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Love Doesn’t Turn Back - Saint Joseph Freinademetz

Love Doesn’t Turn Back - St. Joseph Freinademetz The ship waits. The heart decides. Composed for the Feast of St. Joseph Freinademetz. 👉 Lyrics: Verse 1* Standin' by the window, wind wanderin' free, Not sharp Tyrol chill from my boyhood tree, Sea-heavy breeze from this restless shore, But it whispers the same, pulls me to the door. *Chorus* Oh, the ship's in the harbor, quiet and still, Won't carry me home to those Tyrol hills. Children's faces callin', "Help us, come near," I'm breakin' my bread here, year after year. *Verse 2* That ship was my home for them long weeks at sea, Brought me to China, now it's leavin' me. No return to mountains, no mother's tongue song, Familiar faces gone, but my heart sings along. *Verse 3* Lamp burnin' low behind, faithful and true, New land out front, strange but known through and through. It asks for my life, not in words or grand schemes, But days of slow presence, fulfillin' its dreams. *Verse 4* Wind stirs old memories, time lets go its chain, Boy in the mountains, priest speakin' of pain: "Little ones hunger, no bread to be broke," Now their voices rise up, in the darkness they spoke. *Verse 5* Child on the street, small and thin by the stone, Bowl in his hand, eyes meet mine all alone. Dropped my coin down, vision turned flesh and bone, Wrote my letter home: "China's my own." +++ A missionary who left home and never returned. A love that chose once and stayed forever. A window, a wind, and a decision that became a life. This video is a prayerful visual and musical meditation inspired by the life of St. Joseph Freinademetz SVD (1852-1908), missionary to China and a shining patron and model for missionaries. The song and visuals reflect a decisive and irreversible moment in his life: standing at the window of a new land, listening to the same wind that once carried the sounds of his homeland, and freely choosing to remain where love called him to stay. From that moment onward, he never returned to his native Tyrol. China became his home, his people, and the place where his life was completely given. Love Doesn’t Turn Back gives voice to the inner movement of belonging, renunciation, and a love that does not turn back the quiet but radical choice to remain where one’s life is given. Leaving behind familiar mountains, a musical mother tongue, and beloved faces, St. Joseph Freinademetz discovered a new belonging among people who were once strangers, but became his life until the very end. Through its editing style, colour palette, and unhurried pacing, the video evokes the historical world of Joseph Freinademetz and draws the viewer into his silent discernment, where memory, faith, and mission converge without words. Through gentle imagery, colour, and rhythm, the video invites us to pause at our own windows of discernment and to ask ourselves: Where is love calling me to remain, without turning back? “I have arrived in the longed-for land of China… my new home.” May this meditation inspire a deeper listening to the call of love that chooses, remains, and does not return. To learn more about St. Joseph Freinademetz https://vivatdeus.org/library/book059/ #josephfrienademetz #LoveDoesntTurnBack #vivatdeus #vivatdeusarnoldsspirituality #MissionarySpirituality #ArnoldusFamily #SSpS #SSpSAP #SVD #Mission #Vocation #FaithAndArt