Prayers
"Deep calls to Deep"
As
a deer longs
for flowing streams,
so my soul longs
for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living Godf
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?
My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me
continually,
"Where is your God?"
These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I went with the throng,
and led them in procession
to the house of God,
with glad shouts
and songs of thanksgiving,
a multitude keeping festival.
Why are you cast down,
O my soul,
and why are you disquieted
within me?
Hope in God;
for I shall again praise God,
my help and my God.
My soul is cast down
within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan
and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep at the thunder
of your cataracts;
all your waves and your billows
have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands
God's steadfast love,
and at night God's song
is with me,
a prayer to the God
of my life.
I say to God,
my rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
"Why must I walk about mournfully
because the enemy oppresses me?"
As with a deadly wound
in my body,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
"Where is your God?"
Why are you cast down,
O my soul,
and why are you disquieted
within me?
Hope in God;
for I shall again praise the one,
who is my help
and my God.
Psalm 42
Prayer
Before the Meal
STEEN,
Jan
1660
Sudeley
Castle
Winchcombe
Great
Britain
Infrared reflectography has revealed much information about
Steen’s creative process in this work, including evidence that his
compositional changes were far more extensive than previously realized (fig 2). It appears that Steen initially sketched in his
compositional ideas with a searching line drawn in black chalk, which he then
defined more carefully with broad brush strokes. He repositioned a number of elements, including the
window and the pitcher on the bench under the window, and added others, such as
the tablecloth under the cheese. He also enlarged the back of the father’s
head. Most significantly for the iconography of the painting, Steen initially conceived
the composition with yet another figure: a young man situated at the back side
of the table between the woman and her husband who looked up at a crucifix
hanging on the wall above the praying father. Although Steen never fully worked
up this figure and only blocked him in with a brush, the direction of his gaze
is quite clear. The reflectogram, moreover, reveals that instead of one
crucifix, as has long been thought, Steen actually painted two crucifixes, one
above the other, both of which are visible in the reflectogram. The background
figure would have been looking at the lower of these two crucifixes. Even
though the sequence of these compositional changes is not possible to
determine, the preponderance of evidence is that Steen opted to remove the
explicit Catholic tenor of the scene to make it more acceptable to a Protestant
buyer.
A Vimeo clip shows the infrared figure:
We listen for guidance everywhere
except from within.
~ Parker J. Palmer
What religion a man shall have is a historical accident,
quite as much as what language he shall speak.
~
George Santayana
Center
for the Arts Evergreen
Cloth
and Clay Exhibit
Sea
Gypsies II
Created
by Regina V. Benson
Flaming
Fingers
by
Trudy Chiddix
Birds
of a Feather
Homage
to Joseph Cornell
by
Susan Bittell
Van
Farnsworth was our hostess for Book Club
in
her lovely log home.
Educated,
by
Tara Westover
Sharron
Leonard, Lynn Gilbert, Tina Nelson, Vicki Kyle
were
four of the dozen guests.
Woofie
had an appointment with an oncologist at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital on Friday.
Alas.
Dr. Harding confirmed that Woofie does have lymphoma/myeloma.
We
shall try limited chemo just to make him comfortable
and
start with prednisone next Wednesday.
At Alli and Drew’s Wedding
Friday,
June 21, 2019
in
Massachusetts
(No,
I wasn’t there.)
John
Alexander, Jack Alexander, Kei Sakamoto
Some cause happiness wherever they go,
Others whenever they go.
~
Oscar Wilde
June 23, 2019 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Second Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7)
Previous OPQs may be found at:
Now
before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith
would be revealed. Therefore the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came,
so that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no
longer subject to a disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you are all children of
God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed
yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer
slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in
Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's offspring,
heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 3:23-29
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
1 Kings 19:1-4,(5-7),8-15a with Psalm 42 and 43 or
Isaiah
65:1-9 with Psalm 22:19-28 and
Galatians
3:23-29
Luke
8:26-39
1
Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had
killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah,
saying, "So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your
life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Then he was
afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs
to Judah; he left his servant there.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and
came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die:
"It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my
ancestors." [Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep.
Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat." He
looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of
water. He ate and drank, and lay down again. The angel of the Lord came a second
time, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will
be too much for you."] He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the
strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of
God. At that place he came to a cave, and spent the night there.
Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, "What are
you doing here, Elijah?" He answered, "I have been very zealous for
the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant,
thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am
left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away."
He said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord,
for the Lord is about to pass by." Now there was a great wind, so strong
that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord,
but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the
Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord
was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah
heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the
entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, "What are
you doing here, Elijah?" He answered, "I have been very zealous for
the Lord, the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant,
thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am
left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away." Then the Lord said
to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus...."
with
Psalm
42
As a deer longs
for flowing streams,
so my soul longs
for you, O God.
My soul thirsts for God,
for the living Godf
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?
My tears have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me
continually,
"Where is your God?"
These things I remember,
as I pour out my soul:
how I went with the throng,
and led them in procession
to the house of God,
with glad shouts
and songs of thanksgiving,
a multitude keeping festival.
Why are you cast down,
O my soul,
and why are you disquieted
within me?
Hope in God;
for I shall again praise God,
my help and my God.
My soul is cast down
within me;
therefore I remember you
from the land of Jordan
and of Hermon,
from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep at the thunder
of your cataracts;
all your waves and your billows
have gone over me.
By day the Lord commands
God's steadfast love,
and at night God's song
is with me,
a prayer to the God
of my life.
I say to God,
my rock,
"Why have you forgotten me?
"Why must I walk about mournfully
because the enemy oppresses me?"
As with a deadly wound
in my body,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
"Where is your God?"
Why are you cast down,
O my soul,
and why are you disquieted
within me?
Hope in God;
for I shall again praise the one,
who is my help
and my God.
and
Psalm
43
Vindicate me,
O God,
and defend my cause
against an ungodly people;
from those who are deceitful
and unjust
deliver me!
For you are the God
in whom I take refuge;
why have you cast me off?
Why must I walk about
mournfully
because of the oppression
of the enemy?
O send out your light
and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me
to your holy hill
and to your dwelling.
Then I will go
to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy;
and I will praise you
with the harp,
O God, my God.
Why are you cast down,
O my soul,
and why are you disquieted
within me?
Hope in God;
for I shall again praise the one,
who is my help
and my God.
or
Isaiah
65:1-9
I was ready to be sought out
by those who did not ask,
to be found by those who did not seek me.
I said, "Here I am, here I am,"
to a nation that did not call on my name.
I held out my hands all day long
to a rebellious people,
who walk in a way that is not good,
following their own devices;
a people who provoke me to my face continually,
sacrificing in gardens and offering incense on bricks;
who sit inside tombs,
and spend the night in secret places;
who eat swine's flesh,
with broth of abominable things in their vessels;
who say, "Keep to yourself, do not come near me,
for I am too holy for you."
These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all day long.
See, it is written before me:
I will not keep silent, but I will repay;
I will indeed repay into their laps their iniquities
and their ancestors' iniquities together, says the Lord;
because they offered incense on the mountains
and reviled me on the hills,
I will measure into their laps
full payment for their actions.
Thus says the Lord:
As the wine is found in the cluster, and they say,
"Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it,"
so I will do for my servants' sake, and not destroy them all.
I will bring forth descendants from Jacob,
and from Judah inheritors of my mountains;
my chosen shall inherit it, and my servants shall settle there.
with
Psalm
22:19-28
O God,
do not be far away!
O my help,
come quickly to my aid!
Deliver my soul
from the sword,
my life from the power
of the dog!
Save me from the mouth
of the lion!
From the horns
of the wild oxen
you have rescued me.
I will tell of your name
to my brothers and sisters;
in the midst of the congregation
I will praise you:
You who fear God,
praise God!
All you offspring of Jacob,
glorify God;
stand in awe of God,
all you offspring of Israel!
For God did not despise
or abhor the affliction
of the afflicted;
God did not hide God's face
from me,
but heard when I cried to God.
From you comes my praise
in the great congregation;
my vows I will pay
before those who fear God.
The poor shall eat
and be satisfied;
those who seek God
shall praise God.
May your hearts live forever!
All the ends of the earth
shall remember and turn to God;
and all the families of the nations
shall worship before God.
For dominion belongs to God,
and God rules over the nations.
and
Galatians
3:23-29
Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the
law until faith would be revealed. Therefore the law was our disciplinarian
until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith
has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you
are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into
Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek,
there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all
of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are
Abraham's offspring, heirs according to the promise.
Luke
8:26-39
Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is
opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons
met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house
but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the
top of his voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most
High God? I beg you, do not torment me"— for Jesus had commanded the
unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he
was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the
bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) Jesus then asked him,
"What is your name?" He said, "Legion"; for many demons had
entered him. They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.
Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and
the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission.
Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed
down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told
it in the city and in the country. Then people came out to see what had
happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons
had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they
were afraid. Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed
by demons had been healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of
the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear.
So he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone
begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, "Return
to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." So he went away,
proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.