Listen
 
 
 
 8The Lord called Samuel again, a third time. And he got up and went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. 9Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down; and if he calls you, you shall say,
‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’"
                            1 Samuel 3:1-10

 LA TOUR, Georges, 1640
Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
 
(Traditionally interpreted as depicting the dream of St. Joseph,
but also interpreted as Samuel waking up Eli)
http://www.abcgallery.com/L/latour/latour53.html
 
 
 
 
 
Among all nations there should be vast temples raised where people might worship in silence and listen to it, for it is the voice of God.
                                ~ Jerome K. Jerome
 
 
 
Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, "Be!"
                                    ~ James Dillet Freeman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you, God, for Vicki's SUCCESSFUL OPERATION!
and ...
 
Thank you for the amazing and stupendous safe arrival of ...
 
William Broyles Alexander
01-12-06
 
 
 
 
Lots of people talk to animals ...
Not very many listen, though ...
That's the problem. 
                                                                ~ Benjamin Hoff
                                                                  The Tao of Pooh
 
 
 

January 15, 2006    Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Come, follow me ...

51And he said to him, "Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened
and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."
                            John 1:43-51

Nathanael under the fig tree
TISSOT, James
1886
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=1295&showmode=Full

 

 

1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20)
Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
1 Corinthians 6:12-20
John 1:43-51