Message of 9-26-07
Published: Fri, 09/21/07
- Life-long learning and formation in Christian spirituality.
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. 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.
- see http://shalomplace.org/groups.html
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MESSAGE OF THE DAY
Pray unceasingly. Fight with confidence. Believe God's promises.
Take Him at His Word. Wait for His victory.
- Anonymous
(Which of these are you most needing to attend to these days?)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Ez 9:5-9; Tobit 13:2, 3-4a, 4befghn, 7-8; Lk 9:1-6
R. (1b) Blessed be God, who lives for ever.
He scourges and then has mercy;
he casts down to the depths of the nether world,
and he brings up from the great abyss.
No one can escape his hand.
Praise him, you children of Israel, before the Gentiles,
for though he has scattered you among them,
he has shown you his greatness even there.
So now consider what he has done for you,
and praise him with full voice.
Bless the Lord of righteousness,
and exalt the King of ages.
In the land of my exile I praise him
and show his power and majesty to a sinful nation.
Bless the Lord, all you his chosen ones,
and may all of you praise his majesty.
Celebrate days of gladness, and give him praise.
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 9:1-6 (The twelve emissaries
To insure that the Twelve apostles not be judged as having a hidden
agenda and ulterior motives, Jesus sends them among the people as
poor, unassuming messengers. They are to extend God's gifts of
healing and teaching in return for food and shelter. If rejected,
they are to move along. This model of ministry is profound in its
simplicity.
- Make a list of ulterior motives that seem to hamper the efforts
of Christian ministers. Do any of these motives interfere with
your own efforts at spreading the Good News?
- What does the virtue of simplicity mean to you?
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MYSTICISM
- by Evelyn Underhill -
"My little sisters the birds," said St. Francis, greatest adept of
that high wisdom, "Brother Sun, Sister Water, Mother Earth." Not my
servants, but my kindred and fellow-citizens; who may safely be
loved so long as they are not desired. So, in almost identical
terms, the dying Hindu ascetic:--
"Oh Mother Earth, Father Sky,
Brother Wind, Friend Light, Sweetheart Water,
Here take my last salutation with folded hands!
For to-day I am melting away into the Supreme
Because my heart became pure,
And all delusion vanished,
Through the power of your good company."
- - - Part 2, Chapter 3
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MEDITATING ON SCRIPTURE (Method of St. Francis de Sales)
A. Settling in: call to mind God's presence; address oneself to God
in vocal prayer.
B. Reading the Scripture passage slowly, prayerfully.
C. Exercise of the will and intellect in considering the message:
what is this passage saying? what is it calling forth from me?
D. Conclusion: acts of thanksgiving, remorse and intercessions
awakened by the meditation.
E. Application: Immediate follow-through on resolutions made.
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