“Javier, did you ever think that this service would be extended through several Catholic websites as a way to make Father Kentenich’s thinking known to people? Amazed with all this success…and going for more.” Father Antonio Cosp, director of the Schoenstatt Movement in Paraguay, made this thirty word comment thereby uniting two favorite subjects regarding Schoenstatt in his country: making Schoenstatt known – the Covenant of Love, the Shrine, Father Kentenich – and communication -generally using the Internet and the media to evangelize. Reflections of Father Nicolás, a publication of an online virtual retreat published twice monthly and whose subscribers are growing daily, is one such example.
Father Nicolás Schwizer is a Swiss Schoenstatt Father who worked for many years in the Schoenstatt Movement in Paraguay. Since surviving a serious highway accident in 2000, where he suffered an irreversible brain injury that left him no longer able work, he still continues contributing to the Capital of Grace for the Work of the Father to whom he dedicated his life.
On November 20, 2007, the news, which was excellently edited by Nieves de Martin on Zenit, was published and 24 hours later…there were 300 new subscriptions. A disabled Schoenstatt Father evangelizes via the Internet: More than 1,500 people have received Father Nicolás Schwizer’s talks, which are presently distributed in Spanish, English, Portuguese, and German to more than 1,500 people worldwide. “Father Nicolás continues preaching via Internet” was the title of one of the first articles on schoenstatt.de related to this initiative that captured the attention of journalists as well as the readers. A priest, who is totally committed to the work of evangelization, a priest, who as a result of a terrible accident lost the ability to speak and preach, who offers up his pain; a group of lay people who open up new avenues so that he can continue preaching, and a strong increase in subscriptions within and outside of the Schoenstatt Movement: this is a story that could be a movie about motivation for evangelization through the new media. However, this is not a movie; it is a true story.
Now we also joyfully offer the virtual retreats of Father Nicolás Schwizer – written by Javier Cabral of the Family Federation in Paraguay – via our web page.
Virtual Retreats vía e-mail
There is also a free service that sends the bi-monthly Reflections via Internet in four languages: Spanish, Portuguese, English, and German. If you would like to subscribe, you may do so from this page or send a request to pn.reflexiones@gmail.com
Reflections of Father Nicolas Schwizer published
223 PN Mary Leads Us To Acknowledge Our Smallness
222 PN The Multiplication of Loaves
221 PN Basic Universal Law of Love
220 PN The Faith Which Saves Us
219 PN Healthily Rooted to Things
217 PN Apostle, Instrument for Someone Else
215 PN Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise
214 PN The Son of Man Will Be Raised up
212 PN St. Pauls Conversion and Acceptance
211 PN Confession Sacrament of Love and Joy
209 PN The Grain of Wheat That Dies
208 PN The Tree and Its Fruits
205 PN Mary Reveals to Us the Father in his Son
204 PN God with us Joseph and Mary
203 PN The Hour of Cana and of the Cross
202 PN Holy Thursday Old and New Covenant
198 PN Vatican Council II Responses to the Challenges of Today
196 PN Human And Divine Criteria
195 PN Life Beyond The Dignity of Woman
194 PN The Faith of Saint Thomas
192 PN Freedom from Imperfections and from What Is Dangerous
190 PN Love and Law Responsibility for Ones Neighbor
188 PN Mary Model of Our Love and Faithfulness for the Church
187 PN The Sacrament of Matrimony
185 PN Magisterial Function of the Family
184 PN Priestly Function of the Family
182 PN Blessed Mary and the Love for God the Father
180 PN Mary Symbol of the Holy Spirit
178 PN Educating the Emotions and Feelings
175 PN Vocation to the Imitation of Christ
173 PN Family Community of Hearts
171 PN Vessel and Harp of the Holy Spirit
169 PN Difficulties in Searching for the Truth
168 PN Spirit Holy Dove and Water
167 PN The Crosses of Sanctity
166 PN The Meaning of Guilt and Weakness
165 The Triune God, center of our life
160 The Construction of New Society
157 Holy Spirit: Soul of my Soul
153 Do not Worry oy Be Anxious!
152 The Fruitfulness of January 20th
151 Mary, Model of the Servant Church
149 Hidden Inner Interior Resources
145 Jesus Division and Contradiction
137 Practical Faith in Divine Providencie
136 Four ways of love for Christ
135 Like shep without a shepherd
134 Testimony of John the Baptist
132 Eucharist, Sacrament of unity
131 Mary, Symbol of the Holy Spirit
130 The Word of God and our response
126 Do we protect ourselves from God´s Word?
125 To grow in attachment to God the Father
123 Some obstacles on the way to family santity
120 Mary and the renewal of the Church
119 Salvation is decided in practice
112 The reality of the limitations in our life
109 Foundation for a new society
105 Mary at the foot of the cross
103 The spouse as a way towards God
101 The mission of witness the ideal of family
96 The evangelical counsel: Poverty
94 Followers and admirers of Christ
93 The spirit of the marriage covenant
92 Some points for growing in the spiritual life
90 Obstacles on the way to the father
86 Rules for married dialog – II
85 Rules for married dialog – I
84 The Sacred Heart and our heart
72 The Immaculata, Model for the new man
63 Of hysterics and hummingbirds
62 Every christian is a missionary
58 Is Mary competition for Christ
53 Difficulties for generational dialog
52 Are we hypocrites or servants
49 Family model and foundation of society
47 The humble man is not nervous
45 The Family, a covenant community and a community of love
41 The growth of our married love
37 The ways to the heart of the Father
36 Respect between parents and children
35 Preparation for family life
29 How to counteract temptations
23 Rooted in the Father and Founder
22 Exterior slavery and no to the apostolate
21 Apostles of the Covenant of Love
19 The new presence of the Father and Founder
13 From ideal love to real love
12 The importance of the parent in authority and personal dignity
11 Our disposition to receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit
