Weekend Edition
- readings, teachings, references and reviews -
Contents:
- Weekend Readings
- Commerce Corner
- 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: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16, 18-19; Mt 17:9a, 10-13
Sunday: Is 61:1-2a, 10-11; Lk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54; 1 Thes 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28
R. (Is 61:10b) My soul rejoices in my God.
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked upon his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
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SAINT OF THE WEEK
- December 14th. St. Venantius Fortunatus.
In this saint we celebrate the art of poetry. He was born in about 530 in Northern Italy but spent most of his life in France, after a visit to tile shrine of St Martin at Tours in 565. He settled in Poitiers, where he was to become Bishop, and acted as chaplain to the convent Or the Holy Cross whose foundress was the remarkable convert-Christian princess, Radegund. His spiritual advice to fellow Christians took the form of letters but not infrequently of poetry as well. In 569 a relic of the True Cross was received at Poitiers and this inspired St. Venantius to write some of his finest hymns: 'The royal banners forward go' and 'Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle' for Passiontide, and the processional 'Hail, festival day' for Easter. These hymns combine poetic beauty with great theological richness - something which can by no means be said of all hymns. He was a particular champion of the dignity of women, recognising the vital part they had played in sustaining Christian values in the times of barbarian invasions. He died in about 610.
- http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/StVenantiusFortunatus.htm
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
The Shack
- http://tinyurl.com/5kkt6v
Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!
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"The Shack" is a one of a kind invitation to journey to the very heart of God. Through my tears and cheers, I have been indeed transformed by the tender mercy with which William Paul Young opened the veil that too often separated me from God and from myself. With every page, the complicated do's and don't that distort a relationship into a religion were washed away as I understood Father, Son and Holy Spirit for the first time in my life. --Patrick M. Roddy, ABC News Emmy Award winning producer
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Finally! A guy-meets-God Novel that has literary integrity and spiritual daring. "The Shack" cuts through the cliches of both religion and bad writing to reveal something compelling and beautiful about life's integral dance with the Divine. This story reads like a prayer--like the best kind of prayer, filled with sweat and wonder and transparency and surprise. When I read it, I felt like I was fellowshipping with God. If you read one work of fiction this year, let this be it. --Mike Morrell, zoecarnate.com
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When the imagination of a writer and the passion of a theologian cross-fertilize the result is a novel on the order of "The Shack." This book has the potential to do for our generation what John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" did for his. It's that good! --Eugene Peterson, Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver, B.C.
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AFFILIATE WEB SITES (please give them a visit)
Temenos Catholic Worker: support for homeless youth in Polk Street
neighborhood, San Francisco
http://www.temenos.org/
Contemplative Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: teaching and
support on contemplative practice
http://www.prayeroftheheart.com
Heartland Center for Spirituality (sponsoring Internet workshops
year-round).
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Emanuella House of Prayer: a place for prayer and silence in
British Columbia
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The Ark: Providing a variety of scripture and lectionary study
resources.
http://www.theark1.com
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.
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SeeScapes. Picturing the deeper dimensions of our spirituality.
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WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
Letters to God
- http://www.lettertogod.net/
"Letter to God" began in August 2005. In this time over 9000 people have written to God and thousands more have visited. Many people have written and re-written over the months and what emerges is the story of peoples lives. Their fears, their happiness, their day to day struggles."
- from the site
You can read these letters, which are organized by different categories. Here you will find a rare glimpse into the depths of the human heart.
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
- Little Johnny learns to count
The teacher asks little Johnny if he knows his numbers.
"Yes," he says, "I do. My father taught me."
"Good. What comes after three."
"Four," answers little Johnny.
"What comes after six?"
"Seven."
"Very good," says the teacher. "Your dad did a good job. What comes after ten?"
Little Johnny smiles and says, "Jack."
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