Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 11/25/11
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
November 25-27, 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 63:16-17, 19; 64:2-7; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Mk 13:33-37 R. (4) Lord, make us turn to you; let us see your face and we shall be saved.  O shepherd of Israel, hearken,from your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth. Rouse your power, and come to save us. Once again, O LORD of hosts, look down from heaven, and see; take care of this vine, and protect what your right hand has planted the son of man whom you yourself made strong. May your help be with the man of your right hand, with the son of man whom you yourself made strong. Then we will no more withdraw from you; give us new life, and we will call upon your name. - - - Amazon
Gift Cards - - - Spiritual Guidance Philothea.net: promoting
the love of God as expressed in The First Great Commandment. - - - Theology Note of the
Week A miracle is an out-of-the-ordinary direct and divine intervention in the world. Examples would be the parting of the Red Sea, Jesus walking on water, the resurrection of Lazarus, etc. Some hold that it is a violation of the natural order of physical laws. Others maintain that there is no such violation upon God's part but only a natural manifestation of His work. They are also known as powers and signs (Mark 9:39; Acts 2:22, 19:11) and mighty works (John 10:25-28). They are a manifestation of the power of God over nature (Joshua 10:12-14), animals (Num. 22:28), people (Gen. 19:26), and illness (2 Kings 5:10-14). They are produced by God's power (Acts 15:12), Christ's power (Matt. 10:1), and the Holy Spirit's power (Matt. 12:28). - - - Web Resource of the Week Praying Advent - http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Advent/ You're already family with Creighton University's online reflections on Scripture through the Friday editions of Daily Spiritual Seed. Today we call attention to the extensive resources they make available for the Advent season, including daily prayers and a number of reflections, including audio. This is a great site to help you enter into the spirit of the season.  |
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. - - -  Twelve
Steps to Spiritual Wholeness: A Christian Pathway, by Philip St.
Romain. Lulu Press.This book presents the Twelve Steps of recovery groups as a way to grow, to move toward a spiritual awakening, an awareness of our true self in God. Every page bears gentle reassurance that fulfillment of the Twelve Steps inspires a cleansing sense of wholeness -- a renewed spirit that helps readers break free from negative and sinful influences in their lives. - http://tinyurl.com/3m4m2bv (paperback) - http://tinyurl.com/3mv2pcw (pdf download) Also available for Kindle, Nook, and Apple iBookstore. - - - Book of the Week Between Heaven and Mirth, by Father James Martin S. J. Harper Press, 2011. - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062024264/ref=noism/christianspiritu/  This book describes
why joy, humor, and laughter are at the heart of
the spiritual life. Martin assures his readers that God wants humans to
experience joy, to cultivate holy humor, and to laugh at life's
absurdities and one's own humanity. He wants readers to know that humor
and laughter are important in human life, and when one embraces these
elements on a daily basis they will lead to deeper faith and pure joy.Martin gives many examples of healthy humor in the lives of saintly persons and in great spiritual masters. Even in the parables of Jesus and in the Gospels, he finds comic incidences. Without humor, he sees Jesus as heretical. From Martin's own life, he gives stories that are truly hilarious, and shares his twenty years as a Jesuit in terms of the comic. He says that humor helps one to live a deeper spiritual life, and assures his readers that they are capable of appreciating God's presence in fuller ways, in humorous ways, in ways to make one's heart lighter. He even says that humor is a little like heaven. Some chapter headings are: Happiness Alerts, 11 ½ Serious Reasons for Good Humor, Excessive Levity, Humor and the Saints, Laughing in Church, A Study in Joy, and Rejoice Always. Martin concludes this book with: " So be joyful. Use your sense of humor, And laugh with the God who smiles when seeing you, rejoices over your very existence, and takes delight in you, all the days of your life." Make the Christian Spirituality Bookstore your starting point for online shopping at Amazon.com. You can buy books, cds, videotapes, software, appliances and many other products at discount prices. As Amazon.com affiliate, we are paid a small fee for purchases originating from our web site. Every little bit helps! http://shalomplace.com/books/index.html - - - Saint of the Week - http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1210 St. James of the Marche (1394-1476): November 28 Meet one of the fathers of the modern pawnshop! James was born in the Marche of Ancona, in central Italy along the Adriatic Sea. After earning doctorates in canon and civil law at the University of Perugia, he joined the Friars Minor and began a very austere life. He fasted nine months of the year; he slept three hours a night. St. Bernardine of Siena told him to moderate his penances. James studied theology with St. John of Capistrano. Ordained in 1420, James began a preaching career that took him all over Italy and through 13 Central and Eastern European countries. This extremely popular preacher converted many people (250,000 at one estimate) and helped spread devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus. His sermons prompted numerous Catholics to reform their lives and many men joined the Franciscans under his influence. With John of Capistrano, Albert of Sarteano and Bernardine of Siena, James is considered one of the "four pillars" of the Observant movement among the Franciscans. These friars became known especially for their preaching. To combat extremely high interest rates, James established montes pietatis (literally, mountains of charity) -- nonprofit credit organizations that lent money at very low rates on pawned objects. Not everyone was happy with the work James did. Twice assassins lost their nerve when they came face to face with him. James was canonized in 1726. - - - Joke of the Week - Aphorisms 1. The nicest thing about the future is . . . that it always starts tomorrow. 2. Money will buy a fine dog, but only kindness will make him wag his tail. 3. If you don't have a sense of humor, you probably don't have any sense at all. 4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs. 5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water. 6. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a teenager who wants to stay out all night? 7. Business conventions are important. . .because they demonstrate how many people a company can operate without. 8. Why is it that at class reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks? 9. Scratch a cat . . . and you will have a permanent job. 10. No one has more driving ambition than the teenage boy who wants to buy a car. 11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.. 12. There are worse things than getting a call for a wrong number at 4 a..m. - like, it could be the right number. 13. No one ever says "It's only a game" when their team is winning. 14.. I've reached the age where 'happy hour' is a nap. 15. Be careful about reading the fine print. . . . there's no way you're going to like it. 16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket. 17. Do you realize that, in about 40 years, we'll have thousands of old ladies running around with tattoos? (And rap music will be the Golden Oldies!) 18. Money can't buy happiness -- but somehow it's more comfortable to cry in a Cadillac than in a Yugo. 19. After 60, if you don't wake up aching in every joint, you're probably dead. 20. Always be yourself because the people that matter don't mind . . .. . and the ones that mind don't matter. - Thanks again, Carol |
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