Weekend Edition - Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Thu, 05/17/07
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- readings, teachings, references and reviews -
Contents:
- Weekend Readings
- Theology Note of the Week
- Daily Spiritual Seed is Moving!
- Book Review of the Week
- Silence, Solitude and Sabbath retreat
- Personal Spiritual Guidance
- Affiliate Web Sites
- Web Site of the Week
- Joke of the Week
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WEEKEND READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Saturday: Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10; Jn 16:23b-28
Sunday: Acts 7:55-60; Ps 97:1-2, 6-7, 9; Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20; Jn 17:20-26
R. (1a and 9a) The Lord is king,
the most high over all the earth.
The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
Justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
All gods are prostrate before him.
You, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth,
exalted far above all gods.
The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
Justice and judgment are the foundation of his throne.
The heavens proclaim his justice,
and all peoples see his glory.
All gods are prostrate before him.
You, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth,
exalted far above all gods.
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SAINT OF THE WEEK
- May 20th. St. Philip Neri.
Born in Florence in 1515, he underwent a conversion experience which caused him to give up a possible career in business and go, without specific plans, to Rome, where he soon created his own mission speaking of Christ to fellow Florentines who worked in Rome. In 1544 in the Catacomb of St. Sebastian he received a special spiritual experience in the form of a vision of a ball of fire entering his mouth and swelling his heart. Intensifying his own work, he was ordained priest in 1551 and became a much sought-after confessor at San Girolamo della Carita, a church almost opposite the English College. A loose fraternity of priests in this church was to develop under him into the Congregation of the Oratory, who share a common life but do not take vows. Philip became particularly well known as a preacher, and also for the development of the semi-formal musical service known as an "Oratory" which is the origin of the musical form known as the oratorio, a religious story set to music (like Handel's "Messiah"). In 1577 the Oratorians moved to a new Roman church, the Chiesa Nuova, which they still occupy today. Philip became well known to English students of the English College, greeting them as they prepared for the mission in Reformation England with the words of the hymn "Hail, flowers of martyrs". In his personal piety a man of intense devotion (his Mass would sometimes last for several hours as he silently pondered the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist) in his external manner he sometimes used eccentricity and humour in order to prick people's pride: his penances included making people carry large dogs round Rome or writing a history of the Church. When he heard someone comment on his holiness he ran into the church with half of his beard shaved off. On one occasion he removed the hair-pins from the head of an affected aristocratic lady of Rome as she made her confession before him. He died on the feast of Corpus Christi, 1595, and was canonised in 1622; his shrine is in the Chiesa Nuova in Rome.
- http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/StPhilipNeri.htm
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
"Exodus: Freed for the Journey with God, by Connie Burkholder." faithQuest (Brethren Press), 2007.
- http://www.brethrenpress.com/store/bpress/8690.html
Designed for relational Bible
studies, this book is based on "the story
of God's covenant with the people of the Old Testament, the new
covenant in Jesus Christ, and the covenant community that is the church
today." Small groups will find in this series directions for sharing discussions, for prayer, and for various forms of action. Hopefully, the group will offer support to one another and will grow together forming an intimate group.
In Exodus, Burkholder invites readers to see how they have responded to tumultuous situations much as the people of Moses' time did. Rocky terrain, unknown territory, travel into a new relationship with God-all this the sharing group may experience in personal spiritual journeys as they allow God to be their guiding Star.
Burkholder's hopes in writing this book are that persons will become biblically informed, globally aware of the interconnectedness of God's world, and relationally sensitive to God, to self, and to others.
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman, O.P. for this review.)
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AFFILIATE WEB SITES (please give them a visit)
Contemplative Outreach of St. Louis
http://www.centeringprayerstl.com/
Inner Explorations: a vast array of spirituality resources for the mature Christian.
http://innerexplorations.com
SeeScapes. Picturing the deeper dimensions of our spirituality.
http://www.seescapes.com
Heartland Center for Spirituality (sponsoring Internet workshops year-round).
http://www.heartlandspirituality.org/index.html
Contemplative Rudder: "In the midst of Consecrated Silence' atmospherics ... a Rudder!
http://www.contemplativerudder.com/
Holy Trinity: Old Catholic Orthodox Church. Corpus Christi, TX
http://www.holytrinityoldcatholic.org/
Temenos Catholic Worker: support for homeless youth in Polk Street neighborhood, San Francisco
http://www.temenos.org/
Emanuella House of Prayer: a place for prayer and silence in British Columbia
http://members.axion.net/~massf/
Kyrie Places of Pilgrimmage and Renewal.
http://www.kyrie.com/places/index.htm
Carry the Light CD: Piano Meditations for the Hopeful Heart
http://www.sharonkcooper.com
Stillpoint: programs in spiritual direction, contemplative prayer.
http://www.stillpointnashville.org/
Solitude and Streets: an emerging faith community.
http://www.solitudeandstreets.org
Family Life Training and Counseling Center: an online Bible college/seminary
http://www.familylifetrainingcenter.com/
The Ark: Providing a variety of scripture and lectionary study resources.
http://www.theark1.com
Contemplative Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: teaching and support on contemplative practice
http://www.prayeroftheheart.com
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WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
- Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition
- http://www.domcentral.org/study/aumann/cs/default.htm
If you're looking for a text on the history of Christian spirituality, this one should be on your list. Written by Jordan Aumann, O.P., it serves as a companion to his classical work on Christian perfection.
The history of
spirituality serves not only to acquaint one with the origins and
development of Christian spirituality but, equally important, it
projects into our contemporary scene the lives and teachings of men and
women who have reached a high degree of sanctity throughout the ages.
It likewise demonstrates the marvelous variety among the saints and the
fact that the perfection of charity can be attained by any Christian in
any state of life.
- from the web site.
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
- Six months to live . . .
"Mr. Clark, I'm afraid I have bad news," the doctor told his anxious patient. "You only have six months to live."
The man sat in stunned silence for the next several minutes. Regaining his composure, he apologetically told his physician that he had no medical insurance. "I can't possibly pay you in that time."
"Okay," the doctor said, "let's make it nine months."
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- The Mural
Every newspaper in New York sent a reporter and a staff photographer to the office of a local ophthalmologist when it was learned that he recently performed a successful sight- saving operation on the wife of the country's most celebrated mural artist, who, in addition to paying the doctor's usual fee, had gratefully insisted on painting one of his contemporary masterpieces across an entire wall of the doctor's waiting room.
The mural turned out to be an immense multicolored picture of a human eye, in the center of which stood a perfect miniature likeness of the good doctor himself.
While cameras clicked and most of the newsmen crowded around the famous artist for his comments, one cub reporter drew the eye specialist aside and asked:
"Tell me, if you can, Doctor-what was your first reaction on seeing this fantastic artistic achievement covering an entire wall of your office?"
"To tell the truth," the physician replied, "my first thought was, thank goodness I'm not a hemorrhoid specialist!"
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