Articles For Heart Mind Soul

  Personal reflection: Why is the Archdiocese of San Antonio utilizing a program called VIRTUS? Virtus is a Roman deity.

  Personal reflection: That's why the USCCB loves the Democrats!   It's all about the money!

 

  Article link: https://onepeterfive.com/ten-code-words-of-synodality/ I do not think it means what you think it means. – Inigo Montoya correcting Vizzini in  The Princess Bride We often hear or read a word or phrase or we listen to a piece of music and we absorb it immediately without thinking.  As Catholics, we have filters — defenses, really — that block or at least alert us to problematic messages. But some problematic messages slip through easily. I now realize that they were designed to make us think we know their meaning when in fact they mean considerably more or even something else entirely. Over time, the hidden meaning becomes our belief and our faith is eroded. Personal reflection:   Beware of these 10 code words: 1. The Poor 2. The People of God 3. Our Common Home 4. Unity 5. Being Church / Synodal 6. Accompaniment 7. All Are Welcome 8. Spiritual 9. Freelancing 10. Hymns

  “safe space where families impacted by the criminal justice system” Personal reflection: What is a safe space? According to Cambridge Dictionary: "a place or situation in which you are protected from harm or danger; a place or room, for example at a university, where people can go if they feel upset or threatened." Shouldn’t all places under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese be safe spaces, unfortunately that it not often the case. It is not “families that are impacted by the criminal justice system”; it is their family member who was convicted of committing a crime and is serving their sentence, that is the reason for families to have anything to do with the criminal justice system.