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Here, then, is a summary of our Internet outreach: - A Daily Spiritual Seed - Shalom Place Christian Spirituality
Resources - Shalom Place Discussion Forum - Youtube video teachings - Video courses on teachable.com and udemy.com - Occasional
Webinars - Online book discussions
There is also the possibility for an online spiritual direction group, especially if there is sufficient interest.
Facebook groups are also worth exploring.
I will be announcing new developments in all these areas on A Daily Spiritual Seed, and on the shalomplace.com web site. If you have suggestions
for other Internet possibilities, let me know.
Thanks for your involvement in and support of this ministry.
Peace,
Phil
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Christians are like the several flowers in a garden that have each of them the dew of heaven, which, being shaken with the wind, they let fall at each other’s roots, whereby they are jointly nourished, and become nourishers of each other.
- John Bunyan
(A great image to describe the blessings of Christian community. How have you been nourished by God through others lately?) |
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Rv 10:8-11; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, 103, 111, 131
Lk 19:45-48
Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out
those who were selling things, saying to them,
“It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer,
but you have made it a den of thieves.”
And every day he was teaching in the
temple area.
The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people, meanwhile,
were seeking to put him to death,
but they could find no way to accomplish their purpose
because all the people were hanging on his words.
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Luke 19: 45-48 (Cleansing the Temple)
To appreciate the zeal which moved Jesus to expel the traders in the Temple, we must
realize that the money changers and sellers of animals who had set up booths were victimizing the poor, offering services at elevated prices. This defilement of the people of God in the name of his house angered Jesus.
¥ How do you feel about your tax dollars supporting oppressive military regimes throughout the
world?
¥ How do you feel about your Lord marching into the midst of his enemies and confronting them?
¥ Pray for the grace to be courageous in your
beliefs.
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The Way of Perfection, by Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Treats of these last words of the Paternoster: "Sed libera nos a malo. Amen." "But deliver us from evil. Amen."
You see now, friends, what is meant by perfection in vocal prayer, in which we consider and know to Whom the prayer is being made, Who is making it and what is its object. When you are told that it is not good for you to
practise any but vocal prayer, do not be discouraged, but read this with great care and beg God to explain to you anything about prayer which you cannot understand. For no one can deprive you of vocal prayer or make you say the Paternoster hurriedly, without understanding it. If anyone tries to do so, or advises you to give up your prayer, take no notice of him. You may be sure he is a false prophet; and in these days, remember, you must not believe everyone, for, though you may be told now that
you have nothing to fear, you do not know what is in store for you. I had intended, as well as saying this, to talk to you a little about how you should say the Ave Maria, but I have written at such length that that will have to be left over. If you have learned how to say the Paternoster well, you will know enough to enable you to say all the other vocal prayers you may have to recite. - Chapter 42 (Keep in mind that she is writing to sisters in a cloistered contemplative order.)
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