Weekend Edition - A Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 09/28/12
A Daily Spiritual Seed
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September 28-30, 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: Nm 11:25-29; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-14; Jas 5:1-6; Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 R. (9a) The precepts of the Lord give joy to the heart.  The law of the LORD is perfect,refreshing the soul; the decree of the LORD is trustworthy, giving wisdom to the simple. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the ordinances of the LORD are true, all of them just. Though your servant is careful of them, very diligent in keeping them, Yet who can detect failings? Cleanse me from my unknown faults! From wanton sin especially, restrain your servant; let it not rule over me. Then shall I be blameless and innocent of serious sin. - - - Amazon
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discussions. Stillpoint: Programs in spiritual direction, contemplative prayer. Theology Note of the
Week A plant growing along the Nile in Egypt during biblical times. It was used as writing material. Papyrus scrolls were made by cutting and pressing sections of the papyri plant together at right angles. The typical maximum length of a scroll was about 35 feet. The scribe, when using papyrus, would often use the natural horizontal fibers of the papyrus plant as guidelines. He would take a blunt instrument and score horizontal lines and then score two or more vertical lines as margins for the edge of the sheet or to define columns on it. We get the word "paper" from this word. Many of the biblical manuscripts were on papyrus. |
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 Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self, by Sarah Ban Breathnach. Grand Central Publishing, 1998. - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0446677086/?tag=christianspiritu - Kindle Edition also available  What more do you need
to be happy? You may have a lovely home, a good marriage, loving
children and friends, a good job, and yet don't feel happy. Do
you keep wishing for more? Perhaps Sarah can shed some light on your
situation.Sarah directs you to delve into your inner self and find the authentic person dwelling there. The journey will be challenging but exhilarating, she suggests. To begin this "dig", she recommends that you look into the insights offered by famous and not so famous women. This will assist in the unraveling of one's own mysterious self which is hidden deep inside. Unearthing joy at once a part of one's life, will help bring peace with one's past and offer new exciting opportunities for the future. Sound too good to be true? Sarah urges her readers to begin the dig and look for the powerful truths that are just waiting to be found. Efforts will lead to a brave and beautiful journey to being an authentic person. Some of the chapters are: Romancing the soul, Starting over, Settling, Surviving, Stumbling, Shattered, and Something More. Although the book is directed to women readers, men will also find inspiration for their lives. - 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=1931 St. Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938): October 5  St. Maria Faustina's name is
forever linked to the annual feast of the Divine Mercy (celebrated on
the Second Sunday of Easter), the divine mercy chaplet and the divine
mercy prayer recited each day by many people at 3 p.m.Born in what is now west-central Poland (part of Germany before World War I), Helena was the third of 10 children. She worked as a housekeeper in three cities before joining the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in 1925. She worked as a cook, gardener and porter in three of their houses. In addition to carrying out her work faithfully, generously serving the needs of the sisters and the local people, she also had a deep interior life. This included receiving revelations from the Lord Jesus, messages that she recorded in her diary at the request of Christ and of her confessors. At a time when some Catholics had an image of God as such a strict judge that they might be tempted to despair about the possibility of being forgiven, Jesus chose to emphasize his mercy and forgiveness for sins acknowledged and confessed. "I do not want to punish aching mankind," he once told St. Maria Faustina, "but I desire to heal it, pressing it to my merciful heart" (Diary 1588). The two rays emanating from Christ's heart, she said, represent the blood and water poured out after Jesus' death (Gospel of John 19:34) Because Sister Maria Faustina knew that the revelations she had already received did not constitute holiness itself, she wrote in her diary: "Neither graces, nor revelations, nor raptures, nor gifts granted to a soul make it perfect, but rather the intimate union of the soul with God. These gifts are merely ornaments of the soul, but constitute neither its essence nor its perfection. My sanctity and perfection consist in the close union of my will with the will of God" (Diary 1107). Sister Maria Faustina died of tuberculosis in Krakow, Poland, on October 5, 1938. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1993 and canonized her seven years later. - - - Joke of the Week - Two hikers Two hikers walking through the woods spotted a vicious-looking bear. The first hiker immediately opened his backpack, pulled out a pair of sneakers and started putting them on. The second hiker looked at him and said, "You're crazy! You'll never be able to outrun that bear!" "I don't have to," the first replied replied. "I only have to outrun you." (from http://www.pacprod.com/jokes.pl) - - - Web
Resource of the Week
Lumosity - http://www.lumosity.com/ You may have seen the ad for this site on TV. Featured are various games and puzzles to help improve brain performance. Consultants from various professions have helped to design these games to maximize their effectiveness. Many describe improvements in memory, alertness and concentration. Give it a try. |
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