Articles For Heart Mind Soul

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(Received in email) 1 - First Important Lesson - Cleaning Lady. During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the Cleaning woman several times. She was tall, Dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question Blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. "Absolutely, “said the professor,”In your careers, You will meet many people.  All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say "hello...” I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her Name was Dorothy. 2. - Second Important Lesson - Pickup in the Rain One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African

On August 1, 2015 the Little Handmaids of Our Sorrowful Mother and the Legion of Mary in Del Rio, Texas joined forces to present a "summer retreat" on  The Spirituality of St. Louis de Montfort: Coming into the Presence of Jesus with Mary.  The presenters were Fr. Antonio O. Moreno (spiritual director of the Little Handmaids and the Legion of Mary) and Cami Murphy, director of the Little Handmaids.  There were about 65 people who attended the retreat. In this email I would like to share with you a portion of  Fr. Moreno's Introduction, as well as my own reflections on it.  The retreat began with Mass, and in his homily, Fr.  Moreno spoke to us about Mary as the best spiritual director, the one who best directs us to Jesus. In his typically funny manner, he said he wanted us to have the best spiritual director, and that person was...and he extended his arm and hand in the direction of a large statue of Mary at the front of our church.  And then his arm and hand see

Letter to the Editor, Futuristic Court Cases New Washington, Mars (IPA)––Thousands of New Washington martians from the northeast quadrant of sector 711 protested outside the Intergalactic Supreme Court today as justices began deliberations on a number of hotly contested issues including inter-species marriage, multi-religious freedom and intergalactic commerce.  The justices are hoping to cover all the core issues that the average martian on the planet is currently facing; issues such as understanding marriage in regards to the martian race and the earthling race, practicing a multitude of various religions simultaneously and the intergalactic trade agreements of martians utilizing earthling money. Spokesmartian for the Intergalactic Supreme Court told the Intergalactic Press Agency outside the Intergalactic Supreme Court spacecraft. “I have faith that our Justices will be able to guide the controversial martian-earthling rel

Dear Little Handmaids and Friends, Tuesday August 25th  at St. Joseph Church room 11  from 5:30 to 7:30pm  , we are going to show the 2nd Disk of Father Hugh Gillespie, SMM DVD for Total Consecration. Father Gillespie is a priest of The Company of Mary, which is St. Louis De Montfort Company of Priest. On this disk we will watch talks on Father Gillespie talk on: 1) Knowledge of self 2) Knowledge of Mary Everyone is invited to join us Little Handmaids of Our Sorrowful Mother

Letter to the Editor, My Summer Vacation Missy wakes up and dashes to the kitchen where she finds her mother and father drinking coffee and declares, “I became a saint this summer!” Her mother and father look at each other quizzically, taken aback by their daughter’s remark. They look at each other, neither one knowing exactly how to respond. Missy resolutely continues her elucidation, “That’s what I’ll write about when my teacher asks the class to write about what we did during the summer.” It seems Missy has already thought this through, and knowing their daughter, there is no stopping her once she has set her mind on something, and it definitely seems like she has set her mind on this. Her mother finally inquires, “What do you mean you became a saint this summer?” “Well, Mamí, Mrs. DeLaVida, our Vacation Bible School teacher, taught us that if we loved God and we did what He told us in the Ten Commandments, then we would go

Marian statue that survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki to honor those who perished in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on  August 6 and August 9, 1945.

Here is the schedule for Pope Francis' September 2015 Apostolic Journey to the United States of America as released by the Vatican on June 30, 2015.  All times listed are Eastern Daylight Time. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 (WASHINGTON, DC) 4:00 p.m.     Arrival from Cuba at Joint Base Andrews WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 (WASHINGTON, DC) 9:15  a.m.   Welcome ceremony and meeting with President Obama at the White House 11:30 a.m.  Midday Prayer with the bishops of the United States, St. Matthew's Cathedral 4:15  p.m .  Mass of Canonization of Junipero Serra, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception  THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 (WASHINGTON, DC, NEW YORK CITY) 9:20  a.m .  Address to Joint Session of the United States Congress  11:15 a.m . Visit to St. Patrick in the City and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington 4:00 p.m .   Depart from Joint Base Andrews 5:00 p.m .   Arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport 6:45 p.m .   Ev

Dear Little Handmaids Friends, You are invited to join us this Tuesday August 11, at St. Joseph Church room 11 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.  We will be showing the first part of the DVD series on Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary of St. Louis DeMontfort.  Anyone interested in preparing to make the consecration or learning about it, is welcome to come to this meeting and watch the DVD series part I.  We hope to see you on Tuesday Blessings from Little Handmaids of Our Sorrowful Mother

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Sacred Heart Church will be hosting a Rosary Making Workshop. August 21, 2015 - Friday 5:30 p.m. Sacred Heart Church Conference Room We will pray the Rosary before the Workshop Refreshments will be served Supplies are free Sacred Heart Church has three retreats coming up.  Men's retreat October 2015, Women's retreat February 2016 and Teens retreat Summer of 2016.  This will be a great opportunity for our A.C.T.S. Community to Serve and make rosaries for the retreats.  And a time to pray for our Retreatants for the Holy Spirit to move them to attend a retreat. Everyone is welcome!  Men's, Women's and Teen's A.C.T.S. Community please mark your calendar and make plans to spend time in Service for our Retreatants. Rosary Making Workshop sponsored by The Legion of Mary serving our Catholic Community.

Email received from Cami Murphy on the 7 deadly sins These are my notes, which come partly from a website for Catholic Bible 101 , a page on the 7 deadly sins , and partly just from things I have read or been told in the past: 1.   Lust- focus on pleasure to the point that we treat other persons as objects for our pleasure. (Of course, most Catholics know that fornication, adultery, homosexual acts, and masturbation are mortal sins.)  Chastity overcomes the sin of lust. (Chastity is the giving of self according to God's will for the vocation that we are in: matrimony, priesthood, religious life, or Christian single life.) 2.   Greed- Compulsive need for more, more, more for me, me, me. The part in  Finding Nemo  of the seagulls calling, "mine, mine, mine..." reminds me of greed.  Generosity overcomes the sin of greed. 3.   Gluttony- an excess of anything (food, drink, toys television, entertainment, sex, or company).  Temperance overcomes gluttony. 4.