The Sermon on the Mount
The Beatitudes
20Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. 21"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you will be filled. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. ...
                        Luke 6:17-26
The Sermon on the Mount
Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834-1890
Oil on canvas
Public collection
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=29781
 
 
 

Most people are willing to take the
Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under,
but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
                                ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes


The worst sin towards our fellow
creatures is not to hate them,
but to be indifferent to them;
that's the essence of inhumanity. 
                                                            ~ George Bernard Shaw
 
 
 
 
 
Houma, Louisiana, Mission Trip
February 10 - 17, 2007
Our Houma Mission group was commissioned on Sunday.
(We did manage to get serious for it.)
 
Doris, Deb, and Mary
Deb and I are going to share a tent.
A nice tent.  It even has a floor!  (I hope.)
 
We're on our way!!!  Twenty-one of us!
 
 
 
 
 
Life is a great big canvas;
throw all the paint on it you can. 
                                                            ~ Danny Kaye
 
 
 
 
 
February 11, 2007    Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
 
Previous OPQs may be found at:      
                http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
 
 
 
21"Blessed are you who ...     24"But woe to you who ...
                                                                                Luke 6:17-26
 
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
 
 

Jeremiah 17:5-10
Psalm 1:1-6
1 Corinthians 15:12-20
Luke 6:17-26