ANNUAL APPEAL FOR SUPPORT
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- The regular newsletter content can be found below.
Yesterday I mentioned the Shalom Place Discussion Board as an important Internet ministry outreach, allowing people from all over the world to open new topics of interest to them, and to participate in those that are ongoing. The URL for the Discussion Board is posted below:
- http://shalomplace.org/eve/forums
Every month I compile stats to report to the Dominican Sisters, and what follows are the stats for October 2014
1,540 members
197,260 page views
24 forums open
2,729 topics open
45,888 posts to topics
That’s an overwhelming number of topics and posts to explore, but you can usually narrow things down by clicking on the forum that interests you, then
examining the topics under each forum. Another quick way to find what you’re looking for is to use the Find tab and search by keywords. This search tool works very well, and even allows for expanded inquiries to help you find what you’re looking for. If your question pertains to spirituality or theology, we’ve most likely discussed it at some point.
The Discussion Board has been a very important part of our Internet ministry — one that consumes several hours of my time each week. I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in this discussion with the world, but am aware that the time I spend doing so is funded by Heartland Center for Spirituality. In fact, I know that I am the largest of our Internet-related expenses. Your support
makes it possible for this ministry to continue, and I thank you for your consideration.
Peace, Phil
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Make a tax-deductible donation to support our ministry.
- http://heartlandspirituality.org/support.html for options.
Shalom Place: home base for our Internet ministry.
- http://shalomplace.com
Suggestions and feedback about our Internet
ministry.
- http://shalomplace.com/seed/suggestions.html
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The truth, even though I cannot feel it right now, is that I am the chosen child of God, precious in God's eyes, called the Beloved from all eternity and held safe in an everlasting embrace... We must dare to opt
consciously for our chosenness and not allow our emotions, feelings, or passions to seduce us into self-rejection.
- Henri J. M. Nouwen
(Self-acceptance is the logical consequence of knowing that one is loved unconditionally
by God. Allow this love and acceptance to deepen in you this day.) |
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PHLM 7-20; PS 146:7-10; LK 17:20-25
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
The LORD 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 he sustains,
but the way of the wicked he thwarts.
The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia.
USCCB Lectionary
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Jesus returns to judge the living and the
dead
Jesus identified himself with the "Day of the Lord." "Son of man" was understood as a Messianic title for the one who would come not only to establish God's kingdom but who would come as Judge of the living as well as the dead. Jesus points to his second coming when he will return to complete the work of restoration and final judgment. While we do
not know the time of his return, we will not mistake it when it happens. It will be apparent to all, both believers and non-believers as well.
When the Pharisees asked Jesus what sign would indicate the "Day of the Lord", Jesus replied that only one sign would point to that day and that sign was Jesus himself. Jesus surprised the Jews of his time by
announcing that God's kingdom was already present among them in his very person - the Son of God sent from the Father to redeem the world from sin and corruption.
Our hope is anchored in God's kingdom - not the passing kingdoms of this present world
In the Lord Jesus we see both the power and the glory of God's kingdom. His divine power overthrew the powers of darkness (the kingdom of Satan and all who opposed God's rule) and sin (which corrupts and enslaves the human mind, heart, and will to the forces of evil and wrongdoing). Jesus knew that the only way to victory was through the cross. On that cross he defeated death and canceled the debt of our sins. The victory of his cross opens
the way for us to live as sons and daughters of God and citizens of his heavenly kingdom of peace, joy, and righteousness (moral goodness). Is your hope and future securely anchored to coming of God's kingdom?
"Lord Jesus Christ, may your kingdom come and my your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Be the Ruler of my heart and the Master of my life
that I may always live in the freedom of your love and truth."
DailyScripture.Net
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The Cloud of Unknowing, by Anonymous
How a perfect worker shall pray, and what prayer is in itself; and if a man shall pray in words, which words accord them most to the property of prayer.
AND therefore it is, to pray in the height and the deepness, the length and the breadth of our spirit. And that not in many words, but in a little word of one syllable.
And what shall this word be? Surely such a word as is best according unto the
property of prayer. And what word is that? Let us first see what prayer is properly in itself, and thereafter we may clearlier know what word will best accord to the property of prayer.
- Chapter 39
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