Message of 11-28-07
Published: Sat, 11/24/07
SHALOM PLACE PREMIUM GROUPS
- 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
"For my part, the only perfection I know of is a hearty love of
God, and to love one's neighbour as oneself. Charity is the only
virtue which rightly unites us to God and other people. Such union
is our final aim and end, and all the rest is mere delusion."
- Jean Pierre Camus -
(First things first . . .)
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SCRIPTURE READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Dn. 3:62 - 67; Lk 21:12-19
R. (59b) Give glory and eternal praise to him.
"Sun and moon, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
"Stars of heaven, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
"Every shower and dew, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
"All you winds, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
"Fire and heat, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
"Cold and chill, bless the Lord;
praise and exalt him above all forever."
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Praying the Daily Gospels
- by Philip St. Romain:
- http://www.liguori.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=6614
- Luke 21: 12-19 (Persevere through persecutions)
Because Christians recognize that the status quo is never a full
manifestation of the kingdom of God, we shall be persecuted by the
idolaters of the status quo. Perseverance in love and truth shall
win us a place in eternity, however, for our Lord has gone before us.
- Do you believe that heroism is dead? What are some "ordinary"
examples of heroism with which you are familiar? Why have these
people persevered in such noble ways?
- What are examples of heroic perseverance from your own life? How
did you grow because of these experiences?
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MYSTICISM
- by Evelyn Underhill -
. . . each adventurer must discover and extirpate all those
interests which nourish selfhood, however innocent or even useful
these interests may seem in the eyes of the world. The only rule is
the ruthless abandonment of everything which is in the way. "When
anyone God perfectly desires to love, all things as well inward as
outward that to God's love are contrary and from His love do let,
he studies to do away." This may mean the prompt and utter
self-stripping of St. Francis of Assisi, who cast off his actual
clothing in his relentless determination to have nothing of his
own: the reluctant bit-by-bit renunciations which at last set his
follower Angela of Foligno free, or the drastic proceedings of
Antoinette Bourignan, who found that a penny was enough to keep her
from God.
------ 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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