Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 02/17/12
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
February 17-19, 2012
| Contents: - Weekend Scripture Readings - Spiritual Guidance - Discussion Board highlights - Affiliate Web Sites - Theology Note of the Week - Spiritual Growth Resources. - Book of the Week - Saint of the Week - Joke of the Week - Web Resource of the Week - - - Sunday: Is 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25; Ps 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14; 2 Cor 1:18-22; Mk 2:1-12 R. (5b) Lord, heal my soul, for I have sinned against you.  Blessed is the one who has regard for
the lowly and the poor;in the day of misfortune the LORD will deliver him. The LORD will keep and preserve him; and make him blessed on earth, and not give him over to the will of his enemies. The LORD will help him on his sickbed, he will take away all his ailment when he is ill. Once I said, "O LORD, have pity on me; heal me, though I have sinned against you." But because of my integrity you sustain me and let me stand before you forever. Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from all eternity. Amen. Amen. - - - Amazon
Gift Cards - - - Spiritual Guidance Contemplative
Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: Teaching and
support on contemplative practice. Theology Note of the
Week In Roman Catholicism, a serious and willful transgression of God's Law. It involves full knowledge and intent of the will to commit the sin. If left unrepentant and not dealt with through penance, according to Catholicism, mortal sin can damn someone to eternal hell. Mortal sin is more serious than Venial Sin.
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Featured Spiritual
Growth Resources
Co-operating with the Spirit to Grow in Grace - by Philip St. Romain, M.S., D. Min. The language of consent figures prominently in the lives of many biblical figures. God, it seems, breaks into their lives with an invitation, leaving them free to consent or to refuse. From Abraham to Moses to David and Mary, we find this dynamic of invitation and consent at work to bring forth new life and transformation. It is as though God so respects the freedom we were given as to ask our co-operation in bringing forth God's dream for the earth and its inhabitants. Nothing has changed in that regard since biblical times. God still invites, and we respond one way or another to these initiatives. Sometimes the call comes through loud and clear; other times it is subtle and delicate. Once we hear the call, however, we must reply; we cannot avoid doing so, for to ignore the call is itself a kind of reply. To find out more about The Five Consents and sign up for this free, online resource, see http://shalomplace.com/inetmin/fiveconsents/index.html - - - Book (movie, CD) of the Week Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps, by Richard Rohr. St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2011. - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1616361573/ref=noism/christianspiritu/  A perfect writer on the subject of
the Twelve Steps, [Rohr] explains how the renowned AA program is
preeminently spiritual and has the power to rescue people from the
tidal wave of compulsive behavior and addiction by helping them
"breathe under water" and discover God's love and compassion. Rohr
identifies the core Christian principles in the Twelve Steps and
connects them to the message of the Gospels. His easy-to-read book
devotes a separate chapter to each of the steps and ends with a
postscript that concisely addresses the question of human suffering
with which addicts and their families are initimately acquainted. The
deep communion and compassion formed by shared pain allows those
suffering from addiction to reach out to help their fellow sufferers.
Rohr draws on talks he has given for over twenty years to people in
recovery and those who counsel and live with people with addictive
behavior, offering hope, understanding, and encouragement to anyone
dealing with the codependence and dysfunction rampant in our society. --Joan Clear, Liguorian (on Amazon.com) 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=1889 - St. Polycarp (d. 156): February 23 
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey), disciple of St. John
the Apostle and friend of St. Ignatius of Antioch was a revered
Christian leader during the first half of the second century.St. Ignatius, on his way to Rome to be martyred, visited Polycarp at Smyrna, and later at Troas wrote him a personal letter. The Asia Minor Churches recognized Polycarp's leadership by choosing him as a representative to discuss with Pope Anicetus the date of the Easter celebration in Rome--a major controversy in the early Church. Only one of the many letters written by Polycarp has been preserved, the one he wrote to the Church of Philippi in Macedonia. At 86, Polycarp was led into the crowded Smyrna stadium to be burned alive. The flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger. The centurion ordered the saint's body burned. The "Acts" of Polycarp's martyrdom are the earliest preserved, fully reliable account of a Christian martyr's death. He died in 156. - - - Joke of the Week - Did I read that sign right? In an office: Toilet out of order . . . please use floor below. In a Laundromat: Automatic washing machines: please remove all your clothes when the light goes out. In a London department store: Bargain Baement Upstairs In an office: Would the person who took the step ladder yesterday please bring it back or further steps will be taken. In an office: After tea break staff should empty the teapot and stand upside-down on the draining board. Outside a secondhand shop: We exchange anything -- bicycles, washing machines, etc. Why not bring your wife along and get a wonderful bargain? Notice in health food shop window: Closed due to illness. Notice in a farmer's field: The farmer allows walkers to cross the field for free, but the bull charges. On a repair shop door: We can repair anything (please knock hard on the door - the bell doesn't work). - (Thanks, Carol) - - - Web
Resource of the Week
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