Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
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A Daily Spiritual Seed
Weekend Edition:
October 5-7, 2012
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| 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: Gn 2:18-24; Ps 128:1-6; Heb 2:9-11; Mk 10:2-16 R. (cf. 5) May the Lord bless us all the days of our lives.  Blessed are you who fear the LORD,who walk in his ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork; blessed shall you be, and favored. Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the recesses of your home; your children like olive plants around your table. Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. The LORD bless you from Zion: may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel! - - - Amazon
Gift Cards - - - Spiritual Guidance - see http://shalomplace.org/eve/forums
for these and hundreds of other
discussions. Serenity
of
the Mind: supporting those who served and who suffer from
PTSD. Theology Note of the
Week A parable is an illustrative discourse or story that uses common events and culture and is meant to convey a meaning or lesson. Jesus used parables extensively. Some of the Old Testament parables are Trees Making a King (2 Sam. 12:1-4); The Thistle and the Cedar (2 Kings 14:9); Israel, a Vine Planted by Water (Ezek. 24:10-14), etc. Some New Testament parables are The Sower (Luke 8:5-8); the Ten Virgins (Matt. 25:1-13); The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37); The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32), etc. |
Featured Spiritual
Growth Resources
Critical Issues in Christian Contemplative Practice, by James Arraj and Philip St. Romain. Inner Growth Books and Videos. 2007.  . . . we face the first sustained
practical interest in contemplation since the end of the 17th century,
but already this enthusiasm has raised critical questions that need to
be addressed lest these new beginnings go astray. Part I introduces us
to three modern attempts to renew the Christian life of prayer. Part II
allows us to meet people today who have had Christian experiences of
prayer and contemplation. Part III explores how the renewal of the
Christian contemplative life is interacting with Eastern forms of
meditation. The material here came originally from shalomplace.com and
innerexplorations.com.Paperback - Kindle - ePub - - - Book (movie, CD) of the Week Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen (2010) - a movie - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KCAYXC/?tag=christianspiritu  A visionary in every sense of the
word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic,
composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist,
physician, herbalist and ecological activist. Reuniting with recurrent
star Barbara Sukowa, New German Cinema auteur Margarethe von Trotta
brings the story of this extraordinary figure to cinematic life. In a
staggering performance, Sukowa portrays Hildegard's fierce
determination to expand the responsibilities of nuns within the order,
even as she fends off outrage from some in the Church over the visions
she claims to receive from God. She was truly a woman ahead of her
time. - Amazon.com product 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=1166 - St. Seraphin of Montegranaro (1540-1604): October 12  Born into a poor Italian
family, young Seraphin lived the life of a shepherd and spent much of
his time in prayer. Mistreated for a time by his older brother after
the two of them had been orphaned, Seraphin became a Capuchin
Franciscan at age 16 and impressed everyone with his humility and
generosity.Serving as a lay brother, Seraphin imitated St. Francis in fasting, clothing and courtesy to all. He even mirrored Francis' missionary zeal, but Seraphin's superiors did not judge him to be a candidate for the missions. Faithful to the core, Seraphin spent three hours in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament daily. The poor who begged at the friary door came to hold a special love for him. Despite his uneventful life, he reached impressive spiritual heights and has had miracles attributed to him. Seraphin died on October 12, 1604, and was canonized in 1767. - - - Joke of the Week If Dolly Parton married Salvador Dali, she'd be Dolly Dali. If Bo Derek married Don Ho, she'd be Bo Ho. If Ella Fitzgerald married Darth Vader, she'd be Ella Vader. If Oprah Winfrey married Depak Chopra, she'd be Oprah Chopra. If Bea Arthur married Sting, she'd be Bea Sting. If Snoop Doggy Dogg married Winnie the Pooh, he'd be Snoop Doggy Dogg Pooh. If Ivana Trump married, in succession, Orson Bean (actor), King Oscar (of Norway), Louis B. Mayer (of MGM), and Norbert Wiener (mathematician), she would then be Ivana Bean Oscar Mayer Wiener. (from http://www.pacprod.com/jokes.pl) - - - Web
Resource of the Week
Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer Movie (57 min.) - http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/mysteries_of_the_jesus_prayer For the first time on film desert hermits, monks and nuns share their practices and invite us into their private cells, caves and sanctuaries in the Middle East, Mediterranean, Eastern Europe and Russia. - descriptor on web site This movie was shown in a local theater recently but I was unable to attend. Thankfully, I found this site online and recommend it to anyone interested in learning more about this ancient spiritual practice. |
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