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Inordinate love of the flesh is cruelty, because under the
appearance of pleasing the body we kill the soul. Take even bread with moderation, lest an overloaded stomach make you weary of prayer.
- St. Bernard -
(Temperance is a virtue. How do you practice this regarding food, drink, TV, media, and other issues?)
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God and I: Exploring the Connections Between God, Self and Ego, by Philip St. Romain
Led By: Philip St. Romain, on Zoom
Dates: Thursday October 22,29 November 5,12 and 19
Time: 12:05 – 12:55 p.m. CST (Feel free to eat your lunch while on the zoom meeting)
Fee: $20.00
This book explores the meaning of these terms and relationships between them, pointing to a foundational understanding for Christian spirituality. There are 9 chapters in the book, each with questions for discussion as well as spiritual exercises to help provide clarifying experience of the material, which participants will have an opportunity to share if they’d like. We used this book as a text for spiritual directors in our training program at Heartland
Center for Spirituality and participants found it very helpful.
– participants will receive a free PDF version of the book, paperback and other purchase options can be found via the link below:
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EPH 2:12-22; PS 85:9AB-10, 11-12, 13-14
LK 12:35-38
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Gird your loins and light your lamps
and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.
Amen, I say to you, he will gird himself,
have them recline at table, and proceed to wait on them.
And should he come in the second or third watch
and find them prepared in this way,
blessed are those servants.”
USCCB Lectionary
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Praying the Daily Gospels: A Guide to Meditation, by Philip St. Romain,
2018 (3rd ed.)
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Luke 12: 35-38 (Stay awake)
How wonderful it is to love someone and to be aware that this person is watching your every move in utter delight! This is exactly how God regards us. As we grow in our love of God, we shall become more aware and eager to be completely united with him.
• Many philosophers have said that self-aware consciousness is what makes us different from animals. Do you agree?
• Today to spend a few moments contemplating the wonder of a God who loves you and delights in you. Let this wonder refresh you. of your time and talent in the service of others transform you?
Paperback, Kindle and eBook
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Treatise on the Love of God, by St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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BOOK II: THE HISTORY OF THE GENERATION AND HEAVENLY BIRTH OF DIVINE LOVE
Chapter 1: That the divine perfections are only a single but infinite perfection
We shall say much, says the Scripture, and yet shall want words: but the sum of our words is: He is all. What shall we be able to do to glorify him, for the Almighty himself is above all his works? The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great, and his power is admirable. Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can, for he will yet far exceed, and his
magnificence is wonderful. Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you can: for he is above all praise. When you exalt him put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough. No, Theotimus, we can never comprehend him, since, as St. John says, he is greater than our heart. Nevertheless, let every spirit praise the Lord, calling him by all the most eminent names which may be found, and for the greatest praise we can render unto him let us confess that never
can he be sufficiently praised; and for the most excellent name we can attribute unto him let us protest that his name surpasses all names, nor can we worthily name him.
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