Love

The Annunciation and

The Magnificat



 

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.” But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?” The angel said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called Son of God. And now, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son; and this is the sixth month for her who was said to be barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.” Then Mary said, “Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. 

Luke 1:26-38

The Annunciation

Stained glass

1950

Our Lady of Pity

Swaffham

Great Britain

 

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20171221584138451&code=ACT&RC=56336&Row=3

 

Canticle 15

The Song of Mary Magnificat

Luke 1:46-55

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,

my spirit rejoices in God my Savior; * 
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed: *
the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.

He has mercy on those who fear him *
in every generation.

He has shown the strength of his arm, *
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, *
and has lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things, *
and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of his servant Israel, *
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,

The promise he made to our fathers, *
to Abraham and his children for ever.

 

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

 

Madonna of the Magnificat

BOTTICELLI, Sandro

1483

Uffizi Gallery

Florence

Italy

 

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20171221584138451&code=ACT&RC=55414&Row=11

 

Visual Analysis of Botticelli's "Madonna of the Magnificat"

https://owlcation.com/humanities/Visual-Analysis-of-Botticellis-Madonna-of-the-Magnificat

 

 

 

 

 

Go forth into the busy world and love it.

Interest yourself in its life;

mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

 

The world is indeed full of peril,

and in it there are many dark places;

but still there is much that is fair,

and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief,

it grows perhaps the greater.

J.R.R. Tolkien

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At church on Sunday, we helped Jackie Andrew celebrate her 90th birthday!

 

 

Jackie and Mel with their two daughters and their son and his wife.

 

 

Painted Toe Society Holiday Lunch

Monday, December 18, 2017

Linda Bradford again graciously made her lovely home available to us

for our gathering.

 

 

Lori Williamson brought a delightful painting …

 

… she even had our Painted Toe Society on the apron!

 

 

 

Tuesday (formerly Wednesday) Breakfast Group

Holiday Breakfast/White Elephant Exchange

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Lynne Milliken didn’t want to give up her gift but Carmon Slater

took it anyway.

 

 

Pixie Glore, Laura Mehmert, Donald Randall

Laura opened a beautiful photo from Trish Haynes-Rosiere.

 

 

It was a REAL white elephant exchange!

Gail Frasier came for the celebration from their new home in Loveland.

 

 

Bunco Christmas Gathering

Tuesday Evening

December 19, 2017

Tina Nelson, Sue Brown

Sue had her annual December Bunco gathering so we could see and be

amazed with their VERY boundless Christmas decorations.

Many are from their extensive travels.

 

 

A few of their Santas

 

 

Miss Piggy is liberally represented

throughout the house.

 

 

 

 

Christmas Luncheon with Nancy

Friday, December 22, 2017

Nancy Priest had six of us (or was it seven?) for

a delightful luncheon.

 

 

Lots of goodies for the season.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let there be peace on earth,

And let it begin with me.

Let there be peace on earth

The peace that was meant to be.

With God as our father

We are family.

Let us walk with each other

In perfect harmony.

 

written by

Sy Miller and Jill Jackson *

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 24, 2017       Fourth Sunday of Advent Year B

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:

     http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

 

 

The rights for use of the song were granted to Rotary International by the authors. 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYISrheC1G4

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wsT4h7TDOQ

 

 

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16
Luke 1:46-55 or Psalm 89:1-4, 19-26
Romans 16:25-27
Luke 1:26-38