Weekend Edition - Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 09/05/08
- readings, teachings, references and reviews -
Contents:
- Weekend Readings
- Commerce Corner (new)
- 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: 1 Cor 4:6b-15; Ps 145:17-18, 19-20, 21; Lk 6:1-5
Sunday: Ez 33:7-9; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt
18:15-20
R. (8) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD;
let us acclaim the rock of our salvation.
Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us joyfully sing psalms to him.
Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
For he is our God,
and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
"Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the desert,
Where your fathers tempted me;
they tested me though they had seen my works."
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SAINT OF THE WEEK
- September 15th. St. Catherine of Genoa.
She was born of a noble family near the historic North Italian port
of Genoa in 1447 and married off at 16 to a husband who turned out
to be mean, irascible, lecherous, unfaithful, and usually absent
from home. Nevertheless her persistent fidelity to him, and
devotion to her faith, eventually achieved a change of heart in him
(a process recorded in the life of several female saints towards
their husbands, but never, it seems, the other way round). In 1473
they moved to a humble abode and jointly devoted themselves to the
sick; Catherine became matron of a hospital, putting her health at
risk in a plague in 1493, and again in 1496, one year before her
husband died. After his death, she continued her spiritual quest
but without becoming a Tertiary of one of the religious orders, as
would have been customary at the time. A contemplative and
visionary, she shared her experiences with others through her
writings (on Purgatory, and on the soul and the body). She died in
1510 and was canonised in 1740.
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http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/StCatherineofGenoa.htm
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
None to report on this week.
Check out the recommended selections at http://shalomplace.com/books/
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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
K. Alpha Group -- includes all the above and all to come for only
$65.00.
- see http://shalomplace.org/groups.html for more info.
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SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT RESOURCE
"Freedom from Codependency"
- http://shalomplace.com/inetmin/codep/index.html
* How has the concept of codependency affected our views of
love and selfless giving?
* Does the Church teach codependency in the name of Christian
love?
* What does Christian spirituality have to contribute unto
recovery from codependent attitudes and behavior?
Online book and audio series, with podcasts now available.
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EMAIL SPIRITUALITY SERIES
"The Way of Christian Spirituality"
- 24 teachings on Christian spirituality and practice. Conferences
now available as free email subscription.
- see http://shalomplace.org/basXspir.html for more info and to
subscribe.
"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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- PERSONAL SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE -
Need a companion for the spiritual journey? We have several
wonderful people ready to help, using email and telephone
conferences to bridge the miles.
- Now providing -
Consultations: this option is best for short-term guidance
pertaining to a specific issue.
Spiritual Direction: ongoing relationship with a spiritual director
to become more attuned to God's presence in all of life.
See http://shalomplace.com/direction/
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SHALOM PLACE DISCUSSION BOARDS
- Discussions this past week covered a variety of topics:
POTUS 2008 - Religion and Culture forum.
New member intro/transformative experiences - 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)
Kyrie Places of Pilgrimmage and Renewal.
http://www.kyrie.com/places/index.htm
Contemplative Rudder: "In the midst of Consecrated Silence'
atmospherics ... a Rudder!
http://www.contemplativerudder.com/
Inner Explorations: a vast array of spirituality resources for the
mature Christian.
http://innerexplorations.com
The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer: resources for spiritual growth.
http://fromholyground.org/index.htm
SeeScapes. Picturing the deeper dimensions of our spirituality.
http://www.seescapes.com
Temenos Catholic Worker: support for homeless youth in Polk Street
neighborhood, San Francisco
http://www.temenos.org/
The Ark: Providing a variety of scripture and lectionary study
resources.
http://www.theark1.com
Contemplative Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: teaching and
support on contemplative practice
http://www.prayeroftheheart.com
Emanuella House of Prayer: a place for prayer and silence in
British Columbia
http://members.axion.net/~massf/
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
The e-SWORD Project: Open Source Bible Software
- http://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp
The SWORD Project is an effort to create a software platform for
research and study of God and His Word. The cross-platform, open
source model is supports the rapid growth of the project by
leveraging the contributions of the many interested developers, who
have already generously donated their time. Components of the
project include all types of Biblical texts in over 50 languages,
in addition to daily devotionals and programs, for example, to
guide the user to read as much of the Bible they choose over a
given period of time. A variety of front ends brings this to as
many users as possible.
I have e-SWORD installed on my Dell Axim, and I use it every day: I
have set up a program to read through the entire Bible in three
years (one year is just too fast for me!), and the ability to
compare different Bible versions for a specific scripture passage
is especially useful. I highly recommend this product.
(Thanks to Diana Murray for this reveiw)
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
- Dalmations' Duties
A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of
kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the
front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children
began discussing the dog's duties.
"They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster.
"No," said another. "He's just for good luck."
A third child brought the argument to a close with this comment:
"They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrants."
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