Articles For Heart Mind Soul

What a Thank You Note Though Thanksgiving has come and gone, we cannot pass up the opportunity to share a special Thanksgiving letter we received from one canceled priest. Esteemed Coalition for Canceled Priests,   In this time for giving thanks to God, I am so thankful and grateful for the work that has been entrusted to you. I thank the Priests of the Lord, Fr. John Lovell and Fr. Scott Duvall. I thank all those lay persons serving behind the scenes with the Coalition. I thank the countless number of lay Faithful from every place who have come to support this cause.    I have been a Priest of Our Lord, Jesus Christ now almost 14 years. I love the Lord, His Holy Priesthood, and His Holy People. It has been more than a year that I was removed of my stipend, my pension, and my healthcare. The Lord, Himself was the One who said, “Foxes have their dens and birds of the air their nests, but the Son of Man has no where to rest His Head.”. I w...

 

Please help spread the word for those who prefer to read their news in Spanish from the   perspective of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. CatholicVote launched El LAZO – a Spanish-language sister to CatholicVote’s popular daily newsletter the LOOP – on December 12, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. “We’re very excited to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the launch of these daily emails on news and religion called El LAZO to reach Spanish-speaking Catholics in the United States,” said Joshua Mercer, Editor of the LOOP and co-founder of CatholicVote. Spanish-speaking Catholics can sign up for EL LAZO here.   https://votocatolico.org/ellazo/ The news of El LAZO comes amid a remarkable, and apparently accelerating shift toward the political right on the part of Hispanic Americans – many of whom are Catholics. While a majority of Latinos still voted for Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections, “Republican support among Hispanic voters has grown by 10 poi...

 

The music is what was written by God on Mary's shroud in the image that she gave to Juan Diego who presented it to his bishop as proof of Our Lady's having revealed herself to him atop Tepayec Hill on the outskirts of Mexico City in the year 1531.  If you turn the shroud on its side and plot the stars on a musical sheet, this is the sound it makes.

  Obituary Angelina Ybarra Cedillo, age 89, entered into rest on Thursday, December 8, 2022 in Del Rio, Texas. She was born on February 15, 1933. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 11, 2022 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Oaks Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, December 12, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Westlawn Cemetery. Personal reflection: She died on December 8, the Solemnity of The Immaculate Conception and she will have her Mass of Christian Burial on December 12, the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. A true devotee of Our Blessed Mother. May she rest in God’s Eternal Peace.

  Personal reflection: Advent: A Preparation for Christmas This Christmas, may we come to the Crib of the Christ Child, with the wondrous worship of the wise men, with the awesome adoration of the angels, and with the sublime silence of the shepherds.   Adviento: Una preparación para la Navidad Que esta Navidad lleguemos al Pesebre del Niño Jesús, con el maravilloso culto de los reyes magos, con la asombrosa adoración de los ángeles, y con el sublime silencio de los pastores.