Universal
Love
Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,
which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead as
far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of
Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Plain — that is, the valley
of Jericho, the city of palm trees — as far as Zoar. The Lord said to him,
"This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let you see it with your
eyes, but you shall not cross over there." Then Moses, the servant of the
Lord, died there in the land of Moab, at the Lord's command. He was buried in a
valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor, but no one knows his burial
place to this day. Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died; his
sight was unimpaired and his vigor had not abated. The Israelites wept for
Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days; then the period of mourning for
Moses was ended.
Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his
hands on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the Lord had commanded
Moses.
Never since has there arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew
face to face. He was unequalled for all the signs and wonders that the Lord
sent him to perform in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants
and his entire land, and for all the mighty deeds and all the terrifying
displays of power that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.
Deuteronomy
34:1-12
The Testament and Death of Moses
SIGNORELLI, Luca
Fresco 1481-82
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
Detail from upper left … Death of Moses
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=273&showmode=Full
Today, more
than ever before,
life must be
characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation
and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
~ Dalai Lama
I am what I am because of who we all are.
~
Ubuntu (African philosophy)
Christmas Angels
by Elaine
Marlier
Cover
Artwork by Laura Mehmert
Raising money for homeless animals
Last Sunday,
we went to the Benson Sculpture Garden in Loveland, Colorado.
http://www.sculptureinthepark.org/
They have
more than 130 sculptures in the park!
Rice Ritual
by Carla
Knight
Keeping the Ball Rolling
by Jane
Dedecker
The Chase
by Vince
Valdez
Carolyn
Jones at Bunco this week.
Our Book
Club met at Vicki Kyle’s home and she served
wonderful
homemade Halloween goodies.
CUTE
Batcakes!
Joan, Jackie
A.
This is our
group’s basket for Rotary’s BIG fundraiser Saturday evening.
Dan, on the
right, made the ski chair.
We even had
Breakfast Libations on Friday to celebrate all the hard work
and to give
a toast for a successful Saturday evening.
Evergreen
Artists’ Association
Opening
Reception
October 21,
2011
High Country Farm
by Gayle
McDougal
Gail Frasier
won the Jurors’ Award for her pottery!!!
Our pathway
was blocked at the lake this morning … in front of us and behind us!
So … we
stood there and rejoiced in the glorious morning.
Messenger
My work is loving the world.
Here the sunflowers, there the hummingbird —
equal seekers of sweetness.
Here the quickening yeast; there the blue plums.
Here the clam deep in the speckled sand.
Are my boots old? Is my coat torn?
Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect? Let me
keep my mind on what matters,
which is my work,
which is mostly standing still and learning to be
astonished.
The phoebe, the delphinium.
The sheep in the pasture, and the pasture.
Which is mostly rejoicing, since all ingredients are here,
which is gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart
and these body-clothes,
a mouth with which to give shouts of joy
to the moth and the wren, to the sleepy dug-up clam,
telling them all, over and over, how it is
that we live forever.
~ Mary Oliver ~
October 23, 2011 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered
together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to
him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all
your soul, and with all your mind.' This is the greatest and first commandment.
And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' On these
two commandments hang all the law and the prophets."
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them this question:
"What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?" They said to
him, "The son of David." He said to them, "How is it then that
David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying,
'The Lord said to my Lord,
"Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet"'?
"If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son?" No one was
able to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any
more questions.
Matthew
22:34-46
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
Matthew 22:34-46