Palm Sunday*

 

 

After telling a parable to the crowd at Jericho, Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, "Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say this, 'The Lord needs it.'" So those who were sent departed and found it as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" They said, "The Lord needs it." Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it. As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road. As he was now approaching the path down from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen, saying,

"Blessed is the king

who comes in the name of the Lord! 

Peace in heaven,

and glory in the highest heaven!" 

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, order your disciples to stop." He answered, "I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out."

Luke 19:28-40

Entry of Christ into Jerusalem

LORENZETTI, Pietro

1320

Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi

Assisi, Italy

 

The picture shows one of the scenes from the life of Christ painted by Pietro Lorenzetti on the vault of the south arm of the western transept of the Lower Church. The scene is set against a colourful architectural background.

The upper, and therefore earlier, scenes on the vault, such as the Entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, or the Road to Calvary, with their lively figure crowding and mass of incidental, naturalistic detail, flow directly from Duccio's work as represented, most conspicuously in the Entry on the Maesta.

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/l/lorenzet/pietro/1/1vault/1entry.html

 

Seated on a she-ass Jesus is welcomed to Jerusalem. One man spreads his robe on the road, a sign of respect. Among the townsmen are a number of scribes; one of them holds a goose feather pen.

The buildings in the background are presumably from Siena: a campanile, baptistery and the town hall. Lorenzetti was born and died in Siena.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.artbible.info/art/large/607.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wisdom consists of the

anticipation of consequences.

~ Norman Cousins

 

 

 

 

The measure of a man 

is what he does with power.

~ Plato

 

 

 

 

Vicki Hall

For her birthday last Sunday, we went to Beso de Arte: Bistro Latino in Morrison, Colorado.

http://www.besodearte.com/home.shtml

 

 

Such teensie portions!

(Photo by Vicki)

 

 

Jackie McFarland with her awful neck brace.

She has to wear it for at least three months.

 

 

 

Carolyn with Jackie.

We had lunch in her home surrounded by some of her wonderful paintings (and some by other artists).

(Photo by Vicki)

 

 

Is this Fang … one of Jackie’s cats?

(Photo by Vicki)

 

 

Terrey Harrod, Becky Guy, and Pat Rucker, all from Foothills Art Center (and Painted Toes),

came to our Center for the Arts Evergreen Board meeting to share information

about the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia show.

 

 

 

Joan Evashevski entertained our Book Club at her home

with her usual Irish flair and decorations and her shamrock cake!

 

 

 

Mary Ann Bonnell, naturalist and park ranger, presented “Wild in Colorado”

to our Rotary Club.

 

 

Mary Ann demonstrated how some animals place their hind feet in the tracks

made by their front feet.

 

 

Dean Robin Sakamoto presented diplomas to the School of Foreign Studies

graduates at Kyorin University in Tokyo!

 

 

Robin Sakamoto, Kei Sakamoto, Dottie Alexander, Jack Alexander,

Junna Sakamoto, Reina Sakamoto

at a barbecue restaurant in Tokyo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trust a crowd to look at the wrong end

of a miracle every time.

~ Kurt Vonnegut

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 20, 2016    Palm/Passion Sunday

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:

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* ”As we celebrate Palm Sunday, we are keenly aware that it is also Passion Sunday. The week ahead will bring sorrow and suffering, but Luke 19 reminds us that within it all, hidden in plain sight, is the saving work of Jesus Christ, Prophet, Priest and King.”    ~ Jill Duffield

 

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liturgy of the Palms
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Luke 19:28-40

Liturgy of the Passion
Isaiah 50:4-9a
Psalm 31:9-16
Philippians 2:5-11
Luke 22:14-23:56