Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 09/07/12
A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
September 7-9, 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: Is 35:4-7; Ps 146:7-10; Jas 2:1-5; Mk 7:31-37 R. (1b) Praise the Lord, my soul!  The God of Jacob keeps faith forever,secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets captives free. The LORD gives sight to the blind; the LORD raises up those who were bowed down. The LORD loves the just; the LORD protects strangers. The fatherless and the widow the LORD sustains, but the way of the wicked he thwarts. The LORD shall reign forever; your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia. - - - Amazon
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Christian. Theology Note of the
Week Paganism is a term to describe a broad range of beliefs that have certain common elements such as polytheism, pantheism, animism, mysticism, nature worship, the promotion of sensuality, reincarnation, and necromancy. |
Featured Spiritual
Growth Resources
 The "Logic" of Happiness: Proverbs and Practical Wisdom for
Spiritual Living. Philip St. Romain .A treasury of versatile, uplifting, and intuitive meditations, proverbs, exhortations, reflections, and exploratory questions that direct and enlighten the mind and warm the heart. Liguori Publications, 1995 edition reprinted in paperback and available in several ebook formats. Paperback - Kindle - ePub - PDF - - - Book (movie, CD) of the Week Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, by C. S. Lewis. Harvest Books, 1966. - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VPEAFI/?tag=christianspiritu - Kindle version also available 
Every now and then, while reading, I will laugh out loud and my wife
will say, "You must be reading that C. S. Lewis book again." My
laughter is not because this is a book of humor, but out of delight for
how he expresses himself, in places. I had read this book before, but many years ago, and with benefit. Now I appreciate it even more as I note what a fine mind this man had, and what a deep search for meaning and truth he pursued through his younger years as a student and scholar. And, of course, there is his superb writing, which sometimes does convey humor. If you haven't read this one by now, then I strongly recommend it. And if, like me, you read it years ago, then it's worth reading agin. - by Phil St. Romain 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=1136 - St. Cyprian (d. 258): September 16 
Cyprian is important in the development of Christian thought and
practice in the third century, especially in northern Africa.Highly educated, a famous orator, he became a Christian as an adult. He distributed his goods to the poor, and amazed his fellow citizens by making a vow of chastity before his baptism. Within two years he had been ordained a priest and was chosen, against his will, as Bishop of Carthage (near modern Tunis). Cyprian complained that the peace the Church had enjoyed had weakened the spirit of many Christians and had opened the door to converts who did not have the true spirit of faith. When the Decian persecution began, many Christians easily abandoned the Church. It was their reinstatement that caused the great controversies of the third century, and helped the Church progress in its understanding of the Sacrament of Penance. Novatus, a priest who had opposed Cyprian's election, set himself up in Cyprian's absence (he had fled to a hiding place from which to direct the Church--bringing criticism on himself) and received back all apostates without imposing any canonical penance. Ultimately he was condemned. Cyprian held a middle course, holding that those who had actually sacrificed to idols could receive Communion only at death, whereas those who had only bought certificates saying they had sacrificed could be admitted after a more or less lengthy period of penance. Even this was relaxed during a new persecution. During a plague in Carthage, he urged Christians to help everyone, including their enemies and persecutors. A friend of Pope Cornelius, Cyprian opposed the following pope, Stephen. He and the other African bishops would not recognize the validity of baptism conferred by heretics and schismatics. This was not the universal view of the Church, but Cyprian was not intimidated even by Stephen's threat of excommunication. He was exiled by the emperor and then recalled for trial. He refused to leave the city, insisting that his people should have the witness of his martyrdom. Cyprian was a mixture of kindness and courage, vigor and steadiness. He was cheerful and serious, so that people did not know whether to love or respect him more. He waxed warm during the baptismal controversy; his feelings must have concerned him, for it was at this time that he wrote his treatise on patience. St. Augustine (August 28) remarks that Cyprian atoned for his anger by his glorious martyrdom. - - - Joke of the Week - Marry who? A mother was anxiously awaiting her daughter's plane. She had just come back from a far away land trying to find adventure. As the daughter was exiting the plane, the mother noticed a man directly behind her daughter dressed in feathers with exotic markings all over his body and carrying a shrunken head. The daughter introduced this man as her new husband. The mother gasped in disbelief and disappointment and screamed, "I said for you to marry a RICH Doctor! A RICH Doctor!" (from http://www.pacprod.com/jokes.pl) - - - Web
Resource of the Week
Evernote - http://evernote.com  This
site provides a variety of notebook and scrapbook apps for computers
and mobile devices. I recently downloaded the Evernote app and
have enjoyed using it so far. It's easy to save that quote, idea,
or image you enjoy and title it for future reference. I also like
that it's backed up on the Evernote website and syncs with my Evernote
app on my mobile player. Available for Mac, PCs, Android and iOs
devices, Evernote is free, which is amazing, considering how powerful
and useful this little app really is. |
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