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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Book/Resource of the Week
Personal Nonviolence: A Practical Spirituality for Peacemakers, by Gerard Vanderhaar. Pax Christi USA. 2006.
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/097438044X/?tag=christianspiritu
Getting
our total beings right…that is the goal Gerard offers in this book. He
begins with ways to get started , such as knowing what nonviolence is
all about in one’s own spiritual journey. Before one can make any real
impact in helping the world become violence-free, one must set one’s own
life style in peaceful order. Gerard insists that his readers know really what one’s shadow is doing in daily life. Is it dominating the inner soul of the reader? Is one’s heart and soul bent on peace in all corners of life? Is peace a way of life or just something nice to talk about? He wants readers to examine one’s gifts and see how they will assist him/her in making peace. He has a chapter on stress and worry and shows how these might interfere in peace-making.
In part three he introduces the concepts of everyday violence in one’s speech, public relations, and how non-violent leadership is acquired and practiced. He follows stories and examples of violence in the daily events of his day during the Vietnam War. He struggled about what his responsibility was in the face of his country during the present war and what he could as an individual could do about it.
In careful detail, Gerard describes what he believes is a peaceful way of life. This applies to his prayer, his interactions with others who either accept or reject him, to ways to deal with various kinds of “violent” persons, to his responses to angry persons, to those who have misguided concepts of peacemaking, to persons in various kinds of leadership, as well as to those who suffer from violence.
The questions to be answered are always, “How can I respond in a non-violent way? How can I be a peacemaker in times of violence?”
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman OP for this review.)
Weekend Readings
- http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
Saturday
1 MC 6:1-13
PS 9:2-4, 6, 16 AND 19
LK 20:27-40
Sunday
2 SM 5:1-3
PS 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5
COL 1:12-20
LK 23:35-43
Spiritual Guidance
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Consultations and spiritual direction available.
Saint of the Week
- http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saintofday/default.aspx
St. Francesco Antonio Fasani (1681-1742): November 27
Born
in Lucera (southeast Italy), Francesco entered the Conventual
Franciscans in 1695. After his ordination 10 years later, he taught
philosophy to younger friars, served as guardian of his friary and later
became provincial. When his term of office ended, Francesco became
master of novices and finally pastor in his hometown.In his various ministries, he was loving, devout and penitential. He was a sought-after confessor and preacher. One witness at the canonical hearings regarding Francesco’s holiness testified, "In his preaching he spoke in a familiar way, filled as he was with the love of God and neighbor; fired by the Spirit, he made use of the words and deed of Holy Scripture, stirring his listeners and moving them to do penance." Francesco showed himself a loyal friend of the poor, never hesitating to seek from benefactors what was needed.
At his death in Lucera, children ran through the streets and cried out, "The saint is dead! The saint is dead!" Francesco was canonized in 1986.
Affliate Web Sites
- Please give them a visit
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/
Contemplative Ministries of the Pacific Northwest: Teaching and support on contemplative practice.
- http://www.prayeroftheheart.com/
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Theology Note of the Week
- http://carm.org/r
Repentance
To repent means to turn, to have a change of mind. In the New Testament repentance means to turn from sin. All men everywhere are commanded by God to repent of their sins (Acts 17:30). God's long suffering leads us to repentance (2 Pet. 3:9) as does his kindness (Rom. 2:4).
There is true and false repentance, "For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death," (2 Cor. 7:10).
Discussion Board
- http://shalomplace.org/eve/forums
Topics being discussed at this time include:
Belief.net Quiz on your religious beliefs.
- Religion and Culture forum
Obamacare experiences
- Religion and Culture forum
Supernatural adoption
- Christian Morality and Theology forum
Joke of the Week
- http://www.pacprod.com/jokes.pl
A few zingers . . .
A father was approached by his small son who told him proudly, "I know what the Bible means!"
His father smiled and replied, "What do you mean, you 'know' what the Bible means?
The son replied, "I do know!"
"Okay," said his father. "What does the Bible mean?"
"That's easy, Daddy..." the young boy replied excitedly," It stands for 'Basic Information Before Leaving Earth..'
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There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country.
"Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk.
"Only the Ten Commandments." answered the lady.
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"Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world.
There are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good morning, Lord," and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, "Good Lord, it's morning."
(Thanks, Carol)
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