Weekend Edition: A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 05/25/12
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition: May
25-27, 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 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23 R. Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.  Bless the LORD, O my soul!O LORD, my God, you are great indeed! How manifold are your works, O LORD! the earth is full of your creatures; May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD be glad in his works! Pleasing to him be my theme; I will be glad in the LORD. If you take away their breath, they perish and return to their dust. When you send forth your spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth. - - - Amazon
Gift Cards - - - Spiritual Guidance - see http://shalomplace.org/eve/forums
for these and hundreds of other
discussions. SeeScapes. Picturing
the deeper dimensions of our spirituality. Theology Note of the
Week Occam's Razor is the philosophical rule that the simplest explanation is preferred over the more complicated one and that explanations should be first proposed in relation to concepts that are already known. Another way of seeing it is to say that the fewer assumptions that need to be made to support an explanation of something, the better. The principle is attributed to William Occam of the fourteenth century. |
Featured Spiritual
Growth Resources (Easter
Season)
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 The Rhythm of Life: An antidote for our busy age, by Matthew Kelly. Beacon Press, 1999. - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743265254/ref=noism/christianspiritu/  This is my first acquaintance
with Matthew Kelly but I hope it isn’t the last. In this book he
introduces the readers to the problems of this age and offers many
solutions. His main focus is to emphasize the fact that humans
are too busy. He takes his readers on a journey to find out why life is
so hectic, and why a lifestyle much simpler is possible and yes, even
necessary. Looking at all parts of the human creature, he addresses the physical, the emotional, the intellectual, and the spiritual aspects of life that need attention. He assures his reader that they would be happier, healthier, more effective, more fulfilled if they would take time to smell the roses. Isn’t being more important than doing? Isn’t being more important than having? Kelly leads his readers down a path that is less chaotic, more in tune with common sense, more able to laugh at life’s comic situations. He offers suggestions for times of silence and quiet, times to be alone with God in prayer, times to consult wisdom figures, times to name and live our deepest dreams for life, times to listen to the music ringing in one’s heart. - 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=1401 - St. Justin (d. 165)? June 1  Justin never ended his quest for
religious truth even when he converted to Christianity after years of
studying various pagan philosophies.As a young man, he was principally attracted to the school of Plato. However, he found that the Christian religion answered the great questions about life and existence better than the philosophers. Upon his conversion he continued to wear the philosopher's mantle, and became the first Christian philosopher. He combined the Christian religion with the best elements in Greek philosophy. In his view, philosophy was a pedagogue of Christ, an educator that was to lead one to Christ. Justin is known as an apologist, one who defends in writing the Christian religion against the attacks and misunderstandings of the pagans. Two of his so-called apologies have come down to us; they are addressed to the Roman emperor and to the Senate. For his staunch adherence to the Christian religion, Justin was beheaded in Rome in 165. - - - Joke of the Week - From the mouths of little kids . . . A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, 'I'm drawing God.' The teacher paused and said, 'But no one knows what God looks like.' Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, 'They will in a minute.' - - - A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to 'honour' thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, 'Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?' Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, 'Thou shall not kill.' (Thanks Nick - and more next week.) - - - Web
Resource of the Week
The Catholic Encyclopedia - http://oce.catholic.com/index.php?title=Home This is the 1917 version; there was a later edition in the 1960s. Still, the scanning and publication of this collection was a monumental job, and we are all the better for having this resource online. You can browse alphabetically, or search for subjects. The entries are very well researched and written; very few are out-of-date. The biggest lacunae will be for people who have lived and developments in the Church since 1917 -- which is considerable, to be sure. A good site to bookmark for your references collection, and to browse for interesting articles. |
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