Reformation Sunday
The 500th
anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 Theses
Domine,
refugium
1 Lord, you have been our refuge *
from one generation to another.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
or the land and the earth were born, *
from age to age you are God.
3 You turn us back to the dust and say, *
"Go back, O child of earth."
4 For a thousand years in your sight are
like yesterday when it is past *
and like a watch in the night.
5 You sweep us away like a dream; *
we fade away suddenly like the grass.
6 In the morning it is green and
flourishes; *
in the evening it is dried up and withered.
13 Return, O Lord; how long will you tarry? *
be gracious to your servants.
14 Satisfy us by your loving-kindness in
the morning; *
so shall we rejoice and be glad all the days of our life.
15 Make us glad by the measure of the days
that you afflicted us *
and the years in which we suffered adversity.
16 Show your servants your works *
and your splendor to their children.
17 May the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; *
prosper the work of our hands;
prosper our handiwork.
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17
Faith,
Hope, and Charity
Bas
relief sculpture of the three theological virtues
St.
Giles Cathedral
Edinburgh
Great
Britain
"The theological virtues
are so called because they enable the individual to relate directly to God,
whereas the moral virtues have as their objects the proper use and control of
our faculties in relation to those things that can serve as a means to personal
holiness and eternal life. Thus, by faith we believe in God and accept all that
he has revealed; by hope we trust God to be faithful to his promises if we
correspond to his grace; by charity we love God as our perfect good and
ultimate end.The three theological virtues are the Christian virtues par
excellence, and yet they are not understood or appreciated by those who live
according to purely human standards, though these same persons may admire the
moral virtues of justice, prudence, fortitude, and temperance. The reason is
that the theological virtues draw us away from the natural order to the divine
and the supernatural. Faith looks beyond the horizons of human knowledge and
clings to the truths and mysteries revealed by God in Jesus Christ; hope causes
us to regard the things of this world of little worth when compared to the life
of glory to which we are called; charity impels us to love God above all else
and to love all else in God, rejecting anything that is an obstacle to that
love."- -Jordan Aumann OP -- (courtesy Lawrence OP)
http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20171027921100376&code=act&RC=55156&Row=2
Whatever your heart clings to and confides in,
that is really your God.
~
Martin Luther
To live a creative life,
we must lose our fear of being wrong.
~
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Jeanne
and Graham Gibbard invited me to join them last Sunday
for
brunch and the disastrous Bronco game at their home
in
Wind Crest Retirement Community.
https://www.ericksonliving.com/wind-crest?utm_source=google&utm_medium=local&utm_campaign=WCD
Four
of us played golf on Wednesday … before the cold front moved in.
Our
earlier snow didn’t knock down all the leaves after all!
Red
Sky in Morning … Sailors take Warning …
the
snow arrived around noon.
The Rowdy Rotarians met at Revival Brews Thursday evening.
Doug
and Ann Turner
Our
program at Rotary this week was a presentation by the Grants Committee.
The
Grants Fairies brought joy to us all.
We
also had a return of the Blues Brothers … Jake and Elwood.
Saturday
evening we had a lovely Dine-Around.
Tim
and Kathy Eagen hosted the event.
Front:
Kathy Eagen, Marty Unger, Dori Painter, Don Unger
Back:
Tim Eagen, Bill Manning, Marsha Manning, John and Gretchen MacArthur
Tell me the landscape
in which you live
and I will tell you
who you are.
October 29, 2017 Twenty-first
Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 25
Previous OPQs may be found at:
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Artist
Ferdinand Pauwels’ 1872 piece, “Luther Posting the 95 Theses (detail),”
depicting Martin Luther’s act in 1517.
Image
courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
The Luther Rose
https://immanuelchicago.org/the-luther-rose/
Deuteronomy 34:1-12 with
Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17 or
Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18 with Psalm 1 and
1 Thessalonians 2:1-8
Matthew 22:34-46