A Daily Spiritual Seed
- resources for prayer and spiritual growth
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Contents:
- Book/Resource of the Week
- Weekend Readings
- Spiritual Guidance
- Saint of the Week
- Affiliate Web Sites
- Theology Note of the Week
- Discussion Board
- Joke of the Week
- Advertising and Archives
- Subscribe/Unsubscribe links. Attributions.
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Lenten Study Series
Topic: God and I: Exploring the connections between God, Self and Ego (spiritual theology)
Learning Process: 9 written conferences; private discussion forum for participants; video conferences.
See http://shalomplace.com/inetmin/GodandI for more information and registration options.
Book/Resource of the Week
Prayers from Chautauqua, by Joan Brown Campbell. The Pilgrim Press, 2013.
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/0829819851/?tag=christianspiritu
Sister Joan Chittister gives the forward for this book of prayers and
encourages the readers to take to heart the many themes of prayer of
supplication and praise to God. This book is a spiritual treasure for persons of every denomination, culture, and way of life. Campbell seems to touch the feelings and desires of every heart of humankind. She has themes of peace-making, world-healing, and just plain everyday living. Her writing exhibits beauty, religion, and a deep sense of spirituality. It seems that Campbell has insight into the most intricate sentiments of the human heart, and she offers prayers that fit these sentiments.
Campbell shows a deep knowledge of the modern world, and recognizes the many pitfalls that humans need to steer away from, supplying prayers that seem to fit any and every occasion of sin or the practice of virtue. Her prayers are sure to give one a sense of peace and good will. All nations, all peoples will find comfort and challenge in these prayers.
In every prayer, Campbell is well aware of the influence of Scripture as she directs her prayers to the God of all comfort. These prayers come from her heart and are directed to the heart of God by way of the needs of humanity. Her aim is to bring congregations together in a spirit of gratitude for creation, respect for human diversity, and the ever persistent pursuit of justice.
One person who reviewed this book suggests that he uses one of these prayers to begin each day.
Gracious God, you are generous beyond our capacity to comprehend. Yet in our own limited way, we grasp the meaning of generosity, of boundless love, and the power of your eternal embrace. You call us out of ourselves into a world of need and possibility. So to us the gifted and the strong, God’s call comes down through the ages. We hear the words of teachers, preachers, prophets, and disciples, who remind us that unto whom much is given, much is required. On this night we honor all who have heard the call, all who have responded faithfully and courageously with unbounded generosity. …May we become a beacon of hope in a war-weary world. Amen
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman OP for this review.)
Recent youtube clips of our ministry staff
God: "That," "What" and "Who," by Philip St. Romain
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H89fsGhInGg
The Twelve Steps: An Overview, by Sr. Renee Dreiling OP
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OstAp7QUUQ
Weekend Readings
- http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
Saturday
JAS 5:13-20
PS 141:1-3, 8
MK 10:13-16
Sunday
IS 49:14-15
PS 62:2-3, 6-9
1 COR 4:1-5
MT 6:24-34
Spiritual Guidance
- http://shalomplace.com/direction
Need a companion for the spiritual journey?
Consultations and spiritual direction available.
Saint of the Week
- http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saintofday/default.aspx
St. John Joseph of the Cross (1654-1734), March 5 (Ash Wednesday)
Self-denial is never an end in itself but is only a help toward greater charity—as the life of St. John Joseph shows.John Joseph was very ascetic even as a young man. At 16 he joined the Franciscans in Naples; he was the first Italian to follow the reform movement of St. Peter Alcantara. John Joseph’s reputation for holiness prompted his superiors to put him in charge of establishing a new friary even before he was ordained.
Obedience moved John Joseph to accept appointments as novice master, guardian and, finally, provincial. His years of mortification enabled him to offer these services to the friars with great charity. As guardian he was not above working in the kitchen or carrying the wood and water needed by the friars.
When his term as provincial expired, John Joseph dedicated himself to hearing confessions and practicing mortification, two concerns contrary to the spirit of the dawning Age of Enlightenment. John Joseph was canonized in 1839.
Affliate Web Sites
- Please give them a visit
Contemplative Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: Teaching and support on contemplative practice.
- http://www.prayeroftheheart.com/
Shalom Place: Resources on Christian spiritual living.
- http://shalomplace.com/
Inner Explorations: a vast array of spirituality resources for the mature Christian.
- http://innerexplorations.com
SeeScapes: picturing the deeper dimensions of our spirituality.
- http://www.seescapes.com/
Heartland Center for Spirituality: sponsoring Internet workshops year-round.
- http://heartlandspirituality.org/
Emanuella House of Prayer: a place for prayer and silence in British Columbia.
- http://emmanuellahouse.shawwebspace.ca/
Kyrie Places of Pilgrimmage and Renewal
- http://www.kyrie.com/places/index.htm
Temenos Catholic Worker: support for homeless youth in Polk Street neighborhood, San Francisco.
- http://www.temenos.org/
The Sanctuary Foundation for Prayer: resources for spiritual growth.
- http://fromholyground.org/index.htm
Philothea.net: promoting the love of God as expressed in The First Great Commandment
- http://philothea.net/
Hearts on Fire: a blog to spark inspiration, thought, wonder, laughter and prayer.
- http://heartsonfire33.wordpress.com/
Stillpoint: Programs in spiritual direction, contemplative prayer.
- http://www.stillpointnashville.org/
The Ark: Providing a variety of scripture and lectionary study resources.
- http://theark1.com/
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Theology Note of the Week
- http://carm.org/s
Salvation
Salvation is the "saving" of a sinner from the righteous judgment of God. When someone appeals to God and seeks forgiveness in Jesus, his sins are forgiven. He is cleansed. His relationship with God is restored, and he is made a new creature (2 Cor. 5:17). All of this is the work of God and not of man. Salvation is a free gift (Rom. 6:23).
We are saved from damnation. When anyone sins, and we all have (Rom. 3:23; 6:23), he deserves eternal separation from God (Isaiah 59:2). Yet, because of his love and mercy, God became a man (John 1:1, 14) and bore the sins of the world in his body on the cross (1 Pet. 2:24; 1 John 2:2). We are forgiven when we realize that there is nothing we can do to earn the favor of God and we put our trust in what Jesus did for us on the cross (Eph. 2:8-9; 1 Cor. 15:1-4). Only God saves. The only thing we bring to the cross is our sin.
Both God the Father (Isaiah 14:21) and Jesus (John 4:42) are called Savior, that is, deliverer from sin. Remember, it was the Father who sent the Son (1 John 4:10) to be the Savior.
Discussion Board
- http://shalomplace.org/eve/forums
Topics being discussed at this time include:
Richard Rohr's 9 stages of spiritual development
- Christian Spirituality Issues forum
The demise of discussion forums
- Shalom Place Lounge forum
Apophatic Christian spirituality
- Christian Spirituality Issues forum
Catholic-Evangelical Reconciliation
- Religion and Culture forum
Joke of the Week
- http://www.pacprod.com/jokes.pl
Life before computers
An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano!
Compress was something you did to garbage
Not something you did to a file
And if you unzipped anything in public
You'd be in jail for awhile!
Log on was adding wood to a fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode!
Cut - you did with a pocket knife
Paste you did with glue
A web was a spider's home
And a virus was the flu!
I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
And the memory in my head
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they wish they were dead!
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