The covenant with Mary is our source of strength. Like Mary, we want to live our lives in union with Jesus Christ. With her and through her we want to learn and experience what it means to live in a covenant with God and one another. Our baptismal and marriage covenant are renewed and deepened by this “covenant of love”.
The shrine of the Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen and Victress of Schoenstatt, is our spiritual centre and source of strength. The “home shrine” plays a particularly important part in our families. It contributes essentially to giving a home a Christian character. The family puts up a cross, a picture of Mary, other important family pictures and religious signs, flowers, candles, etc., in a special room or corner. For us, the home shrine becomes the centre of the house where we hand over our joys and problems to God and present our petitions to him. This place reminds us of our covenant with God. It helps us to ensure that prayer and meditation have a definite place in our family life. Through its symbols, it also offers us the possibility to give expression to our spiritual life and the values of our family.