Articles For Heart Mind Soul

"Mary, the all-holy ever-virgin Mother of God, is the masterwork of the mission of the Son and the Spirit in the fullness of time.  For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men.  In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary.  Mary is acclaimed and represented in the liturgy as the "Seat of Wisdom."  —  Catechism of the Catholic Church  721  

 

 

I am not sure who told Chevrolet that what we really needed this Christmas was to ugly cry over an ad they produced for the holidays, but whoever it was needs to go sit in the corner and think about what they’ve done. You may have seen the shortened version of  this ad , titled “Holiday Ride,” on TV. But you don’t get the full emotional impact without seeing the extended four-minute version, which is a tear-jerker and hit me harder than listening to my child ask me why Mufasa wasn’t waking up. All the jokes aside, this ad is possibly one of the most needed and uplifting messages of the Christmas season — a season in one of the toughest years Americans have faced. Still reeling from COVID-19 and an economic collapse, we have watched as division and partisanship grew, the negative media coverage got worse, people were unable to get back to work, and inflation and shortages have had families struggling. And this is all on the heels of a divisive presidential election and a pandemic that h

  Why would anyone take a Chinese Bat coronavirus, that had exactly no ability to infect humans, and spend millions on “gain of functions” in a Chinese laboratory to convert it into a killing machine for the world’s humanity? The Fauci crowd claim it was to understand the process to develop a surefire antidote, should it suddenly attack humanity, with a stone age history of being incapable of attacking human beings. As a simple boy from Beulah, I would have opted to leave well enough alone, overspending millions to infect humans, as the Fauci crowd chose for some insane reason to do. Peter Dazzak of Echo Health Alliances, and Doctor Anthony Fauci, leading National Institute of Health (NIH) each played a role in gain of function capabilities of the Horseshoe bat coronavirus to spread Covid-19 around the world, playing a huge role in Trumps defeat. Remember it was everyday Trump’s fault, and he was wrong about everything, while New York Governor Cuomo was right about everything.  Cuo

  Dear sisters and brothers in Christ through His Holy Mother, I am sending you a tribute to Blanca Briones with the hope that it will be a source of consolation for you. "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it!" Cami little handmaid   The Magnificat:   A Tribute to Blanca Briones    Yesterday, the day after Blanca’s passing from this world into the Hearts of Jesus and Mary in the next world, I was blessed to have a telephone conversation with Fr. Clay Hunt about Blanca. We were sharing our admiration for our sister. We both spoke about the bright light that Blanca was in the Church. Fr. Clay said that that was confirmed by the Gospel on the day that she passed, Wednesday, December 22, 2021. The Gospel was of the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55)  I said that Blanca’s spirit mirrored the spirit of Our Immaculate and Compassionate Mother in her song of praise.    And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord...”    In this world

There is only one man who has completely changed the course of history. His life may not have always looked extraordinary, but even your life has been affected by His existence. With so many things pulling for your attention this Christmas season, take a moment to remember what it's all about -- the one person, one life that changed the world.

 

  Personal reflection: The Unborn Child Saint John the Baptist leaped in a Heartbeat with joy and his mother Saint Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. All Saints are Pro-Life! Only Pro-Life Saints go to Heaven. You can't be pro-abortion, pro-choice, pro-death and be a saint in heaven.

In what is Catherine Hadro’s last show as host of EWTN Pro-Life Weekly, she is joined in-studio by the founder of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), and Susan B. Anthony List’s Mallory Quigley to reflect on the past five years of the show and the pro-life movement.

  The criminal smashed Our Lady’s face with a hammer.   The attack at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is just the latest attack on a Catholic church, symbol, shrine or statue.     Enough is enough.   Since May 2020, the U.S. bishops have documented  at least 114 instances  of arson, vandalism and desecration against Catholicism across 29 states – and now in Washington, DC, itself. We haven’t seen widespread vandalism against the Church like this since the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.   That’s why I called on Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Biden Administration to get off the sidelines. The growing pattern of anti-Catholic hate is intolerable. Ask yourself this: would they sit silent if the same kind and number of attacks were perpetrated against Muslims or Jewish symbols or synagogues?   These attacks on Catholic symbols, statues and churches can no longer be dismissed as random acts. No other religious institution has been similarly targeted.    My letter to the

Catholic traditions and sacramentals for everyone Do you consider yourself an expert in all things Catholic? Do you have assorted collections of religious articles throughout your home? Do you pride yourself on having the local parish on speed dial? Today, Lisa Cotter shares five wonderful and potentially little-known Catholic hacks to improve your spiritual life and growth in holiness. Personal reflections: Checkout the beautiful kneelers in the background. Remember you can spray your kids with Holy Water like you spray cats with water! Say what? Did she really say that?

Hate  crimes are happening all over the world, and here in the U.S. the bishops began tracking the attacks in May 2020.  As of October 2021 there were 101 in 29 states during about 56 weeks. That's almost two a week.  This violence against objects is dwarfed by the violence against the tiniest images of God in the wombs of their mothers.  But it is a warning that violence against Christians is escalating and becoming more public. [ Aid to the Church in Need Report  from 2017-2019]   We've seen people kicked, beaten, and even killed at Antifa and Black Lives Matter riots.  The difference between many in these groups is both religious and cultural: communists/socialists vs. people of faith who love God and country.  We've seen martyrdom of Christians around the world.  Are the attacks on churches and images the prelude to the same kind of violence against people of faith?  Are we on the verge of a world-wide  Kristallnacht  targeting Christians, especially Catholics?  Pray fo

    Sunday, Dec. 12, is the Third Sunday of Advent. Mass Readings: Zephaniah 3:14-18, Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6, Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:10-18.  In the second reading, St. Paul gives us a kind of “five-point plan for better mental health.”  (1)                Rejoice in the Presence of the Lord : “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your moderateness be evident to all. The Lord is near.” Of supreme importance in the Christian life is requesting and cultivating the gift of the Lord’s presence. The Lord is near! To become more consciously and constantly aware of his presence is to be filled with joy and peace. The text also speaks of moderateness. The Greek word used is Epieíkeia, which means to be gentle, forbearing or moderate. Such an attitude is more common when one is joyful and unafraid. There are, of course, times when one should not easily give way, but often there is room for some leeway. (2)                Rely on the Power of the Lord:  “Do not be

America Thinker has news for you. The 2020 presidential elections were stolen with phantom votes. If you are on the voter rolls, and didn’t vote, you may have voted for Biden without your knowledge. Meet the new technology uncovered in the 2020’s most honest election in history? Be especially wary if you live in a RV Park, cemeteries, homeless shelters, hotels, or virtual mailboxes. Add empty lots, and rented storage sheds we once found voting in Del Rio, following a list of actual voters. The loudest media will tell you there is no significant fraud, but election forensic science has no bias. We know the 2020 election was stopped in the middle of the night in swing States and the voting patterns made a U-turn when the counting machines fired up with no poll watchers present or allowed up close. For the first time, they started checking voter rolls, finding voters not voting, or seldom voting, then voting Biden for them. Who always complains about voter suppression? (Leftist) They

Reunión para Reincorporar al Padre Clay Hunt III - Segunda parte: Verificación de Hechos y Verificación de Fe por Marian Casillas, Ed.D. / Reinstate Father Clay Hunt III Rally – Part Two: Fact check and Faith check by Marian Casillas, Ed.D. La Primera Parte está aquí y el video de la Reunión está aquí . El Padre Altman afirmó enfáticamente, el silencio es complicidad. El Padre Altman declaró que el Arzobispo Gustavo se comunicó con el obispo del Padre Altman y esencialmente le dijo que le ordenara que no viniera a San Antonio para hablar en la Reunión. El Padre Altman preguntó retóricamente, ¿de qué tiene tanto miedo? Y alguien en la reunión gritó con la respuesta: la verdad. Y el Padre reiteró: la verdad exactamente. El Padre Altman dijo que Dios nos dio un cerebro y espera que lo usemos. Habló sobre los correos electrónicos escritos por el Arzobispo Donald Wuerl  del año 2004 que muestran que él sabía que el cardenal Theodore McCarrick era un abusador de niños, un abusad