Articles For Heart Mind Soul

May he rest in God's Eternal Peace Enrique Alvarado Avila  (January 25, 1923 - February 23, 2016) Enrique Alvarado Avila, 93, passed away February 23, 2016 in Del Rio, Texas.  He was born January 25, 1923 in Brackettville, Texas.  He is survived by his wife: Irene Rodriguez Avila; son: Henry A. Avila Jr., of Hondo, TX; grandchildren: Henry Avila III, Mayte Avila Sanders, Adrienne Tomek, and Aliya and Alea Avila; great-grandchildren: Ann Maria August Sanders, Leo Tomek and Sofie Peighton Avila.  Visitations will be on Thursday, February 25, 2016 from 5-9:00P.M, with a Rosary at 7:00P.M, at G. W. Cox Memorial Funeral Home Chapel.  Funeral Mass will be on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 2:00P.M at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.  Interment will follow at Veteran’s Cemetery, Brackettville, Texas.  Military honors will be presented.  Funeral arrangements with G. W. Cox Memorial Funeral Hom...

A CCEPTING T HE E MBRACE of G OD : The Ancient Art of Lectio Divina by Fr. Luke Dysinger, O.S.B., S AINT A NDREW’S A BBEY tel.: 661 944-2178; http://www.valyermo.com ; e-mail: monks@valyermo.com The Process of Lectio Divina A very ancient art, practiced at one time by all Christians, is the technique known as lectio divina - a slow, contemplative praying of the Scriptures which enables the Bible, the Word of God, to become a means of union with God.   This ancient practice has been kept alive in the Christian monastic tradition, and is one of the precious treasures of Benedictine monastics and oblates.  Together with the Liturgy and  daily manual labor, time set aside in a special way for lectio divina enables us to discover in our daily life an underlying spiritual rhythm.  Within this rhythm we discover an increasing ability to offer more of ourselves and our relationships to the Father, and to accept the embrace that  God is...

Prayer to the Holy Spirit Come, O Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit, and they shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth. Let us pray:  God our Father, pour out the gift of your Holy Spirit on the world.  You sent the Spirit on your Church to begin the teaching of the gospel:  now let the Spirit continue to work in the world through the hearts of all who believe.  Through Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle. Be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin o souls.  Amen. Total Consecration to Jesus through Mar...

Letter to the Editor, What could have been: Big debate fight night? Carly Fiorina had previously stated, “I know that in your heart of hearts you cannot wait to see a debate between Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina”. Unfortunately Carly Fiorina has ended her run for President. Just imagine it could have been the greatest fight in American political and media history. In the right-hand corner is Carly Fiorina and in the left-hand corner is Hillary Clinton. Fiorina marches straight up to Clinton and intrudes into her private server, I mean private space. The hawkish and formidably attired former CEO Fiorina gawks down at the dovish and diffidently dressed, frumpy former Secretary of State. “You got a problem with me?” asks the former New York Senator.  “As a matter of fact I do,” replies Fiorina, moving even closer into the leftist leaning Clinton’s personal space.  “Well, if you don’t get THAT FA...

Dear Pro Life Friend, The Amistad Pregnancy Care Center would like to invite you to like our new facebook page, at the moment our page has only basic information, but  soon we will be adding updates, photos and information. Thank you for caring  for the unborn babies and their moms and thank you for supporting the Amistad Pregnancy Care Center with your prayers, donations and good will. blessings, APCC volunteers Please click on this link to see our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AmistadPregnancyCareCenter/

Dear little handmaids, my sisters, Here in Del Rio we have decided to make (or renew) our Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, according to St. Louis Marie de Montfort, on Divine Mercy Sunday this year. Under the leadership of Fr. Antonio Moreno, our spiritual director and the spiritual director of the local Legion of Mary, we will be joining the Legion of Mary and others to honor Jesus, the Divine Mercy, on that Sunday. The 33-day preparation will begin  on  Tuesday, March 1, 2016 , and will  end on  Saturday, April 2, 2016 , the day before the Consecration. We invite you to join us in this preparation/consecration, wherever you live. We highly recommend the book,  Preparation for Total Consecration,  edited by Fr. Hugh Gillespie, a priest of the Company of Mary, which was founded by St. Louis Marie. Go to  www.montfortpublications.com  for information on ordering this book. They also have it in Spanish. However, any Churc...

Letter to the Editor, The women of “The Right View” You’ve heard of the women from the talk show “The View”; well this is a segment from the women of “The Right View”. Charity: The main stream media is once again practicing a double standard by protecting the Clinton’s while scrutinizing Bill Cosby’s alleged sexual assaults. Faith: Yet both Bill Clinton and Bill Cosby have had numerous women accuse them of sexually assaulting them. Celeste: There is an 18 second Clinton campaign ad titled “Hillary Clinton’s message to survivors of sexual assault” in which Hillary insists all women must be believed when they accuse men of sexual assault. This is the transcript of the ad, “I want to send a message to every survivor of sexual assault. Don’t let anyone silence your voice. You have a right to be heard. You have a right to be believed. We’re with you.” Hope: Did Hillary believe any of the women who courageously came forward wit...