Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Tue, 03/10/09
- readings, teachings, references and reviews -
Contents:
- Weekend Readings
- Lent 2009 resources
- 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: Mi 7:14-15, 18-20; Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12;
Lk 15:1-3, 11-32
Sunday: Ex 20:1-17; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; 1 Cor 1:22-25;
Jn 2:13-25
R. (John 6:68c) Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.
The law of the LORD is perfect,
refreshing the soul;
The decree of the LORD is trustworthy,
giving wisdom to the simple.
The precepts of the LORD are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the command of the LORD is clear,
enlightening the eye.
The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the LORD are true,
all of them just.
They are more precious than gold,
than a heap of purest gold;
sweeter also than syrup
or honey from the comb.
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THEOLOGY NOTE OF THE WEEK
- Cessationism
The position within Christianity that the Charismatic Spiritual
gifts (speaking in tongues, word of knowledge, word of wisdom,
intepretation of tongues, etc.) ceased with the closing of the
Canon of scripture and/or the death of the last apostle.
(Amazingly, there are many today who still hold this position in
spite of the pentecostal movements that have swept through
Christendom since the early 20th C.)
- http://www.carm.org/dictionary.htm
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
"A Servant Leader's Journey: Lessons from Life," by Jim Boyd.
Paulist, 2008.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0809145685/ref=noism/christianspiritu/
What a story!!! Learning in the spring of 2004 that he was
suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS, Boyd resolved to make
the most of the days he had left and he wrote this book. It
intermingles stories of his struggles with health and sound
teachings about how to be a good leader in today's world. Much of
what he teaches about leadership came from his days in school
administration in various colleges. Much of what he teaches about
his illness came from his days after leaving administration when he
and his wife Veleda moved from the city to a much neglected ranch
in Texas.
Despite the fact that he and Veleda were intent on transforming the
ranch into a respectable place to live and to enjoy nature, he
struggled to tell his wife that he had a progressive neurological
illness that attacks nerve cells responsible for controlling
voluntary muscles. He wrote this book in diary form for his
grandchildren to let them know of his great love and he wrote it
also for prospective leaders. He wanted his last days to be
fruitful in manual labor, in loving work with his wife as they
transformed the ranch, and as a farewell to his family and all
those who knew him. The ranch house was changed into a
comfortable, tastefully decorated ranch home. From the windows or
from the porch, he and his wife watched the hummingbirds flit by
and the jackrabbits and deer bob along outside. All this he saw as
foretaste of heaven.
His wife completed the book after he died in his home surrounded
by family on September 22, 2007.
(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.
Apoophatic Christian spirituality - Christian Spirituality Issues
forum.
On being hypervigilant - Christian Spirituality Issues 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)
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
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/
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WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
The Tablet
- http://www.thetablet.co.uk/
This thoughtful weekly Catholic newspaper is available online. You
can also sign up for a free eNewsletter version. Here is a good
resource for Christian reflection on current issues.
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
- Not now!
Father Murphy walks into a pub in Donegal, and says to the first
man he meets, "Do you want to go to heaven?"
The man said, "I do, Father."
The priest said, "Then stand over there against the wall."
Then the priest asked the second man, "Do you want to go to heaven?"
"Certainly, Father," was the man's reply.
"Then stand over there against the wall," said the priest.
Then Father Murphy walked up to O'Toole and said, "Do you want to
go to heaven?"
O'Toole said, "No, I don't Father."
The priest said, "I don't believe this. You mean to tell me that
when you die you don't want to go to heaven?"
O'Toole said, "Oh, when I die, yes. I thought you were getting a
group together to go right now."
(Thanks, Carol)
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