Pentecost
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one
place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent
wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues,
as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of
them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as
the Spirit gave them ability.
Acts
2:1-21
Amiens choirstall woodcarving of
the Pentecost, *
with tongues of fire descending
upon the apostles, detail. 1508-1519
wood relief sculpture
Cathedral of Notre
Dame
Amiens,
France
from Art in the
Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library,
Nashville, TN.
Hear me, four
quarters of
the world ...
a relative I
am!
Give me the strength
to walk the soft
earth,
a relative to all that
is!
Give me the eyes to
see and the strength
to understand,
that I may be like
you.
With your power only
can I face the winds.
~ Black Elk
Oglala Sioux Holy Man
We don't accomplish
anything
in this world alone
...
and whatever happens
is the result
of the whole
tapestry of one's life
and all the weavings
of individual threads
from one to
another that creates
something.
~ Sandra Day O'Connor
Beth and Kathi at Wednesday
Breakfast
Peggy and Lynne at
Wednesday breakfast
Tina, Jeanne, Ginny, and
Cindy
Ginny had a luncheon for
Jeanne's BIG 65th birthday!
Ginny
Jeanne
Western Art
Show
(in
conjunction with Evergreen's Rodeo)
May 29 - June
21
Opening
Reception
May 29,
2009
Center for the Arts
Evergreen
Laura's very BIG
painting! She travels many miles to photograph wild
mustangs.
Mustang
Three
by Laura
Mehmert
watercolor
$4,250
Well done is better than
well said.
~ Benjamin Franklin
May 31, 2009
Pentecost
Previous OPQs may be found at:
* Mary, the mother of Jesus, is
included in the scene, based upon the text from Acts 1: 12-14. In the actual
Acts 2 text, Mary is not mentioned directly. Early Christian tradition
frequently included Mary, and the first known illustrated instance is the 6th
century Gospel Book of Rabbula, now in the Biblioteca Laurenziana in Florence,
Italy. This beautifully animated wooden choir stall carving continues that
tradition, separated by almost a millenia.
... "Nevertheless I tell you the
truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the
Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he
comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:
about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am
going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgment, because the
ruler of this world has been condemned. I still have many things to say to you,
but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you
into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he
hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify
me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father
has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare
it to you."
John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
Agnus Day,
by James Wetzstein
Acts 2:1-21 or Ezekiel
37:1-14
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
Romans 8:22-27 or Acts 2:1-21
John
15:26-27; 16:4b-15
