Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 03/16/12
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
March 16-18, 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: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23; Ps 137:1-6; Eph 2:4-10; Jn 3:14-21 R. (6ab) Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!  By the streams of Babylonwe sat and wept when we remembered Zion. On the aspens of that land we hung up our harps. For there our captors asked of us the lyrics of our songs, And our despoilers urged us to be joyous: "Sing for us the songs of Zion!" How could we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand be forgotten! May my tongue cleave to my palate if I remember you not, If I place not Jerusalem ahead of my joy. - - - Amazon
Gift Cards - - - Spiritual Guidance Theology Note of the
Week The word "nature" has different meanings. It can refer to the total biological scope of the planet Earth. It can also include the total ecological system of the material world. "Mother Nature" is a term used to describe the whole of the ecological system on the planet Earth. In philosophy, it can refer to the essence of something. Likewise, theologically, the nature of something is that which makes something what it is. It is the most basic essence of something. We would say that the nature of God is good, holy, just, immutable, etc. If we were to take any one of these properties away from God in describing his nature, he would cease to be what he is. The nature of something deals with the essential properties that make something what it is. In theology, and in particular as it relates to Christ and the incarnation, Jesus has two natures. That is, he has a divine essence and also a human essence in the one person. The essence of something is revealed by the characteristics it produces. Therefore, the nature of divinity manifests itself in purity, holiness, omniscience, eternal preexistence, etc. The nature of humanity manifests itself in being born, eating, growing, etc. |
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 Prayer of the Heart: The Contemplative Tradition of the Christian East, by George Maloney, S.J. Ave Maria Press, 2008. - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594711836/ref=noism/christianspiritu/ - Kindle edition also available - Amazon.com descriptor 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=1332 St. Catherine of Genoa (1447-1510): March 24  Going to confession
one day was the turning point of Catherine's life.When Catherine was born, many Italian nobles were supporting Renaissance artists and writers. The needs of the poor and the sick were often overshadowed by a hunger for luxury and self-indulgence. Catherine's parents were members of the nobility in Genoa. At 13 she attempted to become a nun but failed because of her age. At 16 she married Julian, a nobleman who turned out to be selfish and unfaithful. For a while she tried to numb her disappointment by a life of selfish pleasure. One day in confession she had a new sense of her own sins and how much God loved her. She reformed her life and gave good example to Julian, who soon turned from his self-centered life of distraction. Julian's spending, however, had ruined them financially. He and Catherine decided to live in the Pammatone, a large hospital in Genoa, and to dedicate themselves to works of charity there. After Julian's death in 1497, Catherine took over management of the hospital. She wrote about purgatory which, she said, begins on earth for souls open to God. Life with God in heaven is a continuation and perfection of the life with God begun on earth. Exhausted by her life of self-sacrifice, she died September 15, 1510, and was canonized in 1737. - - - Joke of the Week - Little Johnny learns to count... The teacher asks little Johnny if he knows his numbers. "Yes," he says, "I do. My father taught me." "Good. What comes after three." "Four," answers little Johnny. "What comes after six?" "Seven." "Very good," says the teacher. "Your dad did a good job. What comes after ten?" Little Johnny smiles and says, "Jack." - - - Web
Resource of the Week
The Stations of the Cross - http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/stations.html "The Stations of the Cross" are 14 meditations on the last hours of Christ's life. This has been a popular Lenten devotional for centuries, and is still celebrated in many churches today. What you will find on this webpage is a variety of resources for meditation on the Stations, including an audio reflection. The links to the individual Stations will take you to a web page for each, with prayers and a picture. These were the prayers I recall us praying when I was in grade school in the 1950s -- still very powerful. The "Stations" written by St. Francis of Assisi can be found at http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/prayer/stations.htm along with the same artwork that adorned the small church in Mansura, LA where I grew up. |
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