| active ministry: | ||||
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A ministry that has many secular
distractions.
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| bottom-up system: | ||||
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A system where decisions are
allowed through the ranks. For example either
a general or private could elect to do some
task. For example, a private might elect to
modify his gun, and show the corporal who
would tell the sargent. The information
percolates up through the ranks.
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| chakra: | ||||
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A location in the body which
is center or confluence of things (e.g.,
nerves, arteries). By evangelizing a chackra,
the evangelization would naturally carry to
other areas.
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| consistency: | ||||
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One of the four basics of deep
prayer. It requires us to strive to
enter into deep prayer each day.
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| constancy: | ||||
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One of the four basics of deep
prayer. It requires us to keep close
to our prayer experience as we move
through the day.
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| contemplative prayer: | ||||
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A state of prayer where the body is
in quiet communion with God. As a
reference, the mind is active in
meditative prayer. When we meditate,
we quietly think about something.
When we contemplate in prayer, we
experience God.
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| focus: | ||||
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One of the four basics of deep
prayer. It deals with concentration
during the prayer time.
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| Greatest Commandment: | ||||
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A commandment given in both the
Old and New Testaments. "Thou shalt
love the Lord the God with thy whole
heart, soul, mind, and with all your
strength."
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| intelligent recursion: | ||||
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The concept that we are made
up of parts that are as intelligent as
we are. The concept that everything
is made up of parts came from the
ancient Greeks. Then Aquinas showed
that we could not be that much
smarter than the each individual
part. (Note - See
recursion
)
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| personality: | ||||
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In deep prayer, the
personality is the presence of the
person that we are focusing on.
Either we can feel the presence, or,
at least, we can hope to feel the
presence. For example, during the
first joyful mystery, we would feel
the presence of Mary, or during the
first sorrowful mystery, we would
feel the presence of Jesus. The focus
is usually on Jesus or Mary because
they are without sin, and as such,
they are a true and unlimited channel
of the divine. In the third glorious
mystery, we might try to feel the
presence of the Holy Spirit. If that
isn't working, we could simply feel
the Spirit of Jesus.
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| recursion: | ||||
|
The word, "recursion"
is used to describe a class of parts
that create the identity of a larger
thing. For example, an arm or leg are
not the recursion of a human being
because they do not identify the
human being. On the other hand, a
cell from an arm or leg is recursive
to the human being because the DNA of
the cell identifies the person. A
steel molecule is recursive to a
piece of steel because it identifies
the larger piece. On the other hand,
a head of a bolt is not recursive to
the whole bolt because it does not
identify the bolt.
Recursion works from the smaller pieces that comprise larger pieces, and the process works vice versa as well. A cell can be identified by the characteristics of the human it came from. | ||||
| spiritual journey: | ||||
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A phrase that refers to our
journey towards God over the course
of our life.
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| spiritual poverty: | ||||
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A state of being where
nothing matters except God. In
other words, we want only God, and
the singular purpose extends to
all parts of the body. The phrase
was made popular by Sts. John of
the Cross and Teresa of Avila.
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| systematic philosophy: | ||||
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A philosophy that completes a
system. In this book, systematic
philosophy is another phrase for
the systematic philosophy of Saint
Thomas of Aquinas.
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| top-down system: | ||||
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A system where orders start at the top
and work is delegated to subordinates. For example, a
general orders the colonels to attack. Then the colonels
order the majors to attack. The majors order the captains
to attack. The proceeds until the attack order disseminates
through the ranks.
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| vegetative appetites: | ||||
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In
systematic philosophy the
souls of plants are known as vegetative souls.
Vegetative souls have vegetative appetites which
relate to the needs of the plants (e.g., reproduction, nutrition).
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| virtue: | ||||
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One of the four basics of deep
prayer. It deals with the cycling and
practicing of Faith, Hope, and Love.
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