Articles For Heart Mind Soul

St. Mark the Evangelist Church in San Antonio will be the site of the Mass of Installation of Archbishop-designate Gustavo García-Siller on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at 2 p.m. Please continue to keep our new shepherd in your prayers as this solemn celebration of his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI nears. Due to limited seating attendance at the Mass of Installation is by invitation only and will be limited to those who have received a ticket. However, we ask the community to join us in spirit by watching the Mass of Installation "live" on EWTN - (Eternal Word Television Network). Let us welcome Archbishop Gustavo as he begins a new chapter of service and ministry.

Erasers on pencils, Wite-Out for paper and delete buttons on computers were all invented by people who became successful by realizing that we all make mistakes and we need to correct those mistakes.

Fr. Schiffer and seven other priests survived Hiroshima by praying the Rosary daily... "Realize the power in your hand with the Rosary, for in your hands you hold the power of God. If you do not recognize the Rosary, can you expect to be recognized by My Son? How much can you expect? Why do you hide My Rosary? It was with a Mother's loving heart that I chose to give you these pearls of Heaven that you reject. "Woe to all dedicated who seek to remove these from the little ones' hands, for their punishment will be metered in accordance to it! "Why has sophisticated man cast aside these tokens of My love? Those who remain true to My Rosary will not be touched by the fires. Gather these treasures, My children, for the time will come that you will not find them on the counters of your stores." - Our Lady of the Roses, October 6, 1970 Eight Jesuit priests survived the searing hurricane of blast and gamma rays during the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima,...

Believe that you are blessed and live your blessings.

Support Our Aging Religious, Inc. (SOAR!) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization of persons who are committed to assuring financially stable and personally secure futures for elderly and frail members of Catholic religious congregations in the United States, augmenting the efforts of the institutional Church. SOAR! seeks to accomplish this mission by: Raising and providing funds for congregations to meet immediate needs of their retired members; Educating the public about the serious retirement needs confronting elderly religious; Developing a national network of concerned individuals who wish to respond to this need.

The Roman Missal — which contains the prayers we use at Mass — has been retranslated. The new translation has been approved by Rome, and we will start using it a year from now, on the first Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2011 How should we prepare for the new texts? 1. Stay calm and prayerful and patient. You may hear a lot of people trumpeting the new texts, and a lot of others decrying them. Try not to get sucked into pitched battles over language. No text, no translation is perfect, and we won’t know if these texts help us pray well or not until we’ve been using them for many years. 2. Get to know the changes. The bishops have set up a website ( usccb.org/romanmissal ) showing samples of the new texts. Speak them out loud. Start to work on praying them. Listen to Bishop Serratelli’s (chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship) video introduction on the site, and read some of the explanations and background the bishops provide. If your parish makes any resources ...

My Dear Brothers and Sisters, Soon I will begin my ministry as Archbishop of San Antonio . With great humility I prepare to embrace the challenges ahead and open my heart to the new opportunities that God will place before us in the years to come. I personally invite you to join me for an evening of prayer Monday, November 22 , 7 p.m. at Main Plaza , in front of San Fernando Cathedral . Please stand with me in this place where the faith of our city has been strengthened and nurtured for nearly 300 years, as we ask God for the wisdom and guidance I will need as His humble servant. Together, let us raise our voices, asking God to quiet our hearts so we may hear His voice and know His will. I f you cannot be with me in person, then I hope, wherever you are, you will join us in prayer and solemn reflection. Sincerely in Christ, +Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. Archbishop-designate