The Schoenstatt Way of Life Julia Monnin

Episode 60: Tune in to this episode as author and host Julia Monnin* shares with listeners a talk she gave to a group recently about the Schoenstatt Home Shrine.


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*Learn more about Julia's books, podcasts, and blog at theworldisnoisy.com

Episode 59: "And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself." - John 12:32

Join author and host Julia Monnin* on this episode as she invites listeners to spend some time pondering the words found in John 12:20–33 and a Lenten sermon by Schoenstatt's founder Fr. Joseph Kentenich.

"He who is raised on the cross wishes to speak to us. He who is raised on the cross wishes to draw our hearts closer to himself . . . He stresses that he possesses the first right over the heart which he created and which so many try to lure away from him. He wants to draw our hearts to himself; they should be completely his own." - Fr. Joseph Kentenich (Lenten Sermons)


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*Learn more about Julia's books, podcasts, and blog at theworldisnoisy.com

Episode 58: "Schoenstatt highlights the way in which Mary embodied the Gospel and lived out of an intimate, personal covenant relationship with our Lord." (Sr. M. Isabel Bracero in "Sursum Corda: Lift Up Your Hearts!", pg. 11)


"Slow down and receive." "Walk, don't run." "Focus more on letting Christ in and less on uprooting the darkness." . . . Join author and host Julia Monnin* on this episode as she reflects on these thoughts (and more!) while encouraging listeners to consider moving slower (not faster) during this season of Lent.

"Let us walk like you through life, / let us mirror you forever, / strong and noble, meek and mild,/ peace and love be our endeavor. / Walk in us through our world, /make it ready for the Lord." (Opening of the "Imitation of Mary" prayer by Fr. Joseph Kentenich)


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*Learn more about Julia's books, podcasts, and blog at theworldisnoisy.com

Episode 57: "...and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, 'Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.'" (Luke 2:34-35)


Join author and host Julia Monnin* on this episode as she reflects on The Fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary: The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. Looking ahead to Lent, Julia also shares with listeners some ideas on entering into the penitential practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving with a little more intentionality and focus.

"Filled with longing for our salvation, you present in the Temple the One you conceived of the Holy Spirit. Your motherly gaze is turned to us as you return him unconditionally and entirely to the Father. ... 'Like you, the great servant of the sacrifice, I give everything I hold most dear for the salvation of souls.'" (Reflection on The Fourth Joyful Mystery of the Rosary written by Fr. Joseph Kentenich in Heavenwards.)


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*Learn more about Julia's books, podcasts, and blog at theworldisnoisy.com

Episode 56: "Grace is divine love's invitation, not compelling, but simply reaching out to us." (from Introduction to Schoenstatt Book 5, "Covenant of Love in Daily Life")


"Not Compelling" could be defined as "not forceful, interesting, or persuasive." So, what does it mean that grace is "not compelling"? Tune in to this episode as author and host Julia Monnin* ponders this question and invites listeners to do the same.

"Who has believed what we have heard? / And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? / For he grew up before him like a young plant, / and like a root out of dry ground; / he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, / nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. / He was despised and rejected by others; / a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; / and as one from whom others hide their faces / he was despised, and we held him of no account." - Isaiah 53:1–3


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*Learn more about Julia's books, podcasts, and blog at theworldisnoisy.com

Episode 55: "Before you make your dedication, I ask you . . . What do you consider your apostolate?"



During Schoenstatt's Covenant of Love Ceremony the priest asks the candidates to answer four questions as they are stating their intent. The last of these four questions is "What do you consider your apostolate?" In answer to that question, the candidates respond: "To do whatever God asks of us according to our personal mission and state in life. Our most effective apostolate will be the sanctification of our lives and the service of those entrusted to our care. The horizon of our apostolate is the spiritual and moral renewal of the whole Church and world, in Christ through Mary. We will consider it our task to follow God's plan into any field of apostolate He desires."



Have you thought any more about your response to this question since your own Covenant Day? Tune in to this episode as author and host Julia Monnin talks about one way she has responded to this call to "follow God's plan into any field of apostolate He desires." In this episode, Julia announces the release of her newest book "The World Is Noisy - God Whispers: The Second Daily Devotional" (which is dedicated to the Blessed Mother in a special way) and shares with listeners some of the thoughts inside its pages that might be especially helpful to ponder as we wait with Mary in the upcoming season of Advent. As always, Julia's new book (and all of her other books) are available for sale online at journeysrevealed.com/shop.
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*Learn more about Julia's books, podcasts, and blog at theworldisnoisy.com

** Learn more about the Catholic, nonprofit apostolate Journeys Revealed Ministries at journeysrevealed.com