Compassion


34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
                                                                                Luke 10:25-37
The Good Samaritan
Gogh, Vincent van, 1890
(After Eugene Delacroix) 
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/cjackson/gogh/p-gogh43.htm
 
 
 
 
 
A religious man is a person
who holds God and man in one thought at one time,
at all times, who suffers harm done to others,
whose greatest passion is compassion,
whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
                                                            ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
 
 
 
Until he extends his circle of compassion
to all living things,
man will not himself find peace.
                                                            ~ Albert Schweitzer
 
 
 
Compassion will cure more sins that condemnation.
                                                            ~ Henry Ward Beecher
 
 
 
 
 
Laura's two new puppies are growing!
 
 
Isobel with her latest painting. 
Not many people can say that they started to paint at the age of 100!
She is still just as sharp as can be!
 
Bob recently joined our group.  He is a retired engineer and the
former mayor of a nearby mountain town.  He can't remember how
old he is, and I couldn't help him out. 
We'll have to find out next week.
 
"The Face on the Barroom Floor"
Teller House, Central City
We had a delicious dinner (in the restaurant
upstairs, not in the barroom) before going to the opera.
 
I'm not certain that this is a Wooton Desk, but it certainly looks like one!
This style was used by the postmaster as a portable post office at train stations.
The Teller House, Central City, Colorado
 
Anne Vickstrom with her mother and an exhibiter at
Summerfest in Evergreen this weekend.
 
 
 
 
We evaluate others with a Godlike justice,
but we want them to evaluate us with a Godlike compassion.
                                                            ~ Sydney J. Harris
 
 
 
 
 
 
July 15, 2007    Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Previous OPQs may be found at:      
                http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
 

 

25Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" 26He said to him, "What is written in the law? What do you read there?" 27He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." 28And he said to him, "You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live."

29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
                                Luke 10:25-37
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 
 



Colossians 1:3-14
He rescued us from the power of darkness
VALLOTTON, Annie
http://www.biblical-art.com/biblicalsubject.asp?id_biblicalsubject=2471&pagenum=1

Ten Other Commandments

An unknown author shares this wisdom:

1. You shall not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activities.

2. You shall not be fearful, for most of the things you fear will never come to pass.

3. You shall not carry grudges, for they are the heaviest of all life’s burdens.

4. You shall face each problem as it comes. You can only handle one at a time anyway.

5. You shall not take problems to bed with you, for they make very poor bedfellows.

6. You shall not borrow other people’s problems. They can better care for them than you.

7. You shall not try to relive yesterday for good or ill, it is forever gone. Concentrate on what is happening in your life and be happy now!

8. You shall be a good listener, for only when you listen do you hear ideas different from your own.

9. You shall not become "bogged down" by frustration, for 90% of it is rooted in self-pity and will only interfere with positive action.

10. You shall count your blessings, never overlooking the small ones, for a lot of small blessings add up to a big one.

Amos 7:7-17
Psalm 82:1-8
Colossians 1:1-14
Luke 10:25-37