die Basis des gemeinsamen christlichen Bekenntnisses, lohnt es sich den Glauben des Partners vor einer festen Bindung zu prüfen. Meine Erfahrung mit den jungen Menschen dieses Kreises bestätigen diese meine liebende Ermahnung.

2. in der Zeit bis zur Heirat:

Die Zeit des Verliebtseins ist eine wunderbare Zeit. Jeder hat diese Zeit in schönster Erinnerung. Es ist das höchste Gefühl, wenn Herzen sich finden und beschliessen, gemeinsam den Lebensweg zu gehen. Der Himmel hängt voller Geigen.

Man sieht alles durch die rosarote Brille und Gefahren und Ängste scheinen bei so viel Glück und Wonne in weiter Ferne zu sein.

Man sagt, Liebe mache blind. Ja, dem ist so, wenn die Verliebten die Möglichkeit des geistigen Zusammenfindens nicht nutzen.

In dieser von Reizen überhäuften Zeit besteht die Gefahr, dass das körperlich-sexuelle Zusammenfinden das geistige Zusammenfinden verunmöglicht.

Früher galt die Verlobungszeit, die der Heirat vorausging, als Zeit der gegenseitigen Prüfung und des Sich-Kennenlernens. Zeigte es sich, dass die Charaktere zu verschieden waren und eine feste Bindung unmöglich erschien, konnte die Verbindung aufgelöst werden.

Diese Prüfungszeit vor der Heirat sollte neuerdings eingeführt werden, um die Scheidungsrate nicht weiter ansteigen zu lassen. (Es versteht sich, dass die Weisung Michaels, auf Geschlechtsverkehr vor der Ehe zu verzichten, sich auch auf diese Zeit bezieht!).

Paare, welche die voreheliche Zeit nicht nutzten, ihre moralisch-geistigen Werte zu prüfen und kennenzulernen, um sie im gegenseitigen Bemühen zu nutzen und zu mehren, sind später einem grösseren Scheidungsrisiko ausgesetzt. Ausserdem stehen sie ihren Kindern in ihren schwierigen Zeiten hilflos gegenüber.

Da sie dies selbst nicht gelernt haben, sind sie auch nicht imstande, den Kindern in ihren Entwicklungsproblemen Beistand zu sein.

Auf der andern Seite sind Paare, die sich durch geistige Gespräche, Gebet und gegenseitigen Ansporn vervollkommnen, diesen Problemen gegenüber gewappneter.

Vorsätze:
Ich bitte gemeinsam mit meinem Freund, respektive meiner Freundin, täglich um Kraft, den Verlockungen dieser Zeit zu widerstehen und im Glauben an die christlichen Wahrheiten zu wachsen.

Ich will mit meinem Freund/meiner Freundin in der wahren göttlichen Liebe durch Tugendstärke und Gebotstreue wachsen, um unsern Kindern einmal Vorbild zu sein.

Ich will meinen Freund/meine Freundin nicht bei Festlichkeiten und Tanzanlässen suchen, sondern unter Kirchenbesuchern.

3. In der Zeit von der Heirat bis zur Geburt der Kinder:

Studien belegen, dass glückliche und gläubige Eltern das werdende Kind bereits im Mutterleib für seine ganze Zukunft entscheidend zu prägen vermögen. Kinder, die in dieser geschützten und ruhigen Atmosphäre aufwachsen, sind ausserdem widerstandsfähiger, ausgeglichener und gesünder, da die geistige Einheit der Eltern das ganze Immunsystem des Kindes und seine Seele stärkt.

Vorsätze:
Im Wissen um das geistige Gesetz, dass wir das anziehen, was wir ausstrahlen, wollen wir uns durch Gebet, Opfer und Meditation auf die Zeugung vorbereiten, dass ein Kind des Lichtes uns geschenkt werde.

Wir nehmen uns vor, regelmässig zu entspannen, um uns mit dem Geist Gottes zu verbinden, der uns in allen Situationen eint und stärkt.

Wir bitten darum, dass der Geist Gottes uns zusammen mit der Frucht im Leibe der Mutter durchströmt und uns verbindet zu einer harmonischen Familie.

Wir nehmen uns vor, nur ruhige, harmonische, Gott wohlgefällige Musik zu hören. Wir nehmen uns vor, nur gute Gespräche zu führen und uns

viel über Gutes, Edles, Schönes und Heiliges zu erzählen, denn wir wissen, dass unser Kind im Mutterleib mithört.

Wir nehmen uns vor, wenig oder gar keinen Alkohol zu trinken und nicht zu rauchen, dass das Kind sich nicht an diese Gifte gewöhnen kann.

4. In der Zeit bis zum Schuleintritt:

Wie schön ist es doch, Grossvater zu sein! Was ich damals als Werkstudent an meinen Kindern an Aufmerksamkeit und Fürsorge verpasst habe, kann ich nun an ihnen gutmachen durch Liebe und Zuwendung an meinen Grosskindern. Was es da alles zu entdecken gibt an täglichen Fortschritten! Regelmässig kommt das ältere Grosskind zu uns auf Besuch. Jedes Mal staune ich, was ein dreijähriges Kind zu beobachten und nachzuahmen versteht und welch gutes Gedächtnis es hat. Nichts von dem, was ich ihm beim letzten Besuch zeigte, ist vergessen. Alles ist in seinem Gedächtnis festgehalten.

Wir sollten daraus lernen, welch grosse Verantwortung wir in der Erziehung übernehmen. Das Tonband Seele, so wie uns Paulus lehrte, ist gerade bei Kindern hoch sensibel ausgestattet. Da wird uns bewusst, wie segensreich sich gute Gespräche, gute Musik und gute Gedanken auf die Kinderseele auswirken und wie gefährlich schlechte Gespräche, schlechte Musik und Gedanken für die Entwicklung des Kindes sind.

Vorsätze:
Wir wollen niemals böse sein, denn böse Menschen sind vom Geist der Finsternis beherrscht, der unsern Kindern in ihrer Entwicklung schadet, sie traurig oder aggressiv werden lässt.

Wir nehmen uns im Beistand des Heiligen Geistes vor, in allem, was wir tun, sprechen, denken und planen ruhig, friedlich und harmonisch zu bleiben.

Wir beschäftigen uns mit den Kindern, wir singen Lieder, machen Spaziergänge, basteln, spielen, musizieren und malen, damit die Kinder lernen, sich selbst auf positive Art zu beschäftigen.

Alle Fortschritte halten wir in einem Tagebuch fest, um die Entwicklungsschritte ja nicht zu vergessen.

Jeden Abend lesen wir unsern Kindern einen Abschnitt aus der Kinderbibel vor.

Jeden Abend beten wir gemeinsam den Rosenkranz, singen anschliessend ein Lied, dass die Schutzengel den Kindern einen ruhigen Schlaf geben.

Wir kontrollieren strikte den Fernsehkonsum unserer Kinder. Am besten wäre gar kein Fernseher. Das TV Gerät ist der schlechteste Babysitter.

Matthäus

Selbstmord - Gedanken für Eltern und Jugendliche

Jugendseelsorge, Benedicite 3/2003

Die Schweiz weist, verglichen mit andern Ländern, eine der höchsten Selbstmordraten auf. Sehr traurig ist es, wenn pro Jahr durchschnittlich 110 junge Menschen im Alter zwischen 15 und 20 Jahren freiwillig aus dem Leben scheiden! Die Zahl der Selbstmordversuche aber liegt noch um ein Vielfaches höher!

Ist die Selbsttötung oder der Freitod die einfachste Lösung, um den Problemen aus dem Weg zu gehen? Ist es der kürzeste Weg in die Freiheit, wie es uns das Wort Freitod suggerieren will?

Im Gefährdeten keimen beispielsweise folgende Gedanken:

  • dass er andern nicht länger zur Last fallen kann,
  • dass er seinem Leben nichts Positives und Freudiges abgewinnen kann,
  • dass er einsam und überflüssig geworden ist,  
  • dass er eine nie wieder gut zu machende Schuld auf sich geladen hat und sich mit dem Selbstmord selbst bestrafen will,   
  • dass ein Leben mit grossen Schmerzen und unheilbarer Krankheit keinen Sinn mehr hat,   
  • dass es eine öffentliche Schande ist, mit finanziellen und beruflichen Schwierigkeiten zu leben. 

Der eingeweihte, glaubensstarke Mensch weiss:

  • dass er selbst in Not und Schmerzen die Last seiner Mitmenschen mittragen kann,
  • dass ihn sein geduldiges Ertragen von Leid und Not Gott näher bringt, weil er dadurch die Gelegenheit bekommt, sich mit Gott und seinen Mitmenschen zu versöhnen,
  • dass er in der Gegenwart seiner Schutzengel niemals einsam und verlassen ist,
  • dass er in der heiligen Beichte die Gelegenheit hat, seine grosse Schuld los zu werden,
  • dass es einen liebenden Gott gibt, der gerne bereit ist, die bereuten Sünden zu vergeben,
  • dass Selbstmord schwere Sünde ist, weil sie in diesem Leben nicht mehr bereut werden kann,
  • dass er in den ihm auferlegten Schmerzen für seine Schulden und Sünden sühnen kann,
  • dass er sich als Kind Gottes niemals schämen muss wegen beruflichen und finanziellen Problemen,
  • dass er im Glauben an die Helferkraft des Heiligen Geistes Lösungen für alle Probleme erhalten kann.

Viele Selbstmörder stammen aus zerrütteten, glaubenslosen Familien:

  • waren schon im Mutterleib ungeliebt,
  • mussten oft als Kind schlimmste Erfahrungen machen,  
  • wurden oft sexuell missbraucht,  
  • erlebten Gewalt und Lieblosigkeiten,  
  • konnten zu keinem Menschen wirkliches Vertrauen aufbauen.

Der Grad der Hoffnungslosigkeit und der Glaubenslosigkeit entscheidet, ob und wann der Lebensmüde zum Entschluss des Selbstmordes kommt oder dazu getrieben wird.

Gründe, die ihm seine Hoffnung rauben:

  • mangelnder Glaube in die Vorsehung Gottes,  
  • Kriegsgefahr, Angst vor Terrorakten,  
  • Situation auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, Entlassungen und Firmenpleiten,  
  • zunehmende Kälte in den zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen.

Die Hoffnung in eine bessere Zukunft ist in schwachen Seelen geschwunden und die Zahl derer wächst, die ihrem Leben selbst ein Ende bereiten wollen. Es ist eine traurige Tatsache, dass sich in der Schweiz an jedem dritten Tag ein Jugendlicher das Leben nimmt.
Noch ist unsere Wirtschaftslage gut, gemessen an der Situation anderer Länder. Noch sind wir nicht direkt betroffen von Krieg und Terror. Noch sind unsere Lebensmittel- und Wasservorräte hinreichend, die Felder bebaubar und die Luftqualität ist besser als anderswo. Was also treibt Menschen in den Selbstmord?
Es sind neben den oben genannten Gründen die verloren gegangenen alten Werte des Glaubens, der Hoffnung, der Liebe und der Tugend, der guten Beziehungen zum Elternhaus, des Geborgenseins in einen guten, zum Rechten schauenden Staat, der in Weitsicht und Gottvertrauen für Recht und Ordnung sorgt.
Es sind die verloren gegangenen Lieder der Mütter am Kinderbett, die vergessenen, gemütsbildenden Volkslieder der Lehrkräfte in den Schulstuben und die abgeschafften tröstenden Choräle und Marienlieder der Priester in den Kirchen.

Es sind weiter die mangelnden erbarmenden Umarmungen der Eltern, der fehlende gute Zuspruch, die vergessenen Gebete der Familien am Mittagstisch, die vernachlässigten Morgen- und Abendgebete, die durch TV und Internet verdrängten guten Gespräche, das ausser Mode gekommene Vorlesen spannender und gemütsbildender Geschichten und schliesslich die vernachlässigte gute und erhebende Musik, die den Jugendlichen über Generationen Licht, Kraft und Liebe spendete.
Viele Jugendliche sind im Soge des Zeitgeistes seelisch erkrankt und haben alle Hoffnung auf eine gute Zukunft verloren, weil sie niemanden fanden, der ihnen wahre Zuwendung und Liebe schenkte.
In ihrer Verzweiflung griffen sie zu Drogen in der irrigen Hoffnung nach einer besseren Welt. Sie ergriffen die Flucht in eine andere Welt aus Verzweiflung an dieser Welt. Sie erhofften zu vergessen, was sie bewegt und erwachten aus dem Rausch in eine noch kältere und brutalere Welt und ihr Wunsch reifte im Selbstmord zur Tat, niemals mehr in dieser öden Wirklichkeit zu erwachen.
Doch der Ort, den sie vorfanden, liess sie das Schreckliche keineswegs vergessen. Sie erwachten neuerlich in einer Dunkelheit. Doch dieses Mal versuchten sie vergeblich ihren Leib zu töten, sie suchten vergeblich nach Gift und Rauch.
Ihre Verzweiflung liess sie lange Zeit nach Hilfe rufen in Sphären der Trübsal und der Düsternis, bis sich endlich Boten Gottes in der Kraft vieler Gebete um sie kümmerten, sie liebevoll über Schuld und Sühne aufklärten und ihnen aufgrund der ihnen zugefügten Demütigungen und Verbrechen auf Erden ihre Schuld verringerten, um sie Stufe um Stufe höher zu führen.
Die Schuld aber, die ihnen aus göttlichem Erbarmen erlassen wurde, werden ihre Schuldner auf Erden tilgen müssen am Tage des Gerichts.

Aussagen von Gefährdeten

Die nachfolgenden verzweifelten Aussagen sind in jedem Fall ernst zu nehmen. Sie sollen in grosser Ruhe und liebevoll angehört und nicht missachtet werden. In einem offenen, vorwurfsfreien Gespräch sollen nach einem gemeinsamen Gebet Lösungen erarbeitet werden.
«ich weiss nicht mehr weiter»
«mich versteht ja sowieso niemand»
«jetzt mache ich dann Schluss»
«ich will nicht mehr leben»
«ich stürze mich aus dem Fenster»

Anzeichen für einen drohenden Selbstmord:

  • Sie zeichnen oft Kreuze, Grabsteine, Särge oder Friedhöfe.
  • In der Schule fallen Selbstmord gefährdete Jugendliche durch übertriebene Aufsässigkeit und Aggressivität oder durch grosse Passivität und Traurigkeit auf.
  • Viele sind ess- oder magersüchtig.  
  • Oft brechen sie Beziehungen mit Eltern.  
  • Sie leiden unter Verhaltens- und Schlafstörungen.

Was ist in diesem Falle zu tun?

  • Zuhören, beten, segnen.  
  • Mitgefühl zeigen.  
  • Konkrete Schritte suchen.   
  • Auf die Probleme eingehen und sie nicht unter den Teppich wischen.  
  • Nie auslachen.

Der lebensmüde Mensch will die für ihn zerstörerischen Lebensumstände ändern. Weil es ihm nicht gelingt, geht er statt dessen mit sich zerstörerisch um, indem er sich das Leben nimmt.

Zusammenfassend sei gesagt:

Wir wissen und glauben, dass Selbstmord niemals die Lösung sein kann. Ein Selbstmörder muss in grossem Schrecken feststellen, dass er seinen Problemen, Nöten und seiner Verzweiflung nicht entfliehen kann. In langen Läuterungen muss er unter Schmerzen einsehen, dass er den Plan Gottes für ihn in schwerwiegender Weise durchkreuzt hat.
Seine Seele, von Gott ihm gegeben, wird nicht Ruhe haben, bis sie die grosse Schuld gebüsst hat. Sie wird in der Gnade Gottes in die himmlische Schule Mariens gelangen oder eine erneute Menschwerdung antreten dürfen, um die Schuld ganz zu tilgen.
Alle Mitmenschen eines Selbstmörders müssen gemäss ihrer Teilschuld für ihre Verfehlungen büssen.

Matthäus

How do I meet fears of life?

Youth pastoral care, Benedicite 2/2003

In the many mailings and letters of request, young people of this congregation openly signalled their life needs to me. Many described their problems with symptoms such as bed-wetting, fingernail biting, skin problems, thumb-sucking, loss of appetite, obesity, anorexia, problems falling and staying asleep, nightmares and even life-weariness.
At the age of 7-12 years, the vocabulary is often not sufficient to explain complex problems in an understandable way, so they explain their problem with symptoms, which allow the awake educator a plausible explanation.
All these symptoms are caused by conscious or unconscious fear. Unconscious fears, which are hidden deep in the soul, often have their causes in previous lives or are a consequence of traumatic experiences in early childhood.
These fears should not occupy us. We don't want to fathom them through returns to previous lives, because this could awaken even more incriminating conscious fears. We pray: Heavenly Father, I ask You in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ to deliver me from all unhappy entanglements of this and past lives. You know the depths of my soul and can free it from all guilt and sin.
We want to openly confess our conscious fears that cloud our soul-spiritual powers and hinder us in our perfection.

1. Fear of failure/jitters
You have often experienced the destructive power of the fear of failure. It is the voice of the seducer who does not want you to succeed. Although you have prepared yourself well and conscientiously for a test, this paralyzing uncertainty arises at the last minute with the thought: «You won't make it again. It will be just like the last test where you failed out of fear and panic».
You can overcome this fear, known as stage fright, by trusting your guardian angels. They will gladly give you courage and self-confidence at your request.

Pray:
«Lord, my God. You have given me talents, that I may use these gifts of grace for your glory and for the joy of my fellow men. Give me confidence in the power of my guardian angels. With their help I can successfully pass all tests.»

If you are afraid of certain situations, then you must learn to face such situations without fear, even by seeking them out and practicing them for your strengthening. If you fail in the audition on your instrument, you should, whenever you can, audition to people. Every time you have worked on a piece of music, say to your parents or siblings, «Come and hear me play something for you».
We want to learn to recognize all our fears and look them in the eye without fear. In the moment when you feel your negative thoughts, you should speak aloud with all your energy: Get away from me, you murky shadows! I am a child of light.

2. Fear of the future
When in 1963 the danger of a world war was looming because of the Cuban crisis, I was 21 years old, stood in front of a class for the first time as a junior teacher, was in love and looked forward to a happy future. Great fear broke out among the people. Everyone asked themselves: What will the future bring? Will we survive this war?
Humanity is experiencing the same thing these days. A terrible act of terrorism has shocked and traumatized the world. More acts of terror are announced and every day the world must expect an even more terrible act of brutality.
Now, especially the youth, who had been well off for a long time, is gripped by fear of the future. (We are experiencing the longest time of peace in our country). In this feeling of fear and insecurity I see the main reason for the increasing aggressions and acts of vandalism, for the ever increasing dangers of addiction and for mental illness.
We are insiders and we know that the tribulations must come over this earth with violence to purify it. We are actually well prepared through all the many prophetic revelations and need not be afraid at all, as we believe to be guided and protected in all troubles.

Therefore we may pray:
«Lord, my God, I ask You in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ to guide and protect me through all fears. Never let me despair as Your child. Let me always believe in Your love, which is always with me and keeps me healthy and strong».


3. Fear for the loss of a loved one
In some letters, young people signalled to me their fear of separation from their parents and siblings, be it through divorce or death. One boy told me that the mere thought of the death of his parents made him so sad that in this case he would not want to live anymore. A girl wrote to me that if she knew that she would be reunited with the whole family after dying, the short separation would not be so sad.
Even the strongest belief in eternal life and the strongest certainty of seeing each other again cannot and must not prevent the grief of losing a loved one. Jesus Christ said: Mourn with those who mourn. But we should also rejoice with the deceased, for they have laid down their cumbersome bodies and are in the light.
We may know as insiders that this expected life in light is more beautiful and more perfect than here on earth and that we may then belong to a larger, holy family in which in heavenly harmony and in blissful rapture all are truly one. We will recognize all our loved ones in a different dress with great joy.

We pray:
«Lord, my God! I thank You with all my heart for my parents and brothers and sisters. Let us be gathered together with You one day to praise and honour You with the whole universal Holy Family for all eternity.»

4. Mental illness of young people
Young people among us speak of self-hatred because of their figure, because of their failures and hardships. In addition, like the children of the world, they suffer from addictions just as if they were ignorant.
Have we priests and parents failed? Did we realize too late that generational and developmental problems, which naturally always existed and will continue to exist, which can hit insiders twice, who merely heard the message and did not live it?
Were we mistaken in the opinion that we did not have to do anything, that the angels of God were to protect us? God can send His angels only where the good news is lived and sincere conversation is conducted. Young people need attention in their time of development, i.e. an open ear for their problems, understanding, happy and playful pastime, but also orderly daily routines, as well as strict rules, which are observed with loving severity.
Jesus Christ said: «The sick need a doctor». This is to tell the parents and us as God's instruments that the young people who are ill for any reason need our special attention.

Reasons for the mental illness of our youth:

A) An unprecedented breakdown of values in our society
The gaping gulf between the state of the zeitgeist and the message heard is growing ever wider. A young person educated in a Christian community will find it very difficult to truly believe in basic Christian truths while living in an environment without faith.
Admittedly, if this is true for us adults, how hard can this contrast between faith and everyday reality be for young people? (Doubts create diseases.)

We pray:
«Lord, my God, I ask You in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, give me words of wisdom and love that I may illuminate the dark world with my light. In Your goodness, give me the strength every day anew that I may not be broken by the contrasts of this time, but that I may dissolve them in the blessing of God and that Your kingdom on earth may come to all souls.»

B) Secularization of the schools
Our youth educated in Dozwil are particularly affected, because their differences challenge weak teachers and classmates to provocations in various ways. We know that, according to Scripture, the world must hate us because we are not from this world.
Joh. 15/19: «As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.»
Therefore we should be able to respond to challenges in a calm manner, in love and decency. (See "Answers to provocative questions")

We pray:
«Lord, my God, I beseech You in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ. Grant me the power of love and mercy, that I may offer the cold, anger and hatred of men as a sacrifice to You until all souls feel Your almighty love and bow to Your rule.»

C) Lack of conversation about terrible events
We are often given revelations of apocalyptic content, which can arouse fears if there are no follow-up discussions in the family. If even adults do not always understand the mystical language from heaven, how hard do children and young people find it to understand the true meaning?
One boy described to me his fear of another terrorist act. He has not yet digested this terrible event and suffers from anxiety attacks. This should make us understand that the collapses of the skyscrapers of the World Trade Center, which were shown 100 times on television, caused permanent damage in many children's souls.
Following the revelations that followed, I urged parents to talk to their children about these acts of terrorism. Did this happen everywhere? If not, such parents would have to make up for it.

We pray:
«Lord, my God, I ask You in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ. Protect me in the horrors of this time. Let me see them as signs of repentance. Let the victims of crime be a blessing to us through our repentance and give them Your love.»

D) The missing conversation about strict revelations
I expect difficult sentences from revelations to be calmly explained by the parents. I recall the sermon in which I brought the biblical event of the collapsed tower into the present and said: The people of the World Trade Center were not buried under the rubble because they sinned in a special way. They died because of us, that we repent and do penance, otherwise we would have to wait for even worse. I am not allowed to not read certain passages  from the revelations because of the children, since I can expect the necessary follow-up talks in the family.

We pray:
«Lord, my God, I ask You in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ. Give us the grace of a strong and enduring soul that it may stand in the turmoil of this time. Give the families strength and wisdom to understand in Your Spirit Your words given to us out of love.»

E) Fear of possible exclusion and exposure
As convinced Christians, we may allow ourselves to be mocked and excluded for our Saviour, because He did it for us too. (See "Answers to provocative questions")
If there is a blemish on your body, if you think you are too fat or too thin, too small or too big, too stiff or not clever enough, then you should speak daily:
My soul is healthy and strong, for I know that I am a child of God. He has created me in His image and likeness and that makes me happy and content. I can always bless and pray for all my well-formed fellow men, because they are exposed to greater mental dangers in their beautiful bodies, through their pride in being more valuable.

We pray:
«Lord, my God, I ask You in the name of Your Son. Give me of Your strength that I let myself be mocked. Give me of Your love that I may forgive the mockers. Give me of Thy patience to endure the mockery and hatred of my adversaries and to show them my love until they too praise and honour Thee and their soul has received the beauty of the heavenly splendour.»

Sexual abuse of young people
Every day we hear about heinous attacks on children of all ages. These are the most horrible crimes, to which people are incited by the darkest beings. They are lust killers in the true sense of the word, for they kill children's souls in the most horrible greed, burdening them throughout their lives and suffocating the divine spark in them. They are abusers and plunderers of God's creation and deserve the strictest judgment, in which all their victims will be present as accusers.
In the last weeks we learned about the high number of Swiss men who regularly consumed child pornography over the Internet, getting horny by doing so and often became abusers, fuelled by the images. We ask ourselves: Why could it come to this? Who in this society failed so that this greatest Holocaust ever of this kind could break out against the weakest and most defenceless creatures? This was possible because a large part of humanity today has separated from God. His commandments have been replaced by the commandments of Lucifer, who allowed all those to have his right to lust at any time, with all people and in any way they wished. Do it! Do it! He proclaimed to them through his instruments and offered them boundless freedom, because they paid homage to him.
In this new chapter of youth pastoral care, I would like to inform all young people about these vicious attacks and give them important rules of conduct so that they do not become victims of such misdeeds.

What is sexual abuse?
Sexual abuse occurs when an adult (or adolescent) uses his or her position of power as a father, uncle, grandfather, teacher, priest, etc. to abuse the trust of children in his or her physical and mental superiority to satisfy his or her sexual needs.

A woman or a man might try to:

  • touch or kiss you for sexual arousal (for girls, on the vagina, bottom or breast; for boys, on the bottom or penis),
  • be touched by you on the genitals,
  • force or persuade you to look at him or her naked or to watch sexual acts

I should also urge all girls not to wear provocative dresses (necklines too low, belly button free dresses, pants too tight, skirts too short). By dressing decently, they reduce the risk of sexual assault.
Research has shown that sexual abuse takes place mainly in the family. Children of all ages are affected, including infants and toddlers.

What can young Christians do for prevention?
They say full of faith and conviction:

  • I am under the protection of God and am able to stand up to my seducers everywhere and at all times as a courageous and confident Christian.
  • Whoever wants to assault me sexually, let him hear: As a child of God I am obliged to keep my body pure. If you already intend to dishonour me, it will be credited to you as a sin. No one is entitled to touch me to his satisfaction. My soul shall remain the temple of God.
  • I will quickly sue anyone who dares to hurt my personality through his sexual lust, even if he should threaten me.
  • Nobody has the right to touch me in an indecent way.
  • There are good and bad secrets, those that are fun and those that cause stomach ache. The bad secrets I want to pass on, even though I have promised not to tell anyone.
  • Some touches don't fit me and are strange, without me being able to tell the reason. Hugs that are too long and too tight make me suspect that this person wants to exploit me sexually.
  • It can be an older confidant or even a relative who touches me in a way that is not

What can parents do when they learn about sexual abuse of their children?

  • Strengthen the child's courage and self-confidence through prayer, attention and compassion that he or she will say everything that moves their soul. After an assault, the child is full of fear and insecurity. Often, he or she speaks only in code about their experiences.
  • Take away all remorse and self-reproach. Open his heart and you will loosen his tongue. What it utters can be processed more easily.
  • Discuss all further steps with the child (consultation hours, behaviour towards the offender, possibly file a complaint). Avoid, however, that the perpetrator learns about it before the child's protection is guaranteed.
  • If the perpetrator is a close relative, it should be noted that such a person expects not to be sued, otherwise the whole family will be affected. This would be blackmailing and must not be allowed to happen, as such offences are particularly serious. He has the duty to atone for this great guilt before the earthly and heavenly judge.
  • Seek advice directly from a person of trust.

Admonitions to the perpetrators
In respect of the commandment of love, I may never force my entrusted neighbour to fornicate in any form. If I sexually abuse children entrusted to me, I kill their souls.
If I have ever harmed a person in such a way, I voluntarily surrender to the earthly judge and declare myself ready to atone for this offence according to the law. Afterwards I can confess my guilt before the heavenly judge in a thorough and honest confession. In a resolution that I make daily, I intend to atone for this sin with much sacrifice and love.

Matthew

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Causes of restlessness and excessive activity

Youth pastoral care, Benedicite 1/2003

Devaluation of the family

When I think back to the long and beautiful evenings in the family circle and compare these memories with the leisure activities of today's youth, I am overcome with deep regret and compassion for so many souls.

I am convinced that if they could feel just for a moment the harmony, the contentment and the peace we experienced after a happy family evening, they would immediately be ready to do everything they could to enjoy this family feeling of happiness. With these words I have not yet convinced you, but I certainly encouraged you to continue listening to me. My goal is to free you from your troubles and fears. These are not just stories of an "oldie" who wants to preach you a moral sermon. I don't want to portray myself and my generation as better. We, too, have been plagued by the spirit of the times, but not to the extent that you are today. I want to protect you in the truest sense, because you have not become perpetrators, but victims of a frightening change of heart. Because you are surrounded by this attitude and because you are shaped by this spirit through school and environment, you lack the comparison with a calmer and more healed world. Our time, too, was by no means healthy, by no means, but the dangers were, compared to the present ones, much smaller. Therefore, open your soul to my words spoken with deep compassion. I also know that your parents are doing and will continue to do their best to develop you into strong personalities. But much of what is happening today happens in ignorance of your parents and they are often amazed at what is going on. You can confidently accept my help, because it has matured and been strengthened by many experiences and trials. I am convinced that your trust and your faith in my powers will allow you to recover.

For decades, the spirit of the times has succeeded in gradually destroying the unity of the family desired by God. Huge holes have been punched in the originally secure fortress of the family.

1. Neglect and desacralization of holy baptism
One of the main reasons why we informed Christians should be better off is that we know about the deepest meaning of Holy Baptism:

In the grace of God we are freed from all entanglements of hereditary guilt and, as children of God, we are allowed to carry the light within us. This light makes us healthy and strong. We never feel lonely and abandoned, because God our Father stands up for us.

2. Failure to pray daily
Another reason to feel happy is that this Father, who was given to us in Holy Baptism, can guide us better and give more authority to His messengers when we ask Him to do so as often as we can.

But one condition remains: We should pray joyfully and voluntarily. God can help you only if you gladly ask Him.

Resolutions:
I want to pray gladly and often.
I pray in the morning for divine assistance.
In the evening, after the examination of my conscience, I pray for a peaceful and restful sleep and say thanks for the past day with its joys and pains.
I hand over all my problems and worries to my guardian angel.
In my prayers I include all my fellow men.

Know: No single prayer that you say in deep faith and trust is in vain!

God answers your prayers according to your faith and according to the openness of the soul that you pray for.

3. Neglecting the redeeming blessing
Just as important as prayer is the constant blessing. You can bless all your work, all your fellow men, the food, your words, your thoughts and your planning incessantly, i.e. you can free everything you think, do, eat and speak from any curse. Jesus Christ said: "Love your enemies. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who persecute you." In this constant blessing you are free from disturbing negative forces that want to make you feel fear, distrust and failure. You are capable of accomplishments that will bring you success, happiness and sympathy.

Resolutions:
After the evening prayer I bless my dreams and all people who caused me sorrow and worries that day.

After the morning prayer I bless my teachers, my teachers, my classmates, my work colleagues and all my opponents in their human form and as spirit beings.

I speak a blessing over them with a spiritual sign of the cross and envision them in the most beautiful light.

I bless everything I eat and drink, knowing that the blessing detoxifies and purifies.

4. Fear for the loss of your neighbour
If a mother lives in constant fear of losing her children, she attracts danger and ultimately a child could have an accident as a result of this fear.
You have asked your angels for help in the name of God. Therefore, you can have absolute trust in them to do their work conscientiously. If you trust them, your fear will also disappear.
But if you have to suffer pain of separation in your life, your comforting angel will lovingly take you in his arms and comfort you.

5. Fear of the future because of the tense world situation
The above is also true in this point with the same words. In the fear for the future we attract misfortune. In blessing over all future things we create peace and harmony. You see the terrible images of September 11th. They are captured on the tape in your soul and by the camera in your soul and want to frighten you. You hear the hateful speeches of the leaders stirred up by vengeful spirits. You see their will for bloody satisfaction and wonder anxiously what your future will bring. You feel a paralyzing fear coming up in you, which wants to rob you of your joy of life, your initiative and your good will.

Resolutions:
In the holy sacrifice of the Mass you place all fears trustingly in the wounds of Jesus.
You bless all horrors in form of images and experiences, so that all souls filled with hatred and curses may recognize that true peace can only be in God.

6. Concern for your own future
In the face of so much suffering, war and hardship you could be affected by resignation, sadness and hopelessness. You could speak: Why do I learn, why do I struggle from exam to exam? It all has no sense!

Now your angel speaks:
What are you thinking and talking about! Just now you shall prove to your fellow men by courage and confidence that you have a greater hope than they have, a hope for a more beautiful life.

Everything that you do in the name of God is enough to receive beautiful blessings now and after death.

What you began on earth in love, you can finish in heaven in the purest joy and perfection.

What you have acquired through work and prayer in times of distress, will give you true help in times of need.

Always be confident and in good spirits! Never let yourself be infected by the spirit of resignation and hopelessness!

If you follow my advice, you will never become impatient or restless.

You will never despair of the contradictions of this time.
You are not subject to fluctuations of feelings.
You are filled with a healthy inner joy.
You are not sad and hopeless, but filled with joy of life, courage and energy.
You are always guided by good imaginations.
You do not succumb to drugs or even suicidal thoughts.
You are an example of love and sensitivity, because Christ dwells in you.

Lack of concentration and restless driving
Every day we are shown horrible pictures of terrorist acts, robberies, murders, disasters and accidents. The news contain mainly negative, soul-burdening events. A burdened soul creates illness. Through medication, drugs and alcohol, the symptoms of illness are swallowed, depressed and forced into the organs.

More and more teachers, parents and authorities are noticing a lack of concentration never seen before. They complain about the increasing difficulties in teaching their protégés basic teachings and behaviour. Exasperated, they give up, asking the family doctor for advice, who immediately prescribes a remedy for the exasperated parents and for the rebellious children. Calmed (sedated), they soon realize that their troublemakers have improved, no longer rebel, scream and argue.

Did the doctor's remedies work a miracle? - An apparent peace has come to such families. The symptoms of a suffering soul were merely suppressed and soon the illness will appear in a visible, external way. The restlessness of the children has given way to a paralyzing sadness. The development of the soul is stopped by taking the drug Ritalin. Experiences confirm that the soul development stopped during the time of taking this drug.

This disease, which is called hyperkinetic disorder according to orthodox medicine, is a disease created by the spirit of the times. It affects not only children. They are the weakest and last link in the long chain of causes.

These children rebel against everything because adults give them neither support nor a goal.

They cause difficulties because the parents cannot cope with their difficulties.

They are filled with the most stubborn spirit of contradiction because they broke down at the contradictions of the time.

They suffer from extreme fluctuations in their feelings, because no one cared about their feelings for too long.

They became depressed because their soul cried out in vain for love, attention and compassion.

They are prone to suicidal thoughts because no one gave them the true meaning of life by a good example.

They are easily influenced because their healthy self-confidence was clouded by perverse and horrible images and godless opinions.

Their tendencies towards hostile behaviour and crime are a cry for loving attention.

They have chosen the path to addiction to escape the hostility, lack of love and coldness of this time.

Their stamina is weakened because they do not see any sense in the chaotic events of the time, because the addiction has robbed them of the last remnants of their stamina and will, because the bad economic situation robs them of any prospect of success.

How can we, as professing Christians, show the world the way out of this impasse?

By strengthening ourselves at the sources of strength. The first and most important source of strength is attending Holy Mass. A family that together with Jesus Christ sacrifices itself to God the Father, knows about the most noble goal on earth, namely to reach heaven together. It has a secure hold in all temptations and dangers. It is able to courageously carry the cross imposed on them for Jesus Christ. By patiently enduring marital problems together, the child learns that constant rebellion and provocation does not bring solutions.

When the child sees that the parents have put their problems in the wounds of Jesus Christ and that they can meet each other lovingly, free of reproach and hostility, it can gain courage and confidence to be patiently listened to by the parents.

Such a child will not despair of the contradictions of the times, for it feels supported and understood in the spiritual unity of its parents. It recognizes in the common victim attitude of the parents the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. In His example and in His uncontradictory way of sacrifice he recognizes his goal in life.

His fluctuations of feelings disappear and make room for positive thoughts and plans, because he feels safe in the merciful bosom of the family. The presence of Jesus in his heart means that his feelings are always directed towards seeking the good, the true, the noble and the holy. Following the example of Jesus, he is also able to endure defeats and trials in equanimity and strength.

Families who celebrate the Sacrifice of the Mass together as often as possible are carried by an inner joy and filled with an unquenchable desire to celebrate it with ever more intimacy and gratitude, in order to be united with Christ for all eternity. Children of such families can never fall into sadness, because in the community of the whole family they can experience God's love in the presence of Jesus in their hearts anew. Jesus Christ has filled them from within with energy and joy of life. They know about the true goal on earth and are willing to let their lives become a sacrifice for the Saviour. Their self-confidence is healthy and strong, because it is no longer they who live, but Jesus Christ in them. Their soul has become one with the Heart of Jesus and Mary and has expanded their consciousness into divine dimensions. They can only be influenced by good imaginations, because Jesus in them erases all bad ones.

In the power of light and grace of Jesus, their talents and inclinations become a blessing for their future and for the whole world. Such children do not need to escape from the world through drugs and suicide, because they have the light and strength within them to survive in the dangers of this time. Not only do they become light for themselves; as light sources they have a healing effect on their surroundings.

With the sole purpose of giving glory to God the Father in the holy sacrifice of the Mass, they are distinguished as examples of sensitivity, love, strength and perseverance. In spite of bad conditions and bleak prospects, they persistently follow the preconceived goal towards bliss.

Matthew

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Answers to urgent questions

These answers reveal a positive Christian attitude to life. They are, however, incomplete impulses.

«We are here on earth to serve God and to thus get to heaven». That is what is written in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. We originate from heaven, just as the Parable of the Prodigal Son teaches us, and God waits until we come to understand our situation and search for him with all our strength.

 

We can mature spiritually through all life experiences. The more we are concerned with what is good, noble, pure and holy and strive for improvement, the more positive our being develops. Thanks to our loving attitude, we become helpers for our fellow men. That is the deep purpose of our existence: We shall multiply what is good in creation through noble thoughts, good words and deeds of brotherly love. Thus, we can fulfil the first commandment in a better and better way: «You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.»

Within each person there is an eternal spark of God. We live as spiritual beings in a material body. When we die, our spiritual nature leaves the body and may enter the home that he deserves, according to his spiritual development. Christ says: «In my Father’s house, there are many rooms». To have knowledge of life after death is normal in every religion as well as for indigenous peoples.

 

In view of so much suffering, war and distress you could be overwhelmed with resignation, sadness and despair. You might think: Why do I study? Why do I fight my way from one exam to the other? Nothing makes sense!

You have good future prospects if you are aware that your true future is a never ending time in God’s eternity.

God allows that tests and blows of fate happen to us. By struggling for the good and enduring difficult days we strengthen our fortitude and become faithful to God. Especially in this difficult time you will become a role model for your fellow men since they will see your hope and confidence for a fulfilled, meaningful life.

All you do in God’s name will turn into wonderful blessings in this life and in your life after death. Whatever you began to do out of love on this planet you may continue in heaven in pure joy and perfection. What you’ve earned in difficult times through work and prayer will be of true help during the time of hardship.

Always be confident and of good cheer. Never let yourself down by the spirit of resignation and desperation. If you follow these advices you become less impatient and uneasy. You will never despair of the contradictions of these days. You are less subject to mood changes. You are filled with an inner happiness that makes you healthy.

The word “peace” is part of the word “inner-peace”. In order to allow peace to enter our hearts a couple of conditions are to be fulfilled: First, make sure that you are accessing a state of inner-ease and order. Then start to have a relationship with God by keeping his commandments. His commandments are a safe guide for you. Next, strive after an attitude of gratitude because God gives us so much. If you are in a state of inner-ease and order, if you strive to live according to the commandments and if you are thankful for all gifts God has given you, your prayers will have power. God will repay your love abundantly.

«Do you want to be happy in life
contribute to other's happiness.
Since the joy we give
returns to our own heart.»

Everybody has strengths and weaknesses. The best way to overcome my weaknesses is by being happy about my strengths and by honing them, be it music, sport, school, work, social abilities or emotional intelligence.

«The secret of joy is to be happy about what you have and not to be angry about what you don’t have» (Emil Meier). Yes, joy is the foundation of success. Joy gives ease, strength and courage. Joy revives your mind, your soul. Joy flows through our whole being with positive energy.

I should not become angry about my weaknesses because anger is just like an electrical short. Within moments it eats up our energy and it takes days until it is won back.

Choose one weakness you intend to work on and ask your guardian angel for help. In your mind you work out steps of improvement and each day before going to sleep you speak very consciously a couple of times the following into your soul:

I know that thanks to the divine power and the help of my angels I am becoming better and better at being silent. I am filled with silence and peace which makes me placid and well-adjusted.

If you have other weaknesses you would like to overcome, change the second part of the suggestion. It is crucial that I do not name the weakness, but the goal, the state I want to achieve. Only positive words may be spoken, because whatever we put in our souls strives after realization. If I say: I’m not fearful anymore, thus fear is planted into the soul and will continue to grow.

There are two types of studying: the studying for school and work, which means the acquirement of knowledge and skills and the studying for life, which refers to the development of our personality.

For all studying, our genuine will, our effort and our perseverance are important. Little children show us with what kind of enthusiasm humans are learning naturally. They observe, imitate, discover and repeat until they’ve reached their goal. They try as hard as possible and find new strength while resting.

Resting and order are decisive for allowing a kind of concentration that brings together all our senses, thoughts and our strengths of mind to the basic so that everything around us vanishes. Other important requirements for studying are confidence in our own abilities, interest in the issue being studied and joy about every little success.

We have a very valuable learning aid in the knowledge on the way our subconscious works. In this respect, positive thinking is fundamental. We learn best when we are involving our head, heart and hand.

It would go too far to get into the issue of practical studying.

Religion, family and good friends are of great help when learning for life. We can proceed from the assumption that all incidents in life, the small ordinary ones as well as the big strokes of fate, are measured out from God’s gracious almightiness. Nothing happens by chance. Everything makes sense!

Everybody longs for friends, for people with the same interests, who accept us, who like us, who share our views and our interests. Whether I find friends mainly depends on myself. Can I approach others? Can I listen to what they say? Can I bear a joke? Do I feel quickly insulted? Do I judge and condemn often or am I able to accept other people’s opinion without having to propagate my opinion as the only correct one? Do I backbite or do I defend absentees and weaker people? How do I react in a group? Do I suggest new ideas or do I not have any? Do I mostly criticize other people’s ideas?

If I’m questioning myself and then improving myself, I will become more likeable for others and my charisma will be positive and winning. Others will notice that unconsciously and will like you. «Thoughts are powerful», Paul Kuhn taught us.

«What goes around, comes around», we say in our colloquial language and mean the law of resonance. True friendship grows slowly.

You are only being a friend if you can keep a secret and if you prove to be a friend with a sympathetic ear, being there with help and advice when your friend is not doing well.

Approach others without any prejudices. Listen to what they say without having to immediately weigh in your opinion. Take part when you are invited to. Don’t give up after a failure! Sense how others are feeling and empathize with them. Thus, ties develop and soon your opinion and advice are needed. If someone wants to choose the wrong path, speak your mind calmly and clearly.

Did you know that angels want to be our heavenly friends? And did you know how valuable these friends are? They strive with all their strength to put the good into our hearts, to warn us against evil, to watch over us and to lead us to our destination, which is eternal life in heaven.

This is a wonderful question, a noble wish.

1. Faith is and will stay a matter of faith.
Faith is grace, which means a gift from God.
Therefore, one should not trifle with faith and even less it is allowed to force faith on others or to persuade them.

Faith is like a wonderful flower which only grows when it is given good soil, light, warmth, air and enough room for development.

Thank God, there is not simply one true faith. There are many good religious communities who dearly do what they’ve perceived as being right. They love God and are thankful, they love their neighbour as themselves and therefore they are doing what is best.

If I really want to lead others to faith, faith needs to first flourish with life in myself. From the bloom, fruits will ripe. If these fruits are delicious, others will want to eat from it as well! Our own good example is decisive, our deeds and not our pious words. Many can speak and write beautifully. But Christ gave us the parable of the tree bearing good fruits. “You will know them by their fruits.”

Furthermore, we may pray, asking God and his angels for others so that he may awake in them the grace of faith.

It is also allowed to be a good listener and to contribute a little thought at the right moment. This should be done out of true love and not in hopes that I can win someone for my faith and to be able to add one more person to the flock.

Our will shall only be a service for this person out of love, not out of expediency.

Yes, if we have faith, we have the task to pray for all people and to grow in love for all people, so that our tree will bear good fruits and thus blessings for the whole world.

Only love can bring goodness.

In this sense, I therefore wish lots of joy, love, strength and blessings so that your life may succeed.

Our heavenly father created man in his own image. He breathed an immortal soul into each of us, he gave us talents and placed tasks into our soul. In each person good and evil can be at work. We live on this earth between the poles of heaven and hell. We mature by doing good and we mature because we struggle with weaknesses which we overcome or at least contain with big effort and God’s help.

And now the crucial question: Who gave humans sexual power?

Our sexual power is a gift from God, just like all the other instincts and talents we have. With this gift of creation men may cooperate in creating. From the union of a man and a women a child, a new creation, comes into being. What great power and responsibility God has put in our hands. Our character is decisive whether happy or burdened souls come into the world.

The sexual instinct is one of the strongest forces in humans. It is most difficult for us humans to handle this enormous creative power. Instead of being connected with the divine love to receive great blessings for mankind, this instinct is often abused as an ecstatic pleasurable sensation and degraded to a superficial, short-living enjoyment.

From an early age we should practice to handle the other areas where we have urges that are easier to deal with. We should strive for what is good, learn to abstain and to find the right balance and to strengthen our Christian sentiment. Then, we are able to carefully deal with our sexual instinct and to apply this creative power to pass on life in purity. This can only be achieved if we are striving for purity in our thoughts, vision, speaking, our actions and if we avoid all that is impure. This holy creative instinct shall not get out of control, become primitive and end up in the gutter.

There is no greater intimacy, no more intensive connection than the becoming one in the unconditional dedication of man and woman. Also mental faculties are exchanged and a spiritual connection is formed. Therefore, God has exalted marriage as a frame for this act of creation, blessed it and let it become an irrevocable sacrament (an act of God’s grace).

Love between two humans has the biological purpose of preserving the species, thus to reproduce. This purpose cannot be fulfilled by homosexual couples. Furthermore, the union of a man and woman has the purpose to enrich one another. Thereof new strength for the everyday life should arise. The couples should intimately become more and more unified. Love also benefits mutual development and mutual assistance.

In order for a little child to have ideal prerequisites for its development, its father and mother should care together for the physical needs of the child as well as for its emotional and spiritual well-being. Emotional security and a healthy vitality develop within the child through the experience of confidence, love and thankfulness; thus through setting an example by living desirable values.

Love comes from God to mankind. We humans may receive this love and give it away. Love can only be preserved and multiplied in the purity of the heart. Love is bound to the regularities of what is good, or it vanishes. Therefore, there is no love detached from morals. It is God’s will that sex between a couple happens out of love and includes the possibility of reproduction. Love never says “I”, but “you” or “we”. Love also is willing for self-sacrifices. In this respect, think primarily about motherly love.

Friendship is something different. It is a temporary union and can and also should flourish between same-sex people. Every woman should have a good friend with whom she can talk about everything. Every man should have a best friend. Friendship does not mean that you always have to agree. It means that you help one another with words and deeds and that you honestly maintain an opinion, even if your friend has a different one. A friendship can be full of love. Love in a friendship, however, has a different purpose and another form. It is therefore not about love-making.

If people from a same-sex friendship make love, it is contrary to nature and a misdirection. What is to be done if feelings and lust pull us on this wrong track? Thus, our spirit is challenged. The spirit is able to analyze the situation and to draw conclusions as done above. Many people live a life of sacrifices. Think about paralytics, cancer sufferers, addicts. Is it good to say to an alcoholic that his addiction is o.k. or doesn’t he damage himself and others directly or indirectly?

People who feel attracted to homosexual love should first see whether this is solvable by understanding the situation and with therapeutic or pastoral help. Often this is solvable. If not, we are asked to not live out this inclination. We should therefore have good friends but should not slip in a sexual adventure which goes directly against the universal order. If we look back on world history, the share of homosexual couples increased significantly, before these cultures decayed.

From a view of pastoral care, people with the inclination to homosexual love are as valuable persons as everybody else. Every person has its strengths and weaknesses. These people deserve our entire human acknowledgement. However, we may not view their inclination of equal value as the attraction between a man and a woman. Love between a man and a woman has the creative purpose of reproduction. Also in marital love there is an order and there are rules which are to be followed. Also there is and have been many things that are not good. Also there, true love, which gives without demanding, is the first commandment!

«For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.» Almost all bad inclinations can be transformed by God’s love and with his help into pure vitality. And for all misdirections of all forms, which we are not able to be changed in this life, God gives us the strength to bear them with love and patience and to keep them in rein. A person driven to stealing may also not live out its inclination. Someone inclined to be driven by rage also doesn’t have the right to beat others out of frustration. A drug addict deserves our full love and care, however, we may not view his addiction as something normal.

In the bible this distinction is done in the following way: «God loves the sinner but hates the sin.» What is sin? Segregation from God. By doing wrong we leave God’s reach and go away from his light. We shall pray and request that we ourselves, our friends, our enemies and whole mankind may recover from their weaknesses and failures. Let’s pray that the kingdom of God is to be fulfilled more and more within me. Let’s pray that there is a blossoming of creation and that everything finds its way back again to God’s eternal, glorious order.

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Live together before the marriage is not permitted. It is a sin before God. The person who takes what belongs to marriage without being blessed by the sacrament of marriage before, is like someone who simply rejects a great heritage because he cannot wait for it for a year.

Men and women are virtually called by love, which unifies body and soul, to be contributors in God’s creation. For this important charge, for this high dignity, God wants to give us his blessings and his love, so that the best can come out of it. Don’t the children-to-be deserve being conceived under best premises: Under God’s blessings, in pure love, in the desire of the heart and in the disposition for a child?!

What burdens does the couple take upon themselves if they, for the sake of their lust, simply ignore the commandments, which are valuable road maps! They reckon to enjoy life, however, they are putting up new obstacles for themselves. We can betray our brain by persuading ourselves: That doesn’t matter. I’m allowed to do that and it brings me so much bliss and happiness. However, our soul senses the whole truth and changes with our actions, in a positive or negative way! In addition, regarding these “stolen fruits” pregnancy has to be prevented. These politics of prevention leave behind deep marks in the soul and later in the body. We are using violence against our spirit, soul and body. The human nature is being disturbed which always has consequences. And we depart ourselves from God’s rays of love, just as Adam and Eva were hiding when they noticed God’s coming in the Garden of Eden.

Whoever learns to control his drives before getting married has brought forward a real proof of love for his partner. Thereby, his self-control grows tremendously. Thus, men as well as women can be faithful more easily in marriage. Also, in marriage one cannot live out desire of one’s own accord. The couple is only allowed to have sex if both agree. While waiting out of love, our mental faculties grow and the becoming one is turning into a special gift. Whoever does family planning by practising natural conception control, by considering the infertile days, shows his wife respect and true love.

Our faith is not hostile to sex. Mutually giving oneself to the other person is the biggest union of two people, like it is written in the bible “and they will be one flesh”. Also, at the same time, the mental faculties are exchanged. The giving oneself to the other person out of love and with God’s blessings is important and strengthens the bonds among the couples. It also helps to bring back harmony if there were problems, provided, that there is love in the everyday life and love of neighbour and that the mutual deference is maintained at all times.

It is disastrous if young people enjoy everything that belongs to marriage. Thus, they can never build up true capacity for love. The being together becomes ordinary, partners change and the sentiments of the soul become callous. Then perversions are practiced. How many souls are being hurt in doing so and women degraded to slaves? There would be so much more to say. The guardian angels put this in the hearth of everyone and you can hear it if you are honestly opening up, wanting to live the truth better and better. Sex before marriage is not a deadly sin. However, it is and stays an insult to God, just as St. Michael expressed it. Who has sex before marriage may attend mass, ask God for forgiveness and receive the sacraments. But the will to improve goes with it.

Why don’t we want to receive the sacrament of marriage and let our bond be blessed after testing the relationship well? Thus, blessings could unfold for us and our children and their children for evermore. By that, the world would become nobler and more valuable.

“Though the righteous man falls seven times a day”, Christ said. This shall be comfort as well as reason for modesty and caution not to condemn others. There’s enough to do with our own flaws. I know people who had sex before marriage, because they didn’t know better, and they are wonderful people, thanking God for everything he gives them. Furthermore, it is written: “God loves the sinner, but hates the sin”. With our whole love we should strive to come closer to God and to replace our vices with practised virtues out of our own will. Faith should never become a straitjacket. It is not ideal if we do something out of fear for the punishment. We should subordinate to God out of free love, so that one day we can be integrated in the heavenly order.

The vibrations of music flow through body, soul and spirit. Music has an overall impact on everybody. Music can be healing, comforting, vitalizing. Music can also excite us, stir us up, urge us to use violence and make us depressive.

At different times, people need different types of music. Folk music, folk songs, spiritual songs, art songs, classical music, but also jazz, Schlager music etc. are all good at the right time.

If we strive for order, harmony, peace, happiness and joy, we should avoid music that is too loud, exalting violence, has distorted rhythms or negative lyrics.

Many experiments, including ones which investigated the impact of music on plants, made clear that music has a great impact for the good as well as for the bad.

Beethoven said: “From up there it has to come, whatever should touch the heart. Otherwise it’s just notes”. Paul Kuhn said: “Music inspired by God’s spirit is nourishment for the soul”.

I understand everybody who smokes. Don’t we all have weaknesses apart from our strengths? Thus, I don’t have the right to run down others.

We should not only renounce smoking, but also excessive alcohol consumption, talking bad, defaming others, cursing, driving too fast, living out sexuality uninhibitedly. We shouldn’t lie or steal.

We are God’s children and through our life we should proclaim and glorify God’s works. With our talents we should be a blessing.

Body, spirit and soul form one unity. The body is carrier, cover for spirit and soul, a phenomenal creation. Its mostly flawless functioning is amazing. “Sound mind in a sound body”, goes a wise thought. If I harm my body through insufficient sleep, alcohol, too much eating or smoking, sooner or later the spirit and the soul will be affected. We are only reasonable and responsible if we treat our body lovingly and regardful.

The main thoughts you can look up under the question regarding smoking.

Very often people who are overindulged in alcohol are very sensitive by nature. They often had too little self esteem, experienced too little affection and understanding and in the early youth they had to bottle up too many heavy problems and burdened their souls with them. Thus, alcohol apparently became a comforter for the soul. In drunkenness they feel strong, detached from the burdensome problems of everyday life, simply being free for a couple of hours from all burdens. However, afterwards everything is worse. Alcohol is not a solution, but a drug, which can cause addiction and infinitely sorrow, pain and hardship.

Alcohol is not bad in general. It is a natural product and can be applied as a remedy if dosed correctly. Alcohol may also be consumed if one is able to find the right balance. But whoever is easily endangered should break away from it completely. The Blue Cross, the Salvation Army and many other institutions provide help.

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