Epiphany,
The Flight into Egypt,
and
Baptism of the Lord
1In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,
2asking, "Where is the child who has been born king of
the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him
homage."
Matthew 2:1-12
Nativity -3
The Adoration of the Magi
STROZZI, Zanobi, Attributed to
1433-34
National Gallery, London
13 ... an angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother
and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search
for the child to kill him." 14So he got up, took the
child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt
...
Matthew 2:13-15
The
Flight into Egypt
GENTILE da Fabriano
1493
Central
predella panel of altarpiece originally in the Strozzi Chapel in Santa Trinita,
Florence
16John answered all of them by saying, "I
baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not
worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy
Spirit and fire.
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
The Baptism of Christ
MOSCHI, Francesco
1642
Palazzo Braschi, Rome
It is
better to follow even the shadow of the best,
than to remain content with the
worst,
and those who would see wonderful things
must often be ready to
travel alone.
~ Henry Vandyke,
The Other Wise Man
Do not
seek to follow in the footsteps of those of old;
seek what they
sought.
~ Basho
Thank you,
Eileen and Jim, for the gift card to P.F.Chang's!
YUM!!!
Sylvia has a
huge snow bank outside her window at Life Care where it has cascaded down
from the roof and knocked down her bell seed cone which is now wedged
between the snow bank and the window. As we were speaking, a bunny decided
to sample the bird seed! Sylvia now plans to do an article for The
Canyon Courier on bunnies!
Someone told
me this has to be the bunny who escaped
from the tail
of a Frontier airplane!
As I was
taking pictures of the bunny, I realized that Sylvia's
reflection
was showing
along side the bunny and I leaned over to get them separated.
Can you
see her in the lower right part of the
picture?
(Thank you,
Baby Brother!)
Lori, Nancy,
Carolyn M., Jackie, and I
finally managed to have our Christmas luncheon on
January 2nd!
(and
Darby)
Portrait of Self-Expression
The Evergreen
Arts Center
Evergreen,
Colorado
January 4th -
January 30th, 2007
Opening Reception, January
4th
Maureen
Scott
Gail, Lynne, and Ted Garcia in front of Ted's painting
Suk
Shuglie
When the song
of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are
home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The Work of
Christmas begins
January 7,
2007 Epiphany (yesterday) and Baptism of the
Lord
Previous OPQs may be found
at:
Agnus Day, by James
Wetzstein
Saturday, Epiphany
of the Lord
Isaiah 60:1-6
Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14
Ephesians
3:1-12
Matthew 2:1-12
January 7,
2007 Baptism of the Lord
Isaiah 43:1-7
Psalm 29:1-11
Acts 8:14-17
Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
