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.
http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=51553
 
 
 
 
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:      
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*  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
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
 
 
 
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