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Spirit of the Lord

 



Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.

When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
  because he has anointed me
         to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim
         release to the captives
  and recovery of sight to the blind,
         to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor."

And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to say to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." 

 

Luke 4:14-21

 

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Prisoners Exercising

VAN GOGH, Vincent

after Gustave Dore’s “Prisoners’ Round”

1890

Pushkin Museum of Fine Art

Moscow, Russia

 

 

 

 





The lack of material well-being among the poor

reflects a lack of spiritual well-being among the rest.

~ William Sloane Coffin




 

 

If wrinkles must be written upon our brows,

let them not be written upon the heart.

The spirit should not grow old.*

~ James Garfield

 

 

 

 

 

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Alas.

Tissues have been my main companions for much of the week.

 

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At Rotary on Friday morning, Dick Mund and Todd Bastian demonstrated

their best Cupid poses.

 

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Sam Smith will become our President Elect when

Barb Scripps becomes President next June.

 

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At the lake this morning, this little tyke was honing his goalie skills.

 

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Uh-oh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only kings, editors, and people with tapeworm

have the right to use the editorial "we."

~ Mark Twain

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 27, 2013 Third Sunday after the Epiphany/Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:
       http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

 

 

*  From Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard, a fascinating story of James Garfield, 20th U.S. President.     

 

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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

 

 

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http://www.heartlight.org/gallery/831.html

 

 

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Nehemiah 8:1–3, 5–6, 8–10

Psalm 19

1 Corinthians 12:12–31a

Luke 4:14–21