Message of 2-9-16

Published: Tue, 02/09/16

A Daily Spiritual Seed
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
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Message of the Day
“Often, actually very often, God allows his greatest servants to make the most humiliating mistakes. This humbles them in their own eyes and in the eyes of their fellow men. It prevents them from seeing and taking pride in the graces God bestows on them.” 
- St. Louis Marie de Montfort

(Even the worst of falilings can be an opportunity for growth.  How has this proven true in your life?)
 
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Lenten Growth Opportunities

 The Dominican Genius: Integrity and Balance

Five Webinars by Carla Mae Streeter, OP

February 16, 23, 24;

March 1, 2, 2016

6:30 - 8:00 p.m. CST

Free-will donation.

For more information and registration options, click here. 

 

Christian Prayer Methods Online Course

Specific guidance on the practice of prayer from Christianity's rich tradition on this topic. 

10 presentations with handout resources and discussion option. $9.00. Work at your own pace. No expiration after registration.

Click here for course page with gift certificate and group options. 

 

SpiritLife Online

Podcasts and handouts for all six SpiritLife courses

* Includes access to all 60 presentations, with 16 different presenters

* Special Lenten discount of $9 per course, or $40 for the entire program (all six courses)

  - For discount, use coupon code: LENT2016 when registering; this code is valid only until March 26.

http://heartlandspirituality.teachable.com

 

Lessons in Loving: Developing Relationship Skills

Four podcasts and PDF copy of the book, Lessons in Loving, by Philip St. Romain

 Topics include:

A. Relationships and Intelligence

B. Relating with oneself

C. Relating with others

D. Relating with God

Special $9.00 Lenten rate. Click here for more information and registration.​
 
Lectionary Readings

1 KGS 8:22-23, 27-30;    PS 84:3-5, 10, 11;    MK 7:1-13

R. How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!

My soul yearns and pines 
for the courts of the LORD.
My heart and my flesh
cry out for the living God. 

Even the sparrow finds a home,
and the swallow a nest
in which she puts her young—
Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
my king and my God!

Blessed they who dwell in your house!
continually they praise you.
O God, behold our shield,
and look upon the face of your anointed.

I had rather one day in your courts
than a thousand elsewhere;
I had rather lie at the threshold of the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

UCCB Lectionary
 
Reflection on the Scriptures

If we listen to God's word with faith and reverence, it will both enlighten our mind and purify our heart - thus enabling us to better understand how he wants us to love and obey him. The Lord invites us to draw near to him and to feast at his banquet table. Do you approach with a clean heart and mind? Ask the Lord to cleanse and renew you with the purifying fire of his Holy Spirit.

"Lord Jesus, let the fire of your Holy Spirit cleanse my mind and my heart that I may love you purely and serve you worthily."

DailyScripture.net
 
Spiritual Reading

The Cloud of Unknowing, by Anonymous


That nowhere bodily, is everywhere ghostly; and how our outer man calleth the word of this book nought.


Let be this everywhere and this ought, in comparison or this nowhere and this nought. Reck thee never if thy wits cannot reason of this nought; for surely, I love it much the better. It is so worthy a thing in itself, that they cannot reason thereupon. This nought may better be felt than seen: for it is full blind and full dark to them that have but little while looked thereupon. Nevertheless, if I shall soothlier say, a soul is more blinded in feeling of it for abundance of ghostly light, than for any darkness or wanting of bodily light. What is he that calleth it nought? Surely it is our outer man, and not our inner. Our inner man calleth it All; for of it he is well learned to know the reason of all things bodily or ghostly, without any special beholding to any one thing by itself.


- Chapter 68
 
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