Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 04/06/12
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
April 6-8, 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: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23; Col 3:1-4; Jn 20:1-9 R. (24) This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.  Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,for his mercy endures forever. Let the house of Israel say, "His mercy endures forever." "The right hand of the LORD has struck with power; the right hand of the LORD is exalted. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD." The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. By the LORD has this been done; it is wonderful in our eyes. - - - Amazon
Gift Cards - - - Spiritual Guidance Theology Note of the
Week Neo-orthodoxy is a focus on existential and psychological aspects of religious experience and denounces the literalism of the Bible. Experience with the divine is what makes scripture real, not biblical revelation, not reason. Neo orthodoxy is subjective and selective in its "orthodox" positions and seems to have an arbitrary system of determining what is true. However, it does seem to regularly deny the miraculous. |
Featured Spiritual
Growth Resources
Jesus is Risen - Free! This e-pamphlet emphasizes that the cutting edge of a Christian's attitude is belief in the resurrection of Jesus. We examine the evidence for the resurrection and show how we can encounter the risen Christ today--how we can make sense of pain and problems, and learn to live the risen life. - for a more in-depth reflection - Jesus Alive in our Lives, by Philip St. Romain  This work bundles together
three related works previously published for different purposes. Part One - "The Meaning of the Resurrection," examines the evidence of the Resurrection and then treats its implications for the life of the believer. Part Two - "Encountering the Risen Christ," reflects on meeting the risen Christ in his four modes of present to us: personal/historical, communal, sacramental and cosmic. Part Three - "The Gift of the Spirit," notes the decisive role of the Holy Spirit in the lives of early Christian believers, and in our own as well. The theme running through these three parts is that Jesus of Nazareth is risen, and that we can come to know him and give evidence of his life and love in our own as well. Available in paperback and several eBook formats. - see http://shalomplace.com/psrbks.html for purchase options. - - - Book (movie, CD) of the Week Forgiving Your Family: A Journey to Healing, by Kathleen Fischer. Upper Room Books, 2005. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0835898024/ref=noism/christianspiritu/ Because family members are the people with whom one has the longest and deepest of ties, it is crucial from birth to death, that family members get along. Family is the place where one's best and worst qualities shine forth. Special occasions like birthdays, holidays, births and deaths bring together those who may have problems loving one another. What is the solution that these times together be made times of peace and unity? Fischer presents real life stories and practical strategies to help families move to forgiveness. She offers prayer suggestions. She teaches the meaning of forgiveness and some myths about forgiveness. She speaks of the urgent need to forgive and how to avoid revenge. She shows how persons can note the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation. Especially she comments on how to let go of hurts and move on in one's life. In prayer, Fischer helps readers discern the presence of God in the process of family forgiveness. Fischer wants her readers t know that one always has a series of choices in the process of family forgivenss. - 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=1350 St. Stanislaus (1030-1079): April 11 
Anyone who reads the history of Eastern Europe cannot help but chance
on the name of Stanislaus, the saintly but tragic bishop of Kraków,
patron of Poland. He is remembered with Saints Thomas More and Thomas
Becket for vigorous opposition to the evils of an unjust government.Born in Szczepanow near Kraków on July 26, 1030, he was ordained a priest after being educated in the cathedral schools of Gniezno, then capital of Poland, and at Paris. He was appointed preacher and archdeacon to the bishop of Kraków, where his eloquence and example brought about real conversion in many of his penitents, both clergy and laity. He became bishop of Kraków in 1072. During an expedition against the Grand Duchy of Kiev, Stanislaus became involved in the political situation of Poland. Known for his outspokenness, he aimed his attacks at the evils of the peasantry and the king, especially the unjust wars and immoral acts of King Boleslaus II. The king first excused himself, then made a show of penance, then relapsed into his old ways. Stanislaus continued his open opposition in spite of charges of treason and threats of death, finally excommunicating the king. The latter, enraged, ordered soldiers to kill the bishop. When they refused, the king killed him with his own hands. Forced to flee to Hungary, Boleslaus supposedly spent the rest of his life as a penitent in the Benedictine abbey in Osiak. - - - Joke of the Week - Why some people like Easter 10. You absolutely love the movie, "The Ten Commandments". 9. You look really, really good in yellow. 8. You just went on a low cholesterol diet and didn't want to waste all those eggs in the fridge. 7. You figure any Holiday that starts with a "Good Friday" can't be all bad. 6. You love to bite the heads off chocolate bunnies. 5. It's a good time to check out your neighborhood church and not be noticed. 4. You have this bunny suit you love to wear, but are too insecure to wear it without a reason. 3. Even though you don't know what it is, you really like the sound of going to a "Passion Play." 2. You figured since Jesus went to all THAT trouble to make it to the first Easter, you'd give it a shot. 1. As a Christian you celebrate the resurrection every other day, why not Easter too? - - - Web
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