Weekend Edition - Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 12/07/07
- readings, teachings, references and reviews -
Contents:
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- Weekend Readings
- Saint of the Week
- Book of the Week
- Christian Spirituality Series
- Shalom Place Premium Groups
- Personal Spiritual Guidance
- Shalom Place Discussion Board Highlights
- Affiliate Web Sites
- Web Site of the Week
- Joke of the Week
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WEEKEND READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Saturday: Gn 3:9-15, 20; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; Eph 1:3-6,
11-12; Lk 1:26-38
Sunday: Is 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Rom 15:4-9;
Mt 3:1-12
R. (cf. 7) Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of
peace for ever.
O God, with your judgment endow the king,
and with your justice, the king's son;
he shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
May he rule from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out,
and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.
He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor;
the lives of the poor he shall save.
May his name be blessed forever;
as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed;
all the nations shall proclaim his happiness.
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SAINT OF THE WEEK
- December 12th. St. Jane Frances de Chantal.
Born in Burgundy in 1572, she was married to the Baron de Chantal
who was killed in an accident in 1601. Three years later she met
St. Francis de Sales who became her spiritual director untill his
death in 1622. She took a religious vow, and became the foundress
of the Order of the Visitation, intended to allow women with a
religious vocation to work outside the cloister. This was firmly
resisted by the church authorities (sensitive to Reformation
criticisms of 'lax' convents and monasteries); other foundresses
who encountered similar problems were St. Angela Merici (foundress
of the Ursuline teaching Order) and Mary Ward in York. The first
Visitation convent opened in Annecy in Savoy in 1610 and soon,
inspired by St. Francis de Sales' writing "On the Love of God", 85
others were added. In 1619 St. Jane Frances encountered St. Vincent
de Paul in Paris, a meeting which encouraged her to redouble her
efforts for the sick (especially plague victims) and the bereaved.
She died at Moulins in Central France in 1641, was canonised in
1767 and is enshrined at Annecy where her Order began.
- http://tinyurl.com/2d5nes
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
"The Birth of the Messiah," by Raymond E. Brown. Anchor Bible
publ., 1993.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385472021/christianspiritu/
At the time of its publication, Father Brown's work was regarded by
conservative and liberal scholars alike as a masterpiece, and it
still is. Perhaps the most helpful part of the book is its
arrangement: By placing the commentary immediately after the text
and separating it from the notes, people who want more detail (and
Father Brown was never at a loss for detail) can read the notes.
Father Brown also wrote a wonderful work called "The Death of the
Messiah" concerning the Passion Narratives. This, too, is
excellent. When asked if he would write a book on the Resurrection
Narratives, Father Brown declined, saying, "I'll wait and
experience it first."
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- 24 teachings on Christian spirituality and practice
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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
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C. Freedom from Codependency
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F. Growing in Christ
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SHALOM PLACE DISCUSSION BOARDS
- Discussions this past week featured the following topics:
Abuse of women in the name of Islam - Religion and Culture forum.
On the existence of God and the problem of suffering - Christian
Morality and Theology forum.
- see http://shalomplace.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php to read these
topics -
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AFFILIATE WEB SITES (please give them a visit)
Solitude and Streets: an emerging faith community.
http://www.solitudeandstreets.org
Family Life Training and Counseling Center: an online Bible
college/seminary
http://www.familylifetrainingcenter.com/
Contemplative Outreach of St. Louis
http://www.centeringprayerstl.com/
SeeScapes. Picturing the deeper dimensions of our spirituality.
http://www.seescapes.com
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).
http://www.heartlandspirituality.org/index.html
Kyrie Places of Pilgrimmage and Renewal.
http://www.kyrie.com/places/index.htm
Stillpoint: programs in spiritual direction, contemplative prayer.
http://www.stillpointnashville.org/
Inner Explorations: a vast array of spirituality resources for the
mature Christian.
http://innerexplorations.com
Emanuella House of Prayer: a place for prayer and silence in
British Columbia
http://members.axion.net/~massf/
Carry the Light CD: Piano Meditations for the Hopeful Heart
http://www.sharonkcooper.com/pages/1/index.htm
The Ark: Providing a variety of scripture and lectionary study
resources.
http://www.theark1.com
Contemplative Rudder: "In the midst of Consecrated Silence'
atmospherics ... a Rudder!
http://www.contemplativerudder.com/
Holy Trinity: Old Catholic Orthodox Church. Corpus Christi, TX
http://www.holytrinityoldcatholic.org/
Temenos Catholic Worker: support for homeless youth in Polk Street
neighborhood, San Francisco
http://www.temenos.org/
(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
Advent's Spiritual Pilgrimage
http://tinyurl.com/yv6maf
Excellent article from "Christianity Today" on the spiritual
meaning of Advent
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Education for Justice
- http://educationforjustice.org/
A good collection of Advent resources as well as teachings on
social justice issues.
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
(Not so funny, this one)
A student at Eagle Rock Junior High won first prize at the Greater
Idaho Falls Science Fair. He was attempting to show how conditioned
we have become to alarmists practicing junk science and spreading
fear of everything in our environment. In his project he urged
people to sign a petition demanding strict control or total
elimination of the chemical "dihydrogen monoxide."
And for plenty of good reasons, since:
1. it can cause excessive sweating and vomiting
2. it is a major component in acid rain
3. it can cause severe burns in its gaseous state
4. accidental inhalation can kill you
5. it contributes to erosion
6. it decreases effectiveness of automobile brakes
7. it has been found in tumors of terminal cancer patients
He asked 50 people if they supported a ban of the chemical.
* Forty-three (43) said yes,
* Six (6) were undecided,
* Only one (1) knew that the chemical was water.
The title of his prize winning project was, "How Gullible Are We?"
He feels the conclusion is obvious.
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