Weekend Edition - Daily Spiritual Seed
Published: Fri, 05/16/08
- readings, teachings, references and reviews -
Contents:
- Email Enrichment Series
- Weekend Readings
- Saint of the Week
- Book of the Week
- Shalom Place Premium Groups
- Personal Spiritual Guidance
- Shalom Place Discussion Board
- Affiliate Web Sites
- Website of the Week
- Joke of the Week
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"The Way of Christian Spirituality"
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WEEKEND READINGS
http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/
Saturday: Jas 3:1-10; Ps. 12:2-3, 4-5, 7-8; Mk 9:2-13
Sunday: Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; Dn 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; 2 Cor
13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18
R. (52b) Glory and praise for ever!
Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever;
And blessed is your holy and glorious name,
praiseworthy and exalted above all for all ages.
Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory,
praiseworthy and glorious above all forever.
Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
Blessed are you who look into the depths
from your throne upon the cherubim,
praiseworthy and exalted above all forever.
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SAINT OF THE WEEK
- May 20th. St. Philip Neri.
Born in Florence in 1515, he underwent a conversion experience
which caused him to give up a possible career in business and go,
without specific plans, to Rome, where he soon created his own
mission speaking of Christ to fellow Florentines who worked in
Rome. In 1544 in the Catacomb of St. Sebastian he received a
special spiritual experience in the form of a vision of a ball of
fire entering his mouth and swelling his heart. Intensifying his
own work, he was ordained priest in 1551 and became a much
sought-after confessor at San Girolamo della Carita, a church
almost opposite the English College. A loose fraternity of priests
in this church was to develop under him into the Congregation of
the Oratory, who share a common life but do not take vows. Philip
became particularly well known as a preacher, and also for the
development of the semi-formal musical service known as an
"Oratory" which is the origin of the musical form known as the
oratorio, a religious story set to music (like Handel's "Messiah").
In 1577 the Oratorians moved to a new Roman church, the Chiesa
Nuova, which they still occupy today. Philip became well known to
English students of the English College, greeting them as they
prepared for the mission in Reformation England with the words of
the hymn "Hail, flowers of martyrs". In his personal piety a man of
intense devotion (his Mass would sometimes last for several hours
as he silently pondered the presence of Jesus in the Eucharist) in
his external manner he sometimes used eccentricity and humour in
order to prick people's pride: his penances included making people
carry large dogs round Rome or writing a history of the Church.
When he heard someone comment on his holiness he ran into the
church with half of his beard shaved off. On one occasion he
removed the hair-pins from the head of an affected aristocratic
lady of Rome as she made her confession before him. He died on the
feast of Corpus Christi, 1595, and was canonised in 1622; his
shrine is in the Chiesa Nuova in Rome.
- http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/StPhilipNeri.htm
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BOOK OF THE WEEK
Dream Power: Can our dreams make us well? by Mary Jo Davis-Grant.
SterlingHouse Publishing Inc. 2007.
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ref=noism/1585010952/christia
nspiritu/
This is a true story of the author's illness and subsequent healing
process which she analyzes in terms of her dreams. She believes
there is d a connection between healing and imagery, healing that
can be effected in a safe drug-free environment.
Mary Jo Davis-Grant suffered from chronic pain and a severe
endocrine deficiency for seven years She tells of her more than 500
waking dreams of that period, and of being cured of her affliction.
The medical community had given up on her but she proves in this
story as she related 41 of her dreams which helped release her from
the crippling condition.
The author notes how her dream images appeared to be interacting
with her own vital energies to actually eliminate her pain and
eradicate her illness, Her story offers hope, inspiration, and
spiritual comfort to the afflicted, and a glimpse at a possible
cure for chronic pain.
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman OP for this review.)
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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
B. The Way of Christian Spirituality
C. Freedom from Codependency
D. Christian Spirituality Resources
E. Wonderfully Made . . . (Christian metaphysics)
F. Growing in Christ
G. Communities in Transition (Spiral Dynamics)
H. Discerning God's Will
I. Dark Night of the Soul
J. Silence, Solitude and Sabbath
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See http://shalomplace.com/direction/
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SHALOM PLACE DISCUSSION BOARDS
- Discussions this past week featured the following topics:
Failing our caretaker role - 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)
Kyrie Places of Pilgrimmage and Renewal.
http://www.kyrie.com/places/index.htm
Contemplative Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: teaching and
support on contemplative practice
http://www.prayeroftheheart.com
Temenos Catholic Worker: support for homeless youth in Polk Street
neighborhood, San Francisco
http://www.temenos.org/
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/
SeeScapes. Picturing the deeper dimensions of our spirituality.
http://www.seescapes.com
Heartland Center for Spirituality (sponsoring Internet workshops
year-round).
http://www.heartlandspirituality.org/index.html
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/
(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
Liberation Theology Resources
- http://www.liberationtheology.org/
"This web site presents Liberation Theology as the effort to think
clearly about the meaning of religious faith in the context of
oppression, war, poverty, inequality and environmental destruction,
and the effort to live a compassionate, courageous and
life-sustaining response to those conditions, a response that both
addresses the needs of those who are injured and oppressed, and
also works to change the structures and ongoing processes of injury
and oppression. Liberation theology varies greatly according to the
culture in which it arises, but its underlying themes are
immediately recognizable across the world: the transformation of
everyday life through a new awakening of compassion, courage,
truthfulness and justice."
- from the web site
Lots of good articles and essays.
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JOKE OF THE WEEK
These are supposedly actual signs. You be the judge. Whether or not
they are real, they sure are funny!
In the front yard of a funeral home,
"Drive carefully, we'll wait."
On an electrician's truck,
"Let us remove your shorts."
In a nonsmoking area,
"If we see you smoking, we will assume you are on fire and take
appropriate action."
On a maternity room door,
"Push, Push, Push."
At an optometrist's office,
"If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right
place."
On a taxidermist's window,
"We really know our stuff."
On a butcher's window,
"Let me meat your needs."
On a fence,
"Salesmen welcome. Dog food is expensive."
At a car dealership,
"The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment."
Outside a muffler shop,
"No appointment necessary. We'll hear you coming."
In a dry cleaner's emporium,
"Drop your pants here."
On a desk in a reception room,
"We shoot every 3rd salesman, and the 2nd one just left."
In a veterinarian's waiting room,
"Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!"
In a Beauty Shop,
"Dye now!"
In a restaurant window,
"Don't stand there and be hungry, come in and get fed up."
Inside a bowling alley,
"Please be quiet. We need to hear a pin drop."
In a cafeteria,
"Shoes are required to eat in the cafeteria. Socks can eat any
place they want."
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