... that still,
small voice
9I say to God, my
rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
...
11Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again
praise him,
my help and my
God.
Psalm
42:1-11
From the
Depths to the Heights
MANDEL,
Myra
Psalm 42 of King David is a poem which
interweaves a yearning for the joyful times when the temple stood, together
with a deep sadness over the exile and the many sorrows which King David
foresaw were to befall Israel, and a sure faith that G-d’s redemption will
come.
This painting touches both of these emotions –
for as deep as the sorrow that the human soul can feel, so is the height of
the joy that it is capable of experiencing.
The misty, tree-lined shore of the Jordan river
at dawn, which appears in the middle, corresponds with the words of verse 7
on the bottom right:
“I will
remember thee from the land of the Jordan and the mountains of Hermon from the
hills of Mitzar”
(more ... )
Since we are
destined to live out our lives in the prison of our minds,
our one
duty is to furnish it well.
~
Peter Ustinov
What religion a man shall have is a
historical accident,
quite as much as what language he
shall speak.
~ George Santayana
Tore and her
son, Sam.
Sam has a painting in his
room by his
great-grandmother ... one
of my former "artists" who
died when Sam was still in
his mommy's tummy.
Gail at a farewell
party. She is quite happy
that someone "loaned" her
the headgear, and did not give it to her!
David and Bill. Bill
and Gail will be leaving for their
27 months with the Peace
Corps on July 2nd.
Some cause happiness wherever they go.
Others whenever they go.
~
Oscar Wilde
June 24, 2007 Twelfth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous OPQs may be found
at:
32Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was
feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them
permission. 33Then the demons came out of the man and
entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was
drowned.
Luke
8:26-39
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
"This is the first reported case of
deviled ham."
26 ... for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God
through faith. 27As many of you as were baptized into
Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is
no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer
male and female; for all of you are one in Christ
Jesus.
Galatians 3:23-29
1 Kings 19:1-4 (5-7) 8-15a
Psalm
42:1-11and 43:1-5
Galatians 3:23-29
Luke 8:26-39
Nativity of John the Baptist
Luke
1:57-66, 80
