Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 03/09/12
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
March 9-10, 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: Ex 20:1-17; Ps 19:8-11; 1 Cor 1:22-25; Jn 2:13-25 R. (John 6:68c)Lord, you have the words of everlasting life.  The law of the LORD is perfect,refreshing the soul; The decree of the LORD is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the command of the LORD is clear, enlightening the eye. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, all of them just. They are more precious than gold, than a heap of purest gold; sweeter also than syrup or honey from the comb. - - - Amazon
Gift Cards - - - Spiritual Guidance Theology Note of the
Week Naturalistic evolution is the theory that the universe is many billions of years old and that after a long period of time, all galaxies, stars, planets, and life on earth evolved. This evolution was without divine intervention. |
Featured Spiritual
Growth Resources
Psychological
Types and Spirituality, by Philip St. Romain, D. Min.
 Fourteen
online presentations on Jung's psychological types, with implications
for spiritual growth. Initially, these conferences were presented
via email, but now they are available in a discussion forum with no
registration fee and open participation. This material would be a
good study and growth resource for Lent.- - - Book (movie, CD) of the Week The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers, by John Dear. Image Books, 2004. - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385510071/ref=noism/christianspiritu/ - Kindle edition also available  John Dear counted how many
questions Jesus asked during his lifetime. Can you make a guess? He
found about 307 questions. In this book Dear uses these questions to
discover the lessons these questions contain. If Dear's count is
correct, he finds that Jesus gave only 183 answers to those 307
questions. He let his audience search within their hearts to discover
the rest of the answers. What was Jesus teaching by each specific
question? Did he really want answers or did he ask the questions for
readers to mull over possible answers? The author provides insights from various teachers and writers, such as Budda, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. He uses currents events and great examples to show that renewed commitment to the messages of Jesus is essential to promote nonviolence, compassion, justice, and peace in a world torn in war and violence. Dear lists stories, parables, commandments, and dramatic incidents to trace the questions in Jesus' life and teachings. Throughout the book, Dear makes clear his own personal leanings to his favorite topic, namely peace in today's world. In nineteen chapters, Dear offers the questions of Jesus on various topics, such as identity, purity of heart, conversion, vision, healing, love, reign of God, faith, truth, obedience, understanding, obedience, the cross, the trial of Jesus, and the resurrection. Henri Nouwen claims that the most important questions is, "Do you love me?" Dear finds that the most frequently asked question is , "What do you want me to do for you?" In this question one finds that Jesus is not one to be waited upon, but one eager to serve. - Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman OP for this review. 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=1893 - St. Leander of Seville (c. 550-600): March 13 
The next time you recite the Nicene Creed at liturgy, think of today's
saint. For it was Leander of Seville who, as bishop, introduced the
practice in the sixth century. He saw it as a way to help reinforce the
faith of his people and as an antidote against the heresy of Arianism,
which denied the divinity of Christ. By the end of his life, Leander
had helped Christianity flourish in Spain at a time of political and
religious upheaval.Leander's own family was heavily influenced by Arianism, but he himself grew up to be a fervent Christian. He entered a monastery as a young man and spent three years in prayer and study. At the end of that tranquil period he was made a bishop. For the rest of his life he worked strenuously to fight against heresy. The death of the anti-Christian king in 586 helped Leander's cause. He and the new king worked hand in hand to restore orthodoxy and a renewed sense of morality. Leander succeeded in persuading many Arian bishops to change their loyalties. Leander died around 600. In Spain he is honored as a Doctor of the Church. - - - Joke of the Week - Not to worry . . . A woman came to her doctor in a panic. "Doctor, all day long my daughter eats yeast and car wax, and won't get out of bed! What will happen to her?" "Don't worry," said the Doctor, "eventually she will rise and shine." (Sorry . . . couldn't resist . . . ) - - - Web
Resource of the Week
- Neurotheology http://tinyurl.com/2d22x26 For thousands of years, religion has posed some unanswerable questions: Who are we? What's the meaning of life? What does it mean to be religious? In an effort to address those questions, Dr. Andrew Newberg has scanned the brains of praying nuns, chanting Sikhs and meditating Buddhists. He studies the relationship between the brain and religious experience, a field called neurotheology. And he's written a book, Principles of Neurotheology, that tries to lay the groundwork for a new kind of scientific and theological dialogue. Newberg tells NPR's Neal Conan that neurotheology applies science and the scientific method to spirituality through brain imaging studies. - from the web site You can listen to the interview online and read a sample from the book. Very interesting! |
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