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
Hear Me, See Me: Incarcerated Women Write, edited by Marybeth Christie Redmond and Sarah W. Bartlett. Orbis Books, 2013.
- http://www.amazon.com/dp/162698039X/?tag=christianspiritu
These
two women founded an organization in which incarcerated women could
express their thoughts in writing. These incarcerated were allowed
paper and pencil, and a place of comparative quiet to pour out their
hearts and minds. What marvelous stories and reflections came forth from
these women who were sometimes without hope and courage! Sister Helen
Prejean predicts that this book will become a classic in the growing
body of prison literature. One director of the Insight Prison Project affirms these writings as subjects of breathtaking honesty, surprising humor, and hard-won self confidence. Some women had endured horrible abuse, separation from their children, the pain of incarceration, and deep longing for freedom. Did the two editors have anything in common with these incarcerated women? Yes, for the women in prison speak with universal fears, hopes, and dreams, which Marybeth and Sarah also experience on a different level.
Here are a few excerpts from the book: (Each woman gave her first name as identification).
My past abuse led up to my addictions. I’ve been violated so many ways—and not yet completely healed. It’s small because I no longer let my past control me. I no longer hide like a coward behind drugs and codependency……I am a survivor. Shawna H
I’m scared, actually terrified.The two authors aim to write and encourage writers who will enhance the dignity of the person. They do not believe in “fluff” writings or high-profile news. Hence, their enthusiasm for this type of writing from incarcerated women.
This way of life has molded me.
This is who I am:
No dreams, no ambitions, no responsibility. DG
When I am always around my sister, she wants me to be ashamed; and when I ‘m not around my sister, I am not ashamed. The reason my sister makes me feel ashamed is because her life is better that mine.
But I love my baby sister. Jess
(Thanks to Sr. Irene Hartman OP for this review.)
Weekend Readings
- http://www.usccb.org/calendar/index.cfm?showLit=1&action=month
Saturday
1 SM 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1
PS 21:2-7
MK 2:13-17
Sunday
IS 49:3, 5-6
PS 40:2, 4, 7-10
1 COR 1:1-3
JN 1:29-34
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. Marianne Cope (1838-1918): January 23
On
January 23, 1838, a daughter was born to Peter and Barbara Cope of
Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany. The girl was named after her mother. Two
years later the Cope family emigrated to the United States and settled
in Utica, New York. Young Barbara worked in a factory until August 1862,
when she went to the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis in
Syracuse, New York. After profession in November of the next year, she
began teaching at Assumption parish school.Marianne held the post of superior in several places and was twice the novice mistress of her congregation. A natural leader, three different times she was superior of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, where she learned much that would be useful during her years in Hawaii.
Elected provincial in 1877, Mother Marianne was unanimously re-elected in 1881. Two years later the Hawaiian government was searching for someone to run the Kakaako Receiving Station for people suspected of having leprosy. More than 50 religious communities in the United States and Canada were asked. When the request was put to the Syracuse sisters, 35 of them volunteered immediately. On October 22, 1883, Mother Marianne and six other sisters left for Hawaii where they took charge of the Kakaako Receiving Station outside Honolulu; on the island of Maui they also opened a hospital and a school for girls.
In 1888, Mother Marianne and two sisters went to Molokai to open a home for “unprotected women and girls” there. The Hawaiian government was quite hesitant to send women for this difficult assignment; they need not have worried about Mother Marianne! On Molokai she took charge of the home that St. Damien de Veuster [May 10, d. 1889] had established for men and boys. Mother Marianne changed life on Molokai by introducing cleanliness, pride and fun to the colony. Bright scarves and pretty dresses for the women were part of her approach.
Awarded the Royal Order of Kapiolani by the Hawaiian government and celebrated in a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mother Marianne continued her work faithfully. Her sisters have attracted vocations among the Hawaiian people and still work on Molokai.
Mother Marianne died on August 9, 1918 and was beatified in 2005 and canonized seven years later.
Affliate Web Sites
- Please give them a visit
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/
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/
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Theology Note of the Week
- http://carm.org/r
Sacerdotalism
Sacerdotalism is the teaching that ordination imparts special abilities/powers necessary for the operation of the ministry. Also, the teaching that grace is administered through the one so ordained. Sacerdotalism is taught in Roman Catholicism.
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
Actual entries in medical charts
1. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
2. On the 2nd day the knee was better and on the 3rd day it disappeared completely.
3. She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.
4. The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1993.
5. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.
6. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.
7. Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male. Mentally alert but forgetful.
8. The patient refused an autopsy.
9. The patient has no past history of suicides.
10. Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.
(Some doctors could use an editor.)
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