When: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:00 AM to Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:00 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada).
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Words written in red; Words of Jesus
That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat there; and the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away. Other seeds fell upon thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Other seeds fell on good soil and brought forth grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has ears, let him hear."
Matthew 13: 1 – 9
Don't have Jesus Christ on your lips and the world in your hearts. I would rather die and come to Jesus Christ than be king over the entire earth.
— St. Ignatius of Antioch
Abba, Father, Lord God, thankful, humbled and aware of my state, I pray the words of the Psalmist today – ' In thee, O LORD, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame! In thy righteousness deliver me and rescue me; incline thy ear to me, and save me! Be thou to me a rock of refuge, a strong fortress, to save me, for thou art my rock and my fortress. Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.' And most of all myself! In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, Amen.
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Jer&ch=1&bv1=1&ev1=1&bv2=4&ev2=10>
Psalm 71:1-6, 15, 17<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Ps&ch=71&bv1=1&ev1=6&bv2=15&ev2=15&bv3=17&ev3=17>
Matthew 13:1-9<http://www.ewtn.com/vbible/search.asp?abbr=Matt&ch=13&bv1=1&ev1=9>
Audio books I am listening to and other books or readings I am reading:
The Art of Presence<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=SP_TRUE_000261&BV_SessionID=@@@@0594871137.1214908377@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadeehkgfffecefecekjdffidfgf.0> By: Eckhart Tolle In The Art of Presence, Eckhart guides you through seven hours of transformational insights that allow "presence to naturally arise" in you. With his one-of-a-kind instruction, you will learn how to ground yourself in the vibrancy of your "inner body" while simultaneously breaking free from the illusion of separation from the outside world.
The Brain That Changes Itself: Personal Triumphs from the Frontiers of Brain Science (Unabridged)<http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_BRLL_000240&BV_SessionID=@@@@0594871137.1214908377@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccgadeehkgfffecefecekjdffidfgf.0> By: Norman Doidge The discovery that our thoughts can change the structure and function of our brains – even into old age – is the most important breakthrough in neuroscience in four centuries.
The Shack<http://www.amazon.com/Shack-William-P-Young/dp/0964729237/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213785707&sr=1-1> Mackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend. Against his better judgment he arrives at the shack on a wintry afternoon and walks back into his darkest nightmare. What he finds there will change Mack's world forever. In a world where religion seems to grow increasingly irrelevant "The Shack" wrestles with the timeless question, "Where is God in a world so filled with unspeakable pain?" The answers Mack gets will astound you and perhaps transform you as much as it did him. You'll want everyone you know to read this book!

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