Presumption
9So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and halted at
the entrance of Elisha's house. 10Elisha
sent a messenger to
him, saying, "Go, wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh
shall be restored and
you shall be clean."
2 Kings 5:1-14
The Prophet Elisha and
Naaman
JACOBSZ, Lambert
1600
"In a word,
presumption is the besetting sin
and chronic temptation of the insider.
To our peril we ignore, shun, and vilify the outsider
as strange,
dangerous and unclean.
We smugly imagine that we possess the truth as few
others do,
rather than humbly ask God in His mercy
that we might be
transformed by His truth." ~ Daniel B. Clendenin
It is not
only fine feathers that make fine
birds.
~ Aesop
Opinions are flexible prejudices.
~
Gerald Horton Bath
The afternoon knows
what the morning never suspected.
~ Swedish
proverb
Evergreen Scholarships/Bootstraps Fundraiser
We sold tickets for our red mini-Cooper raffle at the
grocery store
last Saturday.
Mule deer in
shadow
Evergreen,
Colorado
A touch of
Spring ... from the greenhouse.
(((-:
A man
who wants to lead the orchestra
must
turn his back on the crowd.
~ Max
Lucado
40A leper came to him begging him, and kneeling he said to
him, "If you choose, you can make me clean." 41Moved
with pity, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I do
choose. Be made clean!"
Mark 1:40-45
Christ Healing
a LeperREMBRANDT
Harmenszoon van Rijn
C.
1657-60
Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam
43After sternly warning him he sent him away at once,
44saying to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone;
but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses
commanded, as a testimony to them."
Mark 1:40-45
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!
February 12,
2006 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 Kings
5:1-14
Psalm 30:1-12
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Mark 1:40-45
