Weekend Edition: Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Tue, 07/08/08
- readings, teachings, references and reviews -
Contents:
- Weekend Readings
- Saint of the Week
- Book of the Week
- Email Spirituality Series
- Shalom Place Premium Groups
- Spiritual Enrichment Resource
- Email Spirituality Series
- Shalom Place Discussion Board
- Affiliate Web Sites
- Website of the Week
- Joke of the Week
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WEEKEND READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Saturday: Is 6:1-8; Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5; Mt 10:24-33
Sunday: Is 55:10-11; Ps 65:10 - 14; Rom 8:18-23; Mt
13:1-23 or 13:1-9
R. (Lk 8:8) The seed that falls on good ground will yield a
fruitful harvest.
You have visited the land and watered it;
greatly have you enriched it.
God's watercourses are filled;
you have prepared the grain.
Thus have you prepared the land: drenching its furrows,
breaking up its clods,
Softening it with showers,
blessing its yield.
You have crowned the year with your bounty,
and your paths overflow with a rich harvest;
The untilled meadows overflow with it,
and rejoicing clothes the hills.
The fields are garmented with flocks
and the valleys blanketed with grain.
They shout and sing for joy.
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SAINT OF THE WEEK
- July July 15th, St. Bonaventure.
Born at Bagnoregio north of Rome in 1221, he joined the Franciscan
Order and became one of its most distinguished theologians, tending
to mystic rather than to 'rational' theology; he is called the
'Seraphic Doctor'. In 1257 he became Minister-General of the Order.
As Franciscans preached and ran missions, and thus needed to study,
he had to defend the possession of property: books, buildings
(including the new Universities). He defended his position against
the 'Spirituals', those who rejected all property and claimed that
only they were faithful to the Franciscan spirit. Bonaventure's
gentleness and courtesy were proof enough of his authentic
Franciscan nature, and one only has to see the humble cell he used
in the friary at Greccio to see he was no lover of materialism. He
was named Archbishop of York in 1265, but declined; in 1273 he was
named cardinal-bishop of Albano and ordered not to refuse. In 1274
he was a leading light at the Council of Lyons which sought
reconciliation with the East; St. Thomas Aquinas died on the way
there, and Bonaventure just after it, before the East rejected the
agreed terms. Canonised in 1482, he was declared a Doctor of the
Church in 1588.
- http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/st_bonaventure.htm
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
"One Dead in Attic: After Katrina," by Chris Rose. Simon and
Schuster, 2007
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ref=noism/1416552987/christianspiritu/
This book is a collection of stories during the first year and a
half of life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck. This
is a book of tragedy, observation, emotion, and even humor in a
very devastated wasteland. One reads of the living and of the
dead, of those who survived and then became believers after the
tragedy. Here one finds people filled with hope and some filled
with despair.
The book is divided into sections, such as Early Days, Tough Times
in the Blue Tarp Town, Life in the Refrigerator City, Misadventures
in the Chocalate City, Love Among the Ruings, Things Worth Fighting
For, Falling Down, and Where We Go from Here.
There is enough blame to go around when one consideres those who
gave help and those who didn't know how to help, the government
which was too astounded to be of any good use, FEMA with its
blundering efforts, and the looters who only wanted to make life
even more miserable for the floks in New Orleans. The city,
renowned for its great Mardi Gras celebrations, continues to
struggle to breathe once again.
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman OP for this review.)
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http://shalomplace.com/books/index.html
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SHALOM PLACE PREMIUM GROUPS
- Life-long learning and study and spiritual growth.
Groups now open include the following:
A. Psychological Types and Spirituality
B. The Way of Christian Spirituality
C. Freedom from Codependency
D. Christian Spirituality Resources
E. Wonderfully Made . . . (Christian metaphysics)
F. Growing in Christ
G. Communities in Transition (Spiral Dynamics)
H. Discerning God's Will
I. Dark Night of the Soul
J. Silence, Solitude and Sabbath
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- see http://shalomplace.org/groups.html for more info.
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SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT RESOURCE
"Recovery Resources for Christians"
- by Philip St. Romain
A reprinting of "Twelve Steps to Spiritual Wholeness" and "Freedom
from Codependency," bound together now as one volume. Ideal for
anyone seeking to use the 12 Step spiritual growth process in the
context of Christian faith.
- see http://shalomplace.com/books/recres.html
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EMAIL SPIRITUALITY SERIES
"The Way of Christian Spirituality"
- 24 teachings on Christian spirituality and practice. Conferences
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- see http://shalomplace.org/basXspir.html for more info and to
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"The Five Consents"
- 35 lessons to your email. Topics pertain to faith, hope, loving
service, redemptive suffering, and joyful living. Free-will
donation.
- see http://shalomplace.org/fiveconsents for more info and
subscription form.
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See http://shalomplace.com/direction/
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SHALOM PLACE DISCUSSION BOARDS
- Discussions this past week featured the following topics:
Bernadette Roberts responds to Jim Arraj - Christian Spirituality
Issues forum.
Eckhart Tolle: A Christian Critique - Christian Spirituality Issues
forum.
- see http://shalomplace.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php to read these
topics -
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AFFILIATE WEB SITES (please give them a visit)
Inner Explorations: a vast array of spirituality resources for the
mature Christian.
http://innerexplorations.com
Emanuella House of Prayer: a place for prayer and silence in
British Columbia
http://members.axion.net/~massf/
The Ark: Providing a variety of scripture and lectionary study
resources.
http://www.theark1.com
SeeScapes. Picturing the deeper dimensions of our spirituality.
http://www.seescapes.com
Kyrie Places of Pilgrimmage and Renewal.
http://www.kyrie.com/places/index.htm
Contemplative Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: teaching and
support on contemplative practice
http://www.prayeroftheheart.com
Temenos Catholic Worker: support for homeless youth in Polk Street
neighborhood, San Francisco
http://www.temenos.org/
Contemplative Rudder: "In the midst of Consecrated Silence'
atmospherics ... a Rudder!
http://www.contemplativerudder.com/
Heartland Center for Spirituality (sponsoring Internet workshops
year-round).
http://www.heartlandspirituality.org/index.html
(Reach other people who have a similar interest in Christian
spirituality. Simply publish a link to Daily Spiritual Seed--
http://shalomplace.com/seed --on a prominent place on your web site
and we will reciprocate with a weekly link to your site in the
newsletter. Contact the Editor when you're ready to begin.)
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WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
Rules of Thumb
- http://rulesofthumb.org/
"Every rule of thumb on earth in one place!"
Lots of categories to choose from. Practical advice, like the
following, from the "religion" section.
"Always call a Roman Catholic priest "Father" unless he is wearing
some purple. Then call him "Bishop" or "Your Excellency."
(Personally, I prefer, "Bishop.")
"When in doubt, call a Protestant minister or a rabbi, "Doctor."
Even if the person isn't a doctor, he (or she) will be flattered."
"The amount of participation required of the congregation is a good
indicator of a church's health. If you have 55 jobs per 100
members, you have a growing church. If you have 26 jobs, your
church is holding even. Fewer jobs indicate a church in decline."
Lots and lots of other topics . . .
"An hour's nap in the middle of the day equals three hours of sleep
at night."
(I look forward to the day when I can test this premise.)
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
- A few things to wonder about:
How come wrong numbers are never busy?
Do people in Australia call the rest of the world 'up over'?
Does killing time damage eternity?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?
Why is it that night falls but day breaks?
Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you
turn down the radio?
Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing
liquid made with real lemons?
Can you buy an entire chess set in a pawn-shop?
Day light savings time - why are they saving it and where do they
keep it?
Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as "4's"?
Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he
just whipped out a quarter?
Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations?
How can there be self-help "groups"?
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