Articles For Heart Mind Soul

II arrived at the address and honked the horn. After waiting a few minutes I honked again.  Since this was going to be my last ride of my shift I thought about just driving away, but instead I put the car in park and walked up to the door and knocked. 'Just a minute', answered a frail, elderly voice. I could hear something being dragged across the floor. After a long pause, the door opened.  A small woman in her 90's stood before me. She was wearing a print dress and a pillbox hat with a veil pinned on it, like somebody out of a 1940's movie. By her side was a small nylon suitcase. The apartment looked as if no one had lived in it for years. All the furniture was covered with sheets. There were no clocks on the walls, no knickknacks or utensils on the counters.  In the corner was a cardboard box filled with photos and glassware. 'Would you carry my bag out to the car?' she said.  I took the suitcase to the cab, then returned to assist the woma...

2016  SEXTO ANIVERSARIO DE LAS PEQUENAS SIERVAS DEL INMACULADO Y DOLOROSO CORAZON DE MARIA. VEN HACIA LA CRUZ CAMI MURPHY FUNDADORA DE LAS PEQUENAS SIERVAS DE NUESTRA MADRE DOLOROSA HOY ELEVAMOS NUESTRA ORACION A DIOS,POR HABERNOS PERMITIDO LLEGAR A 6 ANOS DE INTENSA ENTREGA,COMO PEQUENAS SIERVAS A JESUS,QUE CON LA AYUDA DE NUESTRA MADRE,HEMOS PODIDO ALCANZAR LA CRUZ Y LLEGAR A ELLA,AMANDOLA COMO LA AMO’ JESUS. HOY TAMBIEN SABEMOS EL VALOR TAN INMENSO E INTENSO QUE TIENE EL DOLOR Y EL SUFRIMIENTO. HOY SABEMOS TAMBIEN QUE SIN ESTOS TAN VALIOSOS OFRECIMIENTOS DE JESUS Y NUESTROS, JAMAS PODRIAMOS CONOCER, EL VERDADERO AMOR. HOY  SABEMOS QUE SIN LA SANGRE DERRAMADA POR JESUS Y SUS LLAGAS JAMAS CONOCERIAMOS EL VERDADERO FIN, POR LO CUAL, AUN SE DERRAMA SU SANGRE Y AUN SUS LLAGAS ESTAN ABIERTAS DIA CON DIA. HOY SABEMOS ,QUE RECORDAR Y VIVIR LA DOLOROSA PASION DE NUESTRO SENOR JESUCRISTO,COMO SI HOY SUCEDIERA,POR QUE ES LA VIDA QUE EL  VERDA...

Letter to the Editor, “Witnesses to Freedom” celebration This year the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has called all the faithful to celebrate the fifth annual Fortnight for Freedom, from June 21 to July 4 with this year’s theme: “Witnesses to Freedom”. The Fortnight for Freedom is a call to action, education and prayer for religious liberty, and conscience protection rights, of all citizens in the United States of America. In keeping with this directive issued by the Catholic bishops, the Legion of Mary of the Del Rio Catholic Community with active and auxiliary members from Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Sacred Heart Church and St. Joseph Church, under the spiritual direction of Father Antonio O. Moreno, is sponsoring the Fourth of July Celebration of Faith and Freedom at St. Joseph Catholic Church. The Bilingual Patriotic Rosary will be recited at 5:30 p.m. Patriotic songs will be interspersed throughout the Faith and...

POR QUE ES NECESARIA LA ORACION! PARA MI ES POR QUE ME HE DADO CUENTA LA INSISTENCIA DE JESUS ,DE QUE NUESTRA ORACION DEBE SER CONSTANTE E INSISTENTE  Y EN TODO MOMENTO, EL DIJO PIDAN Y SE LES  DARA,NO DIJO OREN,PERO AUN PEDIR ES ORACION,O SEA TODA COMUNICACION DE PALABRA U OBRA A JESUS ES ORACION,,,SIN ESA ORACION NO HAY RESPUESTA, ES QUE ES COMO EL PAPA’ QUE CUANDO EMPIEZA A CRECER EL HIJO,SOLO LO OBSERVA Y EN LA PRIMERA CAIDA ALLI ESTA’ PARA AYUDARLO Y A MEDIDA QUE VA CRECIENDO LE DA’ MAS LIBERTAD,PERO AUN ASI DE LEJOS LO CUIDA. ASI TAMBIEN ES JESUS,EL NO NOS ABANDONA  NUNCA,,,MUCHAS VECES LE HECHAMOS       LA CULPA  A NUESTROS PADRES Y TAMBIEN A NUESTRO DIOS Y ELLOS ESTAN ALLI,,,PERO NECESITAN DE TU CONFIANZA,QUE LES DIGAS LO QUE NECESITAS O LO QUE TE PASA,PARA DARTELO O SACARTE DEL PROBLEMA,SI ESTA’ A SU ALCANCE. DIOS IGUAL Y EL SI PUEDE HACERLO, SIEMPRE QUE TU RESPONDAS, PARA QUE NO SE CONVIERTA EN AYUDA NULA. ESTO...

Letter to the Editor, First Man on Mars “Junior, stop playing your video game and come eat dinner with us,” instructs his Mother. “Okay Mom, I’ll be right there!” Junior shouts back as he always does, but somehow “I’ll be right there” never quite turns out to mean “I’ll be there right now”. Dad puts his foot down and tells Mom and Missy, “We said dinner will be served now and if he doesn’t come then he can warm it up later, but he’ll have to forego the purchase of another game until he decides to join us for dinner. Junior is standing at the kitchen door, “I’m here, I’m here.” Dad begins, “Let’s pray. Missy, please lead is in prayer.” “Okay Dad,” Missy gladly accepts the offer. Junior just rolls his eyes, because he knows what an attention-getting actress Missy is becoming, ever since she was selected to play the Blessed Virgin Mary in the annual Holy Family Church Christmas Nativity play. Finally Missy concludes her prayer with a resound...

The Legion of Mary is sponsoring Fifth (5 th ) Annual Monday, July 4, 2016 St. Joseph Catholic Church 5:30 pm – Bilingual Patriotic Rosary 6:30 pm – Independence Day Mass July 4 - Religious Freedom Celebration The Legion of Mary of the Del Rio Catholic Faith Community, with members from Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, St. Joseph Church and Sacred Heart Church are sponsoring the Fifth Annual Fortnight for Freedom celebration requested by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). This year’s theme is: “Witnesses to Freedom”. Bilingual Patriotic Rosary at 5:30 pm and Independence Day Mass at 6:30 pm at St. Joseph Church. Thank God for our religious freedom and for God blessing our country and all its citizens. Pray that we may be under God’s protection and to persevere as “one nation under God”.

By Father Richard W. Frank The Holy Eucharist is not just a symbol of Christ’s spiritual presence. It is not just a reminder of Christ’s self-offering in the past. No, Jesus Christ is truly present in this Sacrament. That is why we refer to the Real Presence. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “In the most blessed sacrament of the Holy Eucharist the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained.” It’s a Biblical Fact Our belief in this Real Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist derives from the literal interpretation of the promise of Christ to give us His Body and Blood for our spiritual food and drink, as found in St. John’s Gospel, Chapter 6, and also in the four independent accounts of the fulfillment of this promise at the Last Supper (Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 22; 1 Corinthians 11). Eucharistic theologians explain the Real Presence by a process calle...

Idalia B. Barragan May 17, 1951 - June 16, 2016 Obituary for Idalia B. Barragan Idalia B. Barragan, age 65, entered into rest on Thursday, June 16, 2016 in Del Rio, Texas.  She was born on May 17, 1951. Visitation will be Friday, June 17, 2016 from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM; Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Mary Queen of The Universe Catholic Church. Interment will be followed at Comstock Cemetery. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord. And let the perpetual light shine upon her. And may her soul through the mercy of God rest in peace Amen.

Letter to the Editor, Delightfully Dad’s Day! It’s 2:00 p.m. and the Cristiano family has punctually arrived at Holy Family Church for Maria and Mario’s wedding scheduled for 3:00 p.m. The wedding party has been instructed to wait in the Parish Hall and the entire Cristiano family congregates there to await their cue to proceed into the church entrance. Junior is taking pictures. Everyone looks picture perfect all dressed up. Junior walks over to where Dad is standing and then suddenly blurts out, “What was yours and Mom’s wedding like?” Dad is momentarily jolted by the question and then a great big smile forms on his face. “All that day I kept telling myself, ‘I can’t be late, I can’t be late.’ Your mom would kill me if I was late. I kept checking the time all day. I didn’t want to leave the house in case something went wrong while I was out. My best man was going to come by and pick me up to go to the church at 2:00 pm. It was 2:00 pm and he di...

Letter to the Editor, First presidential debate Fast forward to the future, to the first presidential debate between Bernie Sanders, Democrat and Donald Trump, Republican. How did we get to this stage of the political game?  Stranger things have happened, but let us go back and retrace the path our nation took to get to this point in history. In the Democratic Party the candidates started dropping out of the race until there was only Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. And then the unimaginable and unthinkable happened. The FBI criminal probe into former Secretary of State Clinton’s unsecured email account found that she relied on her home server and other private devices to send and store classified documents which is a security violation leading to criminal charges. It was proven that Clinton knowingly sent, received and stored classified information in an unauthorized location. She was prosecuted for unlawfully breaki...

Fr. Moreno’s Sunday 10:30 am Mass Schedule For Our Lady of Guadalupe – June and July 2016 Out of town for June 2016              June 12, 19 & 26 Out of town for July 2016               July 3 & 24                                                       Masses for July 2016                      July 10, 17 & 31

Letter to the Editor, Graduates: Face your fears and flourish   Criticism; no one enjoys hearing that their creative work has issues or is just plain bad. This is where pride and fear enter in. Fear and pride are the ultimate inspiration killers. Usually, when you’re afraid of making a fool of yourself, you’re preparing to do something meaningful and important. What will people think of you? What will you think of yourself? Then, you have to make a decision: to do this important and meaningful thing or not to do it. That is the question. To choose ‘not to do it’ is the easy choice and a cop out, and it has a definitive outcome: nothing. If, per chance, you make the ‘do it’ decision, there are two possible outcomes: failure or success. Facing your fears and putting aside your pride equals major life changing moments. Yes, you can be rest assured that there will be criticism and that there will be failures, and neithe...