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Christ the King Sunday

Simplicity

 

 

 

Girl Sweeping

PAXTON, William McGregor

1912

PAFA

(Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

United States of America

 

After training in Boston, Baltimore-born William McGregor Paxton studied in Paris at the Académie Julian and with the acclaimed painter Jean-Léon Gérôme at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in the late 1880s and early 1890s. His residency coincided with a renewed enthusiasm for the work of Dutch painter Jan Vermeer, whose newly popularized paintings were increasingly prized by European and American museums, scholars, and collectors. After returning to Boston, Paxton developed his signature subject matter of solitary women engaged in meditative interior activities. "Girl Sweeping," however, is rare among Paxton's works, since its subject is a servant rather than the mistress of the house.

https://www.pafa.org/collection/girl-sweeping

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free

'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gained,

To bow and to bend we shan't be ashamed,

To turn, turn will be our delight,

Till by turning, turning we come ‘round right.

~ Joseph Brackett *

 

 

 

 

Have nothing in your houses

that you do not know 

to be useful or

believe to be beautiful.

~ William Morris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeanne Gibbard and I thoroughly enjoyed “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

Dreamcoat” at the Arvada Center last Sunday.

 

 

Joan Evashevski and Marianne Loritz

We had another fun night of Bunco at Marianne’s Tuesday evening.

 

 

Carla McFadden, Carolyn Alexander

 

 

Jackie Andrew, Dorinne Reid, Sue Brown

 

 

Sue (SuSu) Wolf invited me to join her in her new home at the Village at Belmar

for a delicious Thanksgiving dinner where we toasted Vicki.

 

 

Ann Voshall invited us to drop by and see their new apartment also at Belmar.  

Here she is with her amazing zero-gravity chair from Relax the Back.

https://www.relaxtheback.com/stores/denver?mm_campaign=A2C39F65C30637FBE0651C439BDCB49E&mm_replace=TRUE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIt_qW343b1wIVzmV-Ch14QQU4EAAYASAAEgI_ZfD_BwE

 

 

Thank you, Linda, for taking the picture of me ringing the bells for the

Salvation Army Saturday afternoon.  It was a LOT warmer than

previous years!!!

 

 

 

 

Every aspect of your life is anchored

energetically in your living space,

so clearing clutter can completely

transform your entire existence.

~ Karen Kingston **

 

 

 

 

 

November 26, 2017      Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 29

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:

 

 

*  Simple Gifts,” a one-verse song, was written by Elder Joseph while he was at the Shaker community in Alfred, Maine.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Gifts

 

** But … so many bring me joy!!!

      SEE:  Marie Kondo ideas … https://www.happier.com/blog/5-life-changing-lessons-the-konmari-decluttering-method-taught-me

 

 

 

Jesus said, “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’ Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” 

Matthew 25:31-46

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 with Psalm 100 or
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24 with Psalm 95:1-7a
Ephesians 1:15-23
Matthew 25:31-46