An autobiographical sermon by Father Meinrad personally (added links and photos throughout) :
my Lady, let me
entirely yours, be
P. Einsiedeln Meinrad lived together with Father Jerome an extraordinary Jubilee Eucharistic celebration, with like-minded heart. We said thanks to God with love of our Heavenly Mother Mary.
Three days earlier, on 10 July, was the 50th Anniversary of his ordination by Bishop Josephus Hasler in the parish church of Appenzell, Appenzell three new priests: P. Albert Breitenmoser, Redemptorist, Father Bruno Holderegger, Dominican, and I, Father Meinrad Manser, Capuchin.
We all three were in mission operations in Brazil, South America, and Africa. And 31 1 / 2 years I was on Sumatra in Indonesia. In this golden jubilee
priest I will give you all a peek into my life story: My parents were peasant farmers
west of the city of St. Gallen and St. Georgen. First on the steep slope at the Oberstrasse and beautiful trails for two years. It took care and looked after my mother Lourdes chapel just below the house .
Shortly before her death in 1998 with 94 1 / 2 years they revealed to me their previous heart secret: When you were in expectation, are your father and I the whole month of May every night usually until late at night after the strict working days of each other in the Lourdes -gone chapel and gave the Rosary gebetet mit gemeinsamer Hingabe: wenn das kommende Kind wieder ein Büblein ist, so schaue Mutter Gottes, dass das Kind ein treuer, marianischer Priester werde, der von Gott erwählt sein soll.
Meine lieben Anwesenden, Ihr seid fast alle Eltern und Großeltern. Bittet und betet besonders den Rosenkranz zur Mutter Gottes, dass Gott auch aus Euren Kindern und besonders den Großkindern treue Priester und Ordensleute heranwachsen lassen möge.
Besonders über vertrauende Mütter- und Großmütter-Herzen will Gott aus Euren Kindern Priester wählen, für besondere Hingaben im Dienste unserer Kirche.
Als ich 14 Monate alt war und mein jüngerer Bruder im Wohnhaus im Buch St. Georgen zur Welt came, my father was already two weeks in the civil hospital in St Gallen, then without antibiotic. The child's father came and went with ruptured appendix, 30 years old. So back we came
to Appenzell. The brothers were in the mother, and I came to her grandmother for over 11 years.
Then I was 1 1 / 2 years farmers Handbub, then 1 1 / 2 years farmhand and 1 1 / 2 years baker and confectioner's apprentice.
The Virgin Mary gave in Einsiedeln my dear mother Mary in the night prayer meeting the young team thanks pilgrimage, from midnight to 1 clock in May 1946 a special grace.
I had a unique place. I stood next to the Chapel of Grace and was able to side door to see the Virgin Mary statue. During a prayer break, I stopped into my heart with my name (Christian name: Hermann) my appointment with an unforgettable loving voice of my heavenly mother twice with a short distance:
"Hermann, will Capuchin".
I was shocked and could not believe it. I could not imagine, to preach to the people. I tortured myself and my mother said, unfortunately none of it, but I asked the Virgin Mary: If I was to be in spite of all my fears Capuchins, that in their love for me to terminate the contract of apprenticeship.
you had with my stupidity with boys patience. After 1 1 / 2 years, it turned to me with a terrible throw my right foot.
My specialist, Dr. Senn, made me twice a three-week plaster. After I realized what I had with my disobedience myself brewed with subsequent difficulties. When dismissing the doctor said to me. "What happened to you, I can not explain I think you'll never be able to walk properly and I tell you, if you in your life can go back 500 meters to go far, everything is almost a miracle. "
The whole college life (7 1 / 2 years) I had to wear high leather boots, with the deposits. When I
on 10 September 1955 in Lucerne with a loving and trusting and full obedience to the call of the dear Mother Mary in May 1946 on the threshold of the Capuchin monastery I kicked it through my whole body and especially to the feet of a strong "sugar" is dealt.
My thought was: my dear mother Mary, now I want to listen to you along the whole future of my life to you and obeying let me lead me.
And the wonder of my obedience: when I awoke in the morning and got up, I was completely healed. That was my path open for the mission trip with 7 - 8-hour march up and down. Hallelujah to the reward of obedience.
My dear listeners! We all learn to listen to God and our dear mother Mary, and our guardian angels and obey what the Holy Spirit offers us for our salvation and blessings.
When I was gifted at his ordination by the superabundance of grace to work in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, came from my heart the motto: Savior, grant me the grace to be humble and obedient servant to the glory of our Heavenly Father for ever and for my salvation and blessing for all my care and affiliated.
gives its priest an incredible burden and dignity as a human tool in Jesus' name and his work.
God says to the priest, but also on all the holy sacrament of baptism, "You are now blessed and thou shalt be a blessing to all affiliated with you. Our dear mother Mary wants us all the great and powerful intercessor and advocate be when we ask her and thank her.
sermon at the altar of grace in Maria Einsiedeln Meinrad P. Manser, Appenzell, Tuesday, July 13, 2010
