Reconciliation

 

 

Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me." And they came closer. He said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. I will provide for you there--since there are five more years of famine to come--so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.'

And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.

Genesis 45:3-11, 15

 

The Recognition of Joseph by His Brothers

CORNELIUS, Peter von

1816-1817

Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo

Rome

Italy


The painter, Peter von Cornelius, was a part of the so-called "Nazarene" movement, "a movement within Romantic Art that shaped public monumental and religious painting in Germany for a half-century after 1810. Its key proponents included Peter Cornelius, Ferdinand Olivier, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Franz Pforr, Wilhelm Schadow, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, and Philipp Veit. The Nazarenes stressed the primacy of the "idea" in art, considered religious and national historical subjects as preferable to the classical subject championed by the rationalist academies, felt truth to be linked to the "characteristic" in nature and art, and leaned toward medieval and early Renaissance models of art in the wake of the Napoleonic debacle...Piety marked all the artists, although only a few devoted themselves exclusively, or even preponderantly, to religious subjects...The artists invested their monumental figurative compositions with a spiritually energized atemporality, which eventually lost its appeal to a public attracted by the quotidian leanings of the Biedermeier and realist eras." (Murray, 795)

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20190223517584222&code=ACT&RC=54199&Row=4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Truth can be told in an instant,

forgiveness can be offered spontaneously,

but reconciliation is the work

of lifetimes and generations.

~ Krista Tippett

 

 

 

All I have seen

teaches me to trust the Creator

for all I have not seen.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

 

 

Bunco

Carla McFadden was our hostess and had many yummies for us!

 

Lisa played for the first time and won the “Lowest Score” prize.

She loved it!

 

February 23, 2019, was Rotary International’s 114th Birthday

and we celebrated at this week’s Friday meeting.

 

Mardi Gras Party

Saturday, February 23, 2019

 

 

 

Crowning of King Jeff Brekke and Queen Diane Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If we do not transform our pain,

we will transmit it.

~ Richard Rohr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 24, 2019   Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Year C

                Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time      

 

Previous OPQs may be found at: 

     http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

 

 

"But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do to others as you would have them do to you.

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back."

Luke 6:27-38

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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

 

 

… do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.  

Forgive, and you will be forgiven; 

give, and it will be given to you.

~ Luke 6:37b-38a

 

Reconciliation

SUPUNI, Amos

2011

Town Hall

Woerden

Netherlands

 

 

In his work Supuni refers to contemporary social issues concerning street kids, homelessness and poverty. On the other side, his images show joy, such as the pride of a father holding his newborn child. In addition he uses cultural icons in his work.

https://www.revolvy.com/page/Amos%20Supuni

 

 

 

 

Genesis 45:3–11, 15
Psalm 37:1–11, 39–40
1 Corinthians 15:35–38, 42–50
Luke 6:27–38

 

 

 

 

 

Genesis 45:3-11, 15

Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me." And they came closer. He said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. I will provide for you there--since there are five more years of famine to come--so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.'

And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked with him.

Psalm 37:1-11, 39-40

Do not fret 
   because of the wicked; 
do not be envious 
   of wrongdoers,

for they will soon fade 
   like the grass, 
and wither 
   like the green herb.

Trust in God, 
   and do good; 
so you will live in the land, 
   and enjoy security.

Take delight in God, 
   who will give you 
the desires of your heart.

Commit your way 
   to God; 
trust in God, 
   and God will act.

God will make your vindication shine 
   like the light, 
and the justice of your cause 
   like the noonday.

Be still before God, 
   and wait patiently; 
do not fret over those 
   who prosper in their way, 
over those who carry out 
   evil devices.

Refrain from anger, 
   and forsake wrath. 
Do not fret--
   it leads only to evil.

For the wicked shall be cut off, 
   but those who wait for God
shall inherit the land.

Yet a little while, 
   and the wicked will be no more; 
though you look diligently 
   for their place, 
they will not be there.

But the meek shall inherit 
   the land, 
and delight themselves 
   in abundant prosperity.

The salvation of the righteous 
   is from God, 
who is their refuge 
   in the time of trouble.

God helps them 
   and rescues them; 
God rescues them 
   from the wicked, 
and saves them, 
   because they take refuge in God.

1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be, but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image of the man of heaven. What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Luke 6:27-38

"But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do to others as you would have them do to you.

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure you get back."