Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 10/14/11
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
October 14-16, 2011
| Contents: - Weekend Scripture Readings - Spiritual Guidance - Discussion Board highlights - Affiliate Web Sites - Theology Note of the Week - Web Site of the Week - Spiritual Growth Resources. - Book of the Week - Saint of the Week - Joke of the Week - - - Sunday: Is 45:1, 4-6; Ps 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10; 1 Thes 1:1-5b; Mt 22:15-21 R. (7b) Give the Lord glory and honor.  Sing to the LORD a new song;sing to the LORD, all you lands. Tell his glory among the nations; among all peoples, his wondrous deeds. For great is the LORD and highly to be praised; awesome is he, beyond all gods. For all the gods of the nations are things of nought, but the LORD made the heavens. Give to the LORD, you families of nations, give to the LORD glory and praise; give to the LORD the glory due his name! Bring gifts, and enter his courts. Worship the LORD, in holy attire; tremble before him, all the earth; say among the nations: The LORD is king, he governs the peoples with equity. - - - Amazon
Gift Cards - - - Spiritual Guidance The Ark: Providing
a variety of scripture and lectionary study resources. - - - Theology Note of the
Week That which entitles the doer of a good work to receive a reward or payment for a service or action. In Roman Catholicism, "By merit (meritum) in general is understood that property of a good work which entitles the doer to receive a reward (proemium, merces) from him in whose service the work is done." - - - Web Resource of the Week 7 Deadly Sins and 7 Heavenly Virtues - http://freedomoffaith.tripod.com/id11.html The 7 deadly sins are an ancient way of describing destructive tendencies in our human nature. The 7 heavenly virtues are attitudinal antidotes to these sins. This web site provides a short discussion on these and, as such, is a good review of a basic spiritual lesson. |
Featured Spiritual
Growth Resources
Summer 2012: Renewal of Mind and Spirit - http://heartlandspirituality.org/programs.html Since you might need to plan ahead, check out the program offerings at Heartland Center for Spirituality for the Summer of 2012. A. Theology Institute with Carla Mae Streeter, June 15-19, 2012. B. Listening to God: A Contemplative Retreat, with Philip St. Romain, June 21-25, 2012. You can attend one or the other: special rate for both. - - -  Growing
in Inner Freedom: A Guide for Today- by Philip St. Romain 40 ways to become more inwardly free! Using Jesus Christ as a model of spiritual freedom, and citing lessons found in the Scriptures, "Growing in Inner Freedom" contains 40 time-tested practices, including: Living by Faith, Don't Worry Uselessly, Count Your Blessings, Practice Forgiveness, Go the Extra Mile and many more. - http://tinyurl.com/3luq3z2 (Also available for Kindle, Nook, and on iBookstore) - - - Book of the Week Catholic Prayer, by Lawrence S. Cunningham. Crossroad, 1989. - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0824511522/ref=noism/christianspiritu/ The author believes that when a person becomes a Catholic by choice, he/she embraces certain values and worldviews. Prayer is one of these values, hence, in this book, Cunningham deals with the place of prayer in the life of a Catholic. He proposes a reflective treatment that turns to the Scriptures to meditate on the truth found therein. From there he leads readers to a contemplation of the main mystery that is at the heart of all reality, namely God. Throughout the book, Cunningham offers two convictions that serve as melodies in a fine piece of music. First, the accumulated prayers of the Church are a basic source of theology and belief. Second, prayer is not an activity but also a relationship in the act of being a believer. In other words, prayer exists before a single prayer is said. The chapters have titles such as; Pray-er, Words, Gestures, Reading, Jesus, Eucharist, Models, Politics, and Stages. The appendix contains a teaching about prayer, wherein Cunningham suggests one try to change the words in common prayers, paraphrasing some sections, composing prayers for ordinary use such as wedding vows, removing strange words like thee and thou, examining the meaning of the truths contained in a prayer, and making everyday occasions topics for prayer. This book provides interesting stories, flashes of humor, profound insights, novel illustrations and illustrations from novels. This book offers occasions for fruitful subjects of prayerful reading and spiritual awareness and is recommended for wide audiences and various denominations.
- Thanks to Sr. Irene
Hartman, O.P. for this review. - Isaac Jogues (1607-1646) and companions, October 19.
- Holy Humor A father was approached by his
small son who told him proudly, "I know what the Bible means!" There was a very gracious lady who
was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the
country. - Thanks, Carol |
Isaac Jogues and his
companions were the first martyrs of the North American continent
officially recognized by the Church. As a young Jesuit, Isaac Jogues, a
man of learning and culture, taught literature in France. He gave up
that career to work among the Huron Indians in the New World, and in
1636 he and his companions, under the leadership of John de Brébeuf,
arrived in Quebec. The Hurons were constantly warred upon by the
Iroquois, and in a few years Father Jogues was captured by the Iroquois
and imprisoned for 13 months. His letters and journals tell how he and
his companions were led from village to village, how they were beaten,
tortured and forced to watch as their Huron converts were mangled and
killed.
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