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The Holy Spirit - in Action Today

Man’s consciousness is the realm where God’s spirit can be experienced. It is endowed with being human. Conscience is the organ for perceiving the Holy Spirit. Every human being has the so-called inborn knowledge which s/he always takes for granted in him/ herself or others: I am absolutely obligated to the good. I constantly live under the strict demand to recognize and do the good and only the good. I am not totally fixed in my ways, not completely determined, but also free and responsible at the same time. I am constantly summoned by a word from above which I must respond to. Only in this way do I do justice to my responsibility. The right answer lies in my doing what is good, good for me, for others, for the world so that I become good thus raising the level of the good in humankind. In this manner, I have my utterly personal experience of the Holy Spirit, day by day, hour by hour.

 

But I also experience the working of the Holy Spirit in my personal environment and world- wide. Where people strive for the knowledge of the truth and good, where people are mindful of doing the good, especially where they must renounce their personal comfort, in extreme cases even their lives, that is where the working of the Holy Spirit and, thereby, the Holy Spirit itself come into the open. Where people pray and love sincerely, where they are honest and true, where in spite of adversity they do not become bitter and despair, where they give comfort and help, that is where the Holy Spirit is in action and can be experienced.

 

At one point in history, people had and still have an unbeatable Holy-Spirit-Experience: Jesus from Nazareth. Those that lived with earthly Jesus and opened up to him called him: Hebrew Messiah, Greek Christos, in German the Anointed: the one anointed by the Spirit of God, the one filled with the Spirit of God. In him they met the good as such, God. It became certain to them: if we live bonded to him and orientate our existence to him accordingly, then we reach the highest likelihood to become human and humane, to make the best of our life and to serve fellow humans in the best way possible.

 

“ (…) Wherever truly lived Christendom is experienced, even today the Holy Spirit is experienced as present and effective.” (Anton Schlembach)

 

The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of peace, with its light and strength, may it lead all efforts to putting an end to the war in the Ukraine and Syria to success!

To you all a blessed feast of Pentecost!

Ortwin Gebauer

 

Translated from the German by York R. Buttler, Honorary Commander of the CBdSE Office Rhineland

 

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Christ is risen

Dear Dames and knights, dear friend of our order,

the good news of Easter Festival, which we christian celebrate, is: "Christ is risen". This is an importand symbol of hope for us, that despite disease, war and dead the life wins at the end. For this reasen, Easter Festival should be the reasen for us to spread this hope for a life with healthness and peace. Let us request the Holy Spirit, that he stimulate politician and ruler to fullfill this hope.

This year we`ll have an Investiture of new knights and dames and we celebrate a Festive Banquet with our friends. So we take a stand for hope and friendship.

The peace of god be with us. In this sense we wish you happy Easter.

In the name of the government of the order


Peter Moos
Treasurer

Erfurt, April 14, 2022
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General Assembly and Annual Soiree 2022

The General Assembly with Knighting Ceremony and the Annual Soiree takes place from June the 10th to June the 12th 2022 in Erfurt.

The Church Service with Knighting Ceremony we celebrate June the 11th at 15 h in the Cathedral St. Marien of Erfurt and we have the honor that His Excellence auxiliary bishop Doctor Reinhard Hauke will be part of the ceremony.

The invitation with all informations will be send in the next days.

Peter Moos
Treasurer
Erfurt, February 24th 2022


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Season’s Greetings

Dear Sisters and Brothers, Honoured Friends of our Order,

Within a few days, it’s Christmas and the old year is drawing to an end. 

2021 was a year full of hope and worrying. Unfortunately, many wishes have not come true. The Corona pandemic has also cancelled many of our activities.

Nevertheless: progress and results of our Chapter’s Council meeting have demonstrated we want to cherish our communal spirit in our community. This is nothing to be taken for granted but to be grateful for.

Therefore, we do not want to give up hope that the New Year 2022 will see a new beginning. There will be a lot of news at our General Convention from June10 to 12, 2022, in Erfurt.

In this sense, I wish us all a blessed Christmas and a good start for the year 2022.  

 

Karl-Heinz Kindervater
Grand Master

 

Translated from the German by York R. Buttler, Honorary Commander of

CBdSE Office Rhineland

 

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