Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 04/20/12
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
April 20-22, 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 3:13-15, 17-19; Ps 4:2, 4, 7-8, 9; 1 Jn 2:1-5a; Lk 24:35-48 R. (7a) Lord, let your face shine on us.  When I call, answer me, O my just God,you who relieve me when I am in distress; have pity on me, and hear my prayer! Know that the LORD does wonders for his faithful one; the LORD will hear me when I call upon him. O LORD, let the light of your countenance shine upon us! You put gladness into my heart. As soon as I lie down, I fall peacefully asleep, for you alone, O LORD, bring security to my dwelling. - - - Amazon
Gift Cards - - - Spiritual Guidance Theology Note of the
Week Nestorianism is a theological error concerning the two natures of Christ which states that the divine and human natures of Christ were so separated from each other that they were "not in contact". The problem here is that worship of the human Jesus would then not be allowed. (See Hypostatic Union, which is the correct view of Christ's two natures, and Monophysitism (that the divine and human natures in Christ combined to form a new third nature) which are the incorrect views of Christ's two natures.) |
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 From St. John of the Cross to Us, by James Arraj. Inner Growth Books, 1999. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0914073109/ref=noism/christianspiritu/ - Kindle edition also available.  The
Western Christian mystical tradition, so beautifully renewed by Teresa
of Avila and John of the Cross 400 years ago, soon fell into crisis and
a long, dark night from which it is still trying to recover. This is
the story of that crisis which centered on a misunderstanding of the
writings of John of the Cross, which has persisted until today and how
it has shaped our understanding of Christian mysticism. Meet the men
and women, some famous, but most forgotten, who have shaped Christian
mysticism as we know it today: Tomás de Jesús, a Carmelite prodigy of
the early 17th century who almost single-handedly altered the course of
Western mysticism, Antonio de Alvarado, Francisco Quiroga, Juan Breton,
Miguel de Molinos, reviled as the chief of the Quietists,
Augustín-François Poulain, Juan Arintero and many others, down to
Thomas Merton, Ruth Burrows and Thomas Keating.- 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=1362 - St. George: April 23 
If Mary Magdalene was the victim of misunderstanding, George is the
object of a vast amount of imagination. There is every reason to
believe that he was a real martyr who suffered at Lydda in Palestine,
probably before the time of Constantine. The Church adheres to his
memory, but not to the legends surrounding his life.That he was willing to pay the supreme price to follow Christ is what the Church believes. And it is enough. The story of George's slaying the dragon, rescuing the king's daughter and converting Libya is a 12th-century Italian fable. George was a favorite patron saint of crusaders, as well as of Eastern soldiers in earlier times. He is a patron saint of England, Portugal, Germany, Aragon, Catalonia, Genoa and Venice. Human nature seems to crave more than cold historical data. Americans have Washington and Lincoln, but we somehow need Paul Bunyan, too. The life of St. Francis of Assisi is inspiring enough, but for centuries the Italians have found his spirit in the legends of the Fioretti, too. Santa Claus is the popular extension of the spirit of St. Nicholas. The legends about St. George are part of this yearning. Both fact and legend are human ways of illumining the mysterious truth about the One who alone is holy. - - - Joke of the Week - Zen Humor 1. A day without sunshine is like, night. 2. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 3. I just got lost in thought. It wasn't familiar territory. 4. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. 5. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 6. I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe. 7. Honk if you love peace and quiet. 8. Remember, half the people you know are below average. 9. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. 10. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. - Thanks, Markle - - - Web
Resource of the Week
Scale of the Universe - http://htwins.net/scale2/ Take a journey from the infinitismally small to the edge of the universe and beyond! Go ahead. Fun! |
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