Articles For Heart Mind Soul

A New Year's Prayer Lord, You make all things new  You bring hope alive in our hearts   And cause our Spirits to be born again. Thank you for this new year  For all the potential it holds.  Come and kindle in us   A mighty flame  So that in our time, many will see the wonders of God  And live forever to praise Your glorious name. Amen

Letter to the Editor, The Virgin Mary in current events The Virgin Mary making the news: one an honorable mention, the other a dishonorable mention. First, the honorable mention; the December 2015 cover of National Geographic magazine features the artistic depiction of the face of Mary from the magnificent painting “The Virgin and the Child” by Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, known as Sandro Botticelli, an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, with the title story “Mary The Most Powerful Woman in the World” by the accomplished and award-winning writer Maureen Orth. She was married to the late political journalist Tim Russert, who was the moderator of Meet the Press. The article examines the depth and breadth of the devotion to Mary around the world and it is evident that a tremendous amount of research went into the writing of this feature story. The Bible’s New Testament records Mary briefly, but her image

December 28: Pro-Life Rosary and Mass The Legion of Mary of the Del Rio Catholic Community is inviting everyone  to pray for the Sanctity of Life at St. Joseph Church, 510 Wernett St., on Monday, December 28, 2015, to commemorate the Memorial of The Holy Innocents. At 5:30 p.m. the Bilingual Pro-Life Scriptural Rosary and Litany for Life will be prayed and at 6:30 p.m. the Mass for Life will be celebrated.

Letter to the Editor, Threats to innocent human life The cause of life is in constant danger in our country under the deferential disguise of so called “choice” for abortion and “compassion” for assisted suicide and euthanasia. Our national policy of abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy has been legal since 1973 and currently assisted suicide is legal in five states: California, Montana, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. All are invited to pray for all human life on December 28 at St. Joseph Church, 510 Wernett St; at 5:30 pm the members of The Legion of Mary will pray the Bilingual Pro-Life Scriptural Rosary and The Litany of Life and at 6:30 pm The Holy Mass for Life will be celebrated. December 28 is the Memorial of The Holy Innocents, a day designated to remind us of the infant martyrs slaughtered by King Herod as he tried to kill the Newborn King. King Herod being insecure and fearful of any threat to his throne; a scheming

The Legion of Mary of the Del Rio Catholic Community is inviting everyone to pray for the Sanctity of Life at St. Joseph Church on Monday, December 28, 2015, the Memorial of The Holy Innocents 5:30 p.m. Bilingual Pro-Life Scriptural Rosary and Litany for Life 6:30 p.m. Mass for Life

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Letter to the Editor, Year of Mercy Celebration in Brackettville On December 15, the Catholic Church community in the Uvalde Rural Deanery of the Archdiocese of San Antonio will come together at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Brackettville, where Father James Ikeatuegwu is the pastor, to join in the celebration of the start of the Year of Mercy; starting with the Hour of Mercy at 3:00 pm followed by the Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament and then a Penitential Service until 5:30 pm with all ten priests of the Uvalde Deanery available to hear confession, and at 6:00 pm there will be the Eucharistic Celebration of the Holy Mass. St. Mary Magdalene has been designated by Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller as the Church of the Holy Door in this area for the faithful to symbolically enter a passage or transition into a special year of prayer and of experiencing the abundance of God’s Mercy. Pope Francis has proclaimed the Jubilee

Give me an army saying the Rosary, and I will conquer the world!”   Blessed Pope Pius IX