Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Thu, 02/26/09
- readings, teachings, references and reviews -
Contents:
- Lent 2009 resources
- Weekend Readings
- Commerce Corner
- Theology Note of the Week
- Book of the Week
- Shalom Place Discussion Board
- Personal Spiritual Guidance
- Affiliate Web Sites
- Website of the Week
- Joke of the Week
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WEEKEND READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Saturday: Is 58:9b-14; Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Lk 5:27-32
Sunday: Gn 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Pt 3:18-22; Mk
1:12-15
R. (cf. 10) Your ways, O Lord, are love and truth to those who keep
your covenant.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior.
Remember that your compassion, O LORD,
and your love are from of old.
In your kindness remember me,
because of your goodness, O LORD.
Good and upright is the LORD,
thus he shows sinners the way.
He guides the humble to justice,
and he teaches the humble his way.
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THEOLOGY NOTE OF THE WEEK
Baptismal Regeneration
The belief that baptism is essential to salvation, that it is the
means where forgiveness of sins is made real to the believer. This
is incorrect. Paul said that he came to preach the gospel, not to
baptize (1 Cor. 1:14-17). If baptism were essential to salvation,
then Paul would have included it in his standard practice and
preaching of the salvation message of Jesus, but he did not.
- http://www.carm.org/dictionary.htm
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
"Before the Living God," by Ruth Burrows OCD. HiddenSpring, 2008.
- http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1587680505/ref=noism/christianspiritu/
This is the autobiography of a nun who patterned her life on the
Little Flower of Jesus, knowing that God would turn the world
upside down "to give his creature-child what she needs." Hers is an
account of a life not filled with extraordinary incidents, but a
life rich with her own spiritual growth. This is a story of her
relationship with God and with others, the story of her prayer,
and how she tried to live the life of the Spirit. Burrows writes in
intimately personal terms of her own struggles to live life to the
fullest.
Burrows describes her mother as a person of great tenderness, her
father as the embodiment of safety. She was the third child in a
family of eight, and Burrows united the two different temperaments
of both her parents. As a brother was born a year after her birth,
her cuddling days were short lived.
The story of Burrows' life is written simply in the first person.
She recorded her early school days in detail, the sickness and
deaths in her home, her reception of the sacraments, her struggles
to get along with her siblings and classmates, her doubts about
God's existence, and eventually God's efforts to get her attention
to become a nun.
Burrows entered Carmel on September 1st, 1947, where she was placed
under the guidance of a director ill-suited for the position. The
director was replaced by a nun with whom Burrows soon developed "a
crush." She experienced many highs and lows in her life as a
cloistered religious, even at the age of forty encountering doubts
about remaining a religious.
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman OP for this review)
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SHALOM PLACE DISCUSSION BOARDS
The discreet charm of nonduality - Christian Spirituality Issues
forum.
Divinity and consciousness - Christian Morality and Theology forum.
Greedy bankers destroying the country and hurting the entire world
- Religion and Culture forum.
Gallup poll on religion and culture - Religion and Culture forum.
- see http://shalomplace.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php to read up on
what's being discussed these days.
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AFFILIATE WEB SITES (please give them a visit)
SeeScapes. Picturing the deeper dimensions of our spirituality.
http://www.seescapes.com
Temenos Catholic Worker: support for homeless youth in Polk Street
neighborhood, San Francisco
http://www.temenos.org/
Contemplative Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: teaching and
support on contemplative practice
http://www.prayeroftheheart.com
Heartland Center for Spirituality (sponsoring Internet workshops
year-round).
http://www.heartlandspirituality.org/index.html
Emanuella House of Prayer: a place for prayer and silence in
British Columbia
http://members.axion.net/~massf/
The Ark: Providing a variety of scripture and lectionary study
resources.
http://www.theark1.com
Kyrie Places of Pilgrimmage and Renewal.
http://www.kyrie.com/places/index.htm
Contemplative Rudder: "In the midst of Consecrated Silence'
atmospherics ... a Rudder!
http://www.contemplativerudder.com/
Inner Explorations: a vast array of spirituality resources for the
mature Christian.
http://innerexplorations.com
The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer: resources for spiritual growth.
http://fromholyground.org/index.htm
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WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
All about Lent . . .
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lent
This entry in Wikipedia provides a good overview and history of the
season of Lent.
"The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer--through
prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial--for the annual
commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of
Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and
culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus
Christ."
I'm sure you knew this already, but it's good to keep in mind the
spiritual meaning of this season.
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
- The really important person . . .
The Pope had just finished a tour of the East Coast and was taking
a limousine to the airport. Having never driven a limo, he asked
the chauffeur if he could drive for awhile. Well, the chauffeur
didn't have much of a choice, so he climbs in the back of the limo
and the Pope takes the wheel. The Pope proceeds onto HWY 95, and
starts accelerating to see what the limo could do. He gets to about
90 mph, and suddenly he sees the blue lights of the State Police in
his mirror. He pulls over and the trooper comes to his window. The
trooper, seeing who it was, says, "Just a moment please, I need to
call in." The trooper calls in and asks for the chief. He tells the
chief that he's got a REALLY important person pulled over, and asks
how he should handle it. "It's not Ted Kennedy again is it?"
replies the chief. "No Sir!" replied the trooper, "This guy's more
important." "Is it the Governor?" replied the chief. "No! Even more
important!" replies the trooper. "Is it the PRESIDENT??? replied
the chief. "No! Even more important!" replies the trooper. "Well
WHO is it?" screams the chief. "I don't know Sir." replies the
trooper, "but he's got the Pope as his chauffeur."
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