Speyer. Former Federal President Horst Köhler as well as former Saarland Prime Minister Peter Müller and ZDF editor-in-chief Bettina Schausten come to the cathedral in Speyer for Lenten sermons. The diocese of Speyer announced that Müller would be the first speaker in the three-part series “Im Puls” in the almost 1,000-year-old Romanesque cathedral on February 29th. Then we’ll preach on March 7th. At the end, Köhler will give the third sermon on March 14th. The lectures (every 7:30 p.m.) are intended to provide new impulses and invite people to “think about things in a special way.”
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The hour-long devotions are musically provided by cathedral organist Markus Eichenlaub. All Lenten sermons will be broadcast live on the cathedral and diocese’s social media channels.
No content specifications are given to the guests. The theme of the series is “Coming Together, Overcoming Divisions”. The diocese announced that the heading is linked to the inscription “Ut unum sint” (That they are one) above the cathedral portal. The sentence from the Gospel of John stands there as a sign and memorial of unity.
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The request for unity refers, on the one hand, to the division of Christians into different denominations, explained Auxiliary Bishop and Cathedral Provost Otto Georgens. “On the other hand, we understand this sentence as a reminder to overcome the divisions and rifts that exist between different social groups, ethnic groups and nations.”
The sermons are expected to have “activating and rousing accents in the Easter penitential period,” said Auxiliary Bishop Georgens. “We hope that this year’s sermons will give us perspective on the path to greater unity and less division.” dpa