God’s
Overwhelming Grace
51I am the living bread that came
down from heaven.
Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I
will give for the life of the world is my
flesh."
John 6:35, 41-51
Christ
giving the communion to the apostles
Museum
Meermanno Westreenianum, The Hague
From
Augustine's "La Cité de Dieu", book I-X (translation from the Latin by Raoul de
Presles) (manuscript "Den Haag, MMW, 10 A 11"). Book 10, 24. Full title is
"Christ giving the communion to the apostles. Some disciples withdraw, offended,
when they hear Christ speak mystically about eating his flesh and drinking his
blood."
33 The king
was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept;
and as he went, he said, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
2
Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33
Joab and
Absolom
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10001 Old Georgetown
Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
Every sentence I utter must be understood
not as an affirmation, but as a
question.
~ Niels Bohr
I find that the harder I
work, the more luck I seem to have.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Last Sunday at
Mangia's
in Idaho
Springs
Vicki and our big
pizza!
(Now, that
is a thin crust!!!)
Whenever I climb I am
followed by a dog called 'Ego.'
~ Friedrich
Nietzsche
August 13,
2006 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
Psalm
130
Image © Hildesheim, St Godehard
2 Samuel 18:5-9,
15, 31-33
Psalm 130:1-8
Ephesians 4:25-5:2
John 6:35,
41-51
