Articles For Heart Mind Soul

 

  Personal reflection: Just like a vigilant and virtuous frog I must be awake and aware of camouflaged, large leaping lizards that seek to devour, destroy, and bring death to my soul with their virulent and vicious vices. Large leaping lizards hide in plain sight, they are sneaky, and suddenly they pounce and before I realize it, I’m caught up in their jaws that won’t let me go, it’s lights out and there’s only darkness. Thank God for giving me the grace to see the lizards for who they really are and quickly jump as far away as I possibly can. In the Most Holy and Venerable Name of Jesus I renounce, rebuke, and resist all the lying, loathing, leaping lizards that lurk in lush and lavish lawns. Dear God may I not be one of those foolish frogs who fatefully falls asleep instead of faithfully being on soul-guarding duty. May I stay alert in order to always remain in Your Saving Grace and to listen to the alarm warning me of dangers for the life of my eternal soul.

  Personal reflection: God bless the beautiful sculpture and that all those who see it to be moved to celebrate and honor life from the womb to the tomb. God bless the artist Dubian Monsalve. God bless everyone to be PRO-LIFE.

TESTO (di S.Teresa d'Avila): "Nada te turbe, nada te espante, quien a Dios tiene nada le falta. Solo Dios basta. Todo se pasa, Dios no se muda, la paciencia todo lo alcanza" (Nulla ti turbi, nulla ti spaventi; chi possiede Dio non manca di nulla. Solo Dio basta. Tutto passa, Dio non cambia; la pazienza ottiene tutto) Let nothing  disturb you. Let nothing  f righten you. All things  pass away. God never  changes. Patience  obtains  all things.

  AMERICA’S BLESSED FOUNDING In the beginning the settlers came to America seeking religious freedom!  In 1608, disgruntled English protestants fled England for Holland, escaping the pledge of allegiance to the Church of England, which they believed to be idolatrous. Finding Holland even more secular, determined to find, and move to a place without government religious interference, or worldly distractions, so wrote their leader William Bradford. The separatists, calling themselves Saints, in 1610 returned to England to raise funds, choosing the new world wilderness of America, without government, as the correct place to settle. A prominent merchant gave them the advance funds, and the Virginia Company gave them permission to establish a settlement on the east coast, between the 38- and 41-degrees latitudes, located between Chesapeake Bay, and the mouth of the Hudson River. The King gave them permission to leave, so long as they acted peacefully. August 1620, the so-called Sai...

 

  Personal reflection: Picture taken of truck coming into Del Rio, Texas, traveling on Gibbs Street.

  A priest on Facebook posted this and it elicited quite a discussion. One gentleman argued that at least people were at Mass and, besides, how you dress depends where you are geographically. I always find that argument shallow. How many weddings do you see with guests arriving in shorts and flip flops even if the wedding is held outdoors? It seems to me that the way one dresses is an indication of the seriousness with which one treats the event. Would anyone respond to an invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet the royals dressed in the casual way so many go to spend time with the Lord of the Universe? These things are not irrelevant or unimportant.  The Mass is not a fashion show, but there are things that illustrate a person's level of belief. The way one dresses The attitude, posture, and gestures: using holy water to make the sign of the cross as one enters the church, genuflecting before the presence of God, keeping a reverent silence rather than chatting and visiting wi...

  Personal reflection: God bless the sign on Veteran's Boulevard in Del Rio, Texas. God bless all the people seeing the sign to pray and work to end child sex trafficking, by eliminating and eradicating pornography and pedophilia. God bless all the children who live in slavery to be freed. May we live in a world which provides safety and security for children and protects children from the evil of pornography and pedophilia. "It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin." - Luke 17:2 

In our world today, there are millions trapped in slavery and sex trafficking. The most horrific and devastating example of this is the sale of the weakest and most vulnerable in society, our children. Today, Father Mike shares his honest review of the film, "Sound of Freedom," currently in theaters, and offers a word of encouragement for how each of us can confront this terrible reality head-on and proactively do something about it.

  A mother from Jefferson County, Colorado was banned from her local library for defending her children from pornographic LGBTQ content.  A donor to CatholicVote was visiting her local library in Jefferson County and was appalled at the inappropriate books on display at the eye level of her children. She hid the material and replaced it with other, more child-friendly books. Later, the library contacted her and notified her that the “safety and security coordinator” had suspended her from accessing the library for a period of time. “As any good mother would do, I would not tolerate this filth and perversion for one second, especially with books targeting young adolescents and children in a display that was not for children at all,” the woman fired back in a letter to the library. “This was a breach of my children’s security while patronizing a public library.”  “The true offense is Jeffco Library staff putting out material that is akin to child abuse for our children to s...

  Val Verde County Library (VVCL) is a public taxpayer funded institution that is boldly and brazenly “sexually grooming” vulnerable children, by desensitizing and normalizing sexual content to minors, so that pedophiles can more easily and effortlessly sexually abuse them. The  American   Library   Association   (ALA) defines young adults (YA) as individuals between 12 and 18 years of age.  The digital sign with the “rainbow” and the word “PRIDE” in big, bold lettering at VVCL is an enticing and seductive advertising for not only the tolerance, but the outright acceptance, expectation, and proliferation of sexual deviancy and perversion. This is being done overtly and ostentatiously out in the public view at our expense, with consequences and ramifications of the eternal salvation of our souls for being complicit in providing the funds, and the eternal salvation of the souls of children being exposed to “sexual grooming”. Not just b...