Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 07/03/09
- readings, teachings, references and reviews -
Contents:
- Weekend Readings
- Spiritual Growth Resource of the Month
- Theology Note of the Week
- Saint of the Week
- Book of the Week
- Spiritual Growth Resource of the Month
- 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: Gn 27:1-5, 15-29; Ps 135:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6; Mt
9:14-17
Sunday: Ez 2:2-5; Ps 123:1-2, 2, 3-4; 2 Cor 12:7-10; Mk
6:1-6
R. (2cd) Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.
To you I lift up my eyes
who are enthroned in heaven --
As the eyes of servants
are on the hands of their masters.
As the eyes of a maid
are on the hands of her mistress,
So are our eyes on the LORD, our God,
till he have pity on us.
Have pity on us, O LORD, have pity on us,
for we are more than sated with contempt;
our souls are more than sated
with the mockery of the arrogant,
with the contempt of the proud.
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SPIRITUAL GROWTH RESOURCE OF THE MONTH
Codependency Recovery and Christian Spirituality
by Philip St. Romain, D. Min.
- http://shalomplace.com/inetmin/codep/index.html
* How has the concept of codependency affected our views of
love and selfless giving?
* Does the Church teach codependency in the name of Christian
love?
* What does Christian spirituality have to contribute unto
recovery from codependent attitudes and behavior?
These and other issues will be explored in these reflections by Dr.
St. Romain.
Free online audio with handouts.
Podcasts and book available for purchase.
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THEOLOGY NOTE OF THE WEEK
- Creationism
The position that God created the universe. Young earth
creationists generally believe that God created the universe, the
earth, and living things on the earth and that the Old Testament
literally describes six, 24 hour periods. Therefore, they maintain
that the universe is, more or less, anywhere from 6,000 to 10,000
years old. They further maintain that speciation occurred during
this time as a result of the extant genetic information and
environmental pressures. Old earth creationists still maintain that
the universe, the earth, and all living things were created by God,
but that the Universe is very old.
- http://www.carm.org/dictionary.htm
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SAINT OF THE WEEK
- July 7th St. Willibald.
One of the most famous of the wave of English missionaries to
Germany and the Low Countries, among whom was numbered St.
Boniface. A native of Wessex, and brother of two other saints.
Saint Walburga and Saint Winnibald, he was a monk of Bishops
Waltham, only a few miles away from us, until he embarked on a
great series of travels that took him to Rome, to the Eastern
Mediterranean and to Constantinople, living with and learning from
communities of monks and groups of hermits. He eventually arrived
at Monte Cassino, the famous monastery founded by St. Benedict
where he was responsible for initiating an important reform. He was
sent to Germany at the orders of the Pope being ordained priest by
St Boniface. He was later made bishop of Eichstatt and was
responsible for the important religious foundation of Hildesheim, a
great centre of evangelism, consisting of a double community of
monks and nuns and where his brother was abbot and some years later
his sister was abbess. He died in 787.
- http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/index.html
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
"Almost a Miracle: the American victory in the war of
independence," by John Ferling. Oxford University Press.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195181212/ref=noism/christianspiritu/
Ferling, professor emeritus at the University of West Georgia, caps
his distinguished career as a scholar and popular writer on the
colonial/revolutionary period with arguably the best, and certainly
one of the most stimulating, single-volume histories of the
American Revolution. Exhaustively researched and clearly written,
it stresses the contingent aspects of a war where victory depended
on making the fewest mistakes. Despite chances to end the war in
battle, by negotiation or by international conference, Britain
failed for lack of manpower, the decision to wage limited war and
an ineffective central government--and above all, comprehensive
underestimation of American military effectiveness and political
resolve. America's cause, ironically, nearly foundered on
reluctance to support a standing army, and a government that wasn't
strong enough to plan and execute a concerted war effort. That
popular enthusiasm never broke owed much to a stable French
alliance and to George Washington, who was a good diplomat, a
better politician and an excellent judge of character. Steadily
growing into the responsibilities of commander in chief, he
achieved legitimate iconic status by the war's end. Ultimately,
Ferling demonstrates that independence was won through the
endurance of the American people and their soldiers, who held on
for that last vital quarter of an hour.
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See http://shalomplace.com/direction/
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SHALOM PLACE DISCUSSION BOARDS
The discussion board has a new home:
- http://shalomplace.org/eve/forums
A few active discussions:
Challenges for the church - Christian Spirituality Issues forum.
From false gods to Christ - Transformative Experiences forum.
The Jesus of history and the Jesus of faith - Christian Morality
and Theology forum.
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AFFILIATE WEB SITES (please give them a visit)
Contemplative Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: teaching and
support on contemplative practice
http://www.prayeroftheheart.com
Heartland Center for Spirituality (retreat center in central
Kansas).
http://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
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/
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http://shalomplace.com/seed --on a prominent place on your web site
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WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
Independence Day, U.S.A.
- http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence_Day.shtml
This site is from the U.S. government and has numerous links of
relevance to this day:
- historic documents
- flag facts
- recipes
- history of the celebration
- kid's quiz
- patriotic songs
- teacher resources
- etc.
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
- Shall we gather . . .
A preacher was completing a temperance sermon: with great
expression he said, "If I had all the beer in the world, I'd take
it and throw it into the river."
With even greater emphasis he said, "And if I had all the wine in
the world, I'd take it and throw it into the river."
And then finally, he said, "And if I had all the whiskey in the
world, I'd take it and throw it into the river." He sat down.
The song leader then stood very cautiously and announced with a
smile, "For our closing song, let us sing Hymn # 365: "Shall We
Gather at the River."
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