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
Yes, And: Daily Meditations, by Richard Rohr. Franciscan Media, 2013.
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/1616366443/?tag=christianspiritu (Kindle version available)
David G. Benner writes in the “Foreword”
of this book that Rohr is basing his reflections on the 8th of Erick
Erickson’s stages of developmental life, the movement from generativity
to ego integrity. The challenge of the 8th stage is to avoid despair by
reflecting on one’s life and understanding its meaning and
significance. This book is not just a series of musings; the seven big
themes of this book are : methodology, foundation, frame, ecumenism,
transformation, process, and goal. These are the issues for any serious
Christian who wants to develop a healthy and holistic spiritual
worldview. Benner states that these meditations offer meat for chewing, not milk to make one feel good. They require pondering, and since they are offered in bite size portions, there is no worry about choking. “Make space in your day to chew on what you are reading. Doing so will deepen your life.”
Rohr, a long time student of the Scriptures, invites his readers to take this journey through Scripture with Jesus at one’s side, interpreting events as Jesus did. “Sacred texts always maximize your possibilities for life and love, which is why we call them sacred.” Using the Bible to prove church positions will narrow their range and depth; Rohr admits that he has often done just that. The Bible then becomes ammunition instead of being transformative.
In one of Rohr’s reflections he wrote about prayer. He defines prayer as an interior journey or practice that allows one to experience faith, hope, and love within oneself. It is not a technique to get things, a pious exercise that somehow makes God happy, or a requirement for entry into heaven. It is much more like practicing heaven now.
On a page called “To love is to allow something to flow through us”, Rohr writes:
Jesus commanded us to love, so we know love is not just a feeling, since we cannot command feelings. Love is mostly a decision. Jesus did not say: When you get healed, love. When you grow up, love. When you feel loving, love. When you get it together and have dealt with all your mother/father/husband/children wounds, then you must love. No, the commandment for all of us is to love now, and thus fill the gaps of every moment. He believes we can know love more by “doing love” rather than by hearing others say we are loveable.
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman OP for this review.)
Weekend Readings
- http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
Saturday
1 JN 3:7-10
PS 98:1, 7-9
JN 1:35-42
Sunday
IS 60:1-6
PS 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13
EPH 3:2-3A, 5-6
MT 2:1-12
Spiritual Guidance
- http://shalomplace.com/direction
Need a companion for the spiritual journey?
We have several wonderful people ready to help, using email, telephone and/or video conferences to bridge the miles.
Consultations and spiritual direction available.
Saint of the Week
- http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saintofday/default.aspx
St. Angela of Foligno (1248-1309): January 7
Some
saints show marks of holiness very early. Not Angela! Born of a leading
family in Foligno, Italy, she became immersed in the quest for wealth
and social position. As a wife and mother, she continued this life of
distraction.Around the age of 40 she recognized the emptiness of her life and sought God’s help in the Sacrament of Penance. Her Franciscan confessor helped Angela to seek God’s pardon for her previous life and to dedicate herself to prayer and the works of charity.
Shortly after her conversion, her husband and children died. Selling most of her possessions, she entered the Secular Franciscan Order. She was alternately absorbed by meditating on the crucified Christ and by serving the poor of Foligno as a nurse and beggar for their needs. Other women joined her in a religious community.
At her confessor’s advice, Angela wrote her Book of Visions and Instructions. In it she recalls some of the temptations she suffered after her conversion; she also expresses her thanks to God for the Incarnation of Jesus. This book and her life earned for Angela the title "Teacher of Theologians." She was beatified in 1693.
Affliate Web Sites
- Please give them a visit
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/
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/
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Theology Note of the Week
- http://carm.org/r
Rite
In Roman Catholicism, a rite is a tradition (a religious pattern in the ceremony) concerning the manner in which the sacraments are to be celebrated. They are different forms of liturgy, religious ceremonial practice.
There is debate within Catholicism on exactly what the rites are and how many there are. Nevertheless, the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) states that there are eight rites.
"The liturgical traditions or rites presently in use in the Church are the Latin (principally the Roman rite, but also the rites of certain local churches, such as the Ambrosian rite, or those of certain religious orders) and the Byzantine, Alexandrian or Coptic, Syriac, Armenian, Maronite and Chaldean rites. In "faithful obedience to tradition, the sacred Council declares that Holy Mother Church holds all lawfully recognized rites to be of equal right and dignity, and that she wishes to preserve them in the future and to foster them in every way," (CCC par. 1203).
Discussion Board
- http://shalomplace.org/eve/forums
Topics being discussed at this time include:
Supernatural adoption
- Christian Morality and Theology forum
Losing, then getting back the Holy Spirit?
- Christian Spirituality Issues forum
Joke of the Week
- http://www.pacprod.com/jokes.pl
Boundaries . . .
I was in the six item express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward looked into the cart and asked sweetly, “So which six items would you like to buy?”
- Thanks, Carol
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