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Dear Daily Spiritual Seed subscribers,
Every year about this time I report to you and others who are part of our Internet ministry on what’s happened during the past year and plans for the
future. I also welcome your suggestions, and your financial support as well.
This is the 19th year A Daily Spiritual Seed has been in circulation, and there are no plans to discontinue its publication. Since its early beginnings during April of 1997, many other devotional eNewsletters have come along as well, some
of which I subscribe to myself. But, to my knowledge, A Daily Spiritual Seed is the only one offering a substantive quote on the spiritual life, Scripture readings for the day, reflections on the Scriptures, and syndication of various Christian classics. We have never charged a subscription fee and do not plan to do so. Anyone, anywhere in the world can sign up at any time, and can continue receiving the newsletter until they decide to unsubscribe themselves.
Financial support for A Daily Spiritual Seed is voluntary, and this is the time of year when I ask you to consider making a donation to this ministry. Any amount is welcomed and will help to cover listserve, computer, software, and personnel expenses.
Thanks, Phil
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The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.
... G. K. Chesterton
(A generalization, of course. May your life be a notable exception this day.)
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Rv 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4 and 6
Lk 18:35-43
As Jesus approached Jericho
a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging,
and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening.
They told him,
“Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”
He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!”
The people walking in front rebuked him,
telling him to be silent,
but he kept calling out all the
more,
“Son of David, have pity on me!”
Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him;
and when he came near, Jesus asked him,
“What do you want me to do for you?”
He replied, “Lord, please let me see.”
Jesus told him, “Have sight; your faith has saved you.”
He immediately received his sight
and followed him, giving glory to God.
When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God.
USCCB lectionary
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Reflection on the Scripture |
“You have
lost the love you had at first.”
Daily preachers will likely avoid the Book of Revelation and stick to the Gospels for their inspiration, but if the lector has to work his or her way through prose that suggests psychotropic drugs, then it
only seems fair to comment on these readings. Written during a time of persecution, somewhere between 50 and 100 years after Christ’s death and resurrection, the author addresses several of the churches. After the usual flowery introduction, each comment on the community in question begins with, “I know …” Today we hear of a community who is successfully avoiding heresy, but has lost their love — a failure that threatens their banishment as a church. Today we celebrate the life of a woman who
loved without measure. “
St. Elizabeth of Hungary, queen, widow, servant of the poor — pray for us, that we may not lose our love.”
- from preacherexchange.com
mycatholic.com
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Theological Gems from Emile Merch's Theology of the Mystical Body - selected by Jim and Tyra Arraj
Book III: Christ
Chapter 13: Revelation and the Trinity
376.
The Father appears to men in the Son -- the whole content of revelation is contained in that.
There is only one gift in the order of Being, the essential and total gift, and gift of God as He is in Himself, and this gift is contained in Christ.
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