Anger
The Passover of the Jews was
near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling
cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. Making
a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the
cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their
tables. He told those who were selling the doves, “Take these things out of
here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!” His disciples remembered
that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” The Jews then said
to him, “What sign can you show us for doing this?” Jesus answered them,
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said,
“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise
it up in three days?” But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he
was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and
they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had
spoken.
John
2: 13-22
Italian, about 1655
Currently
on view at The Getty Center Los Angeles
Hope has two beautiful
daughters.
Their names are anger and
courage;
anger at the way things are,
and courage to see that they
do not
remain the way they
are.
~
St. Augustine
Anybody can become angry - that is easy,
but to be angry with the right person
and to the right degree
and at the right time
and for the right purpose,
and in the right way - that is not within
everybody's power and is not easy.
~ Aristotle
Memories in the Making at
Life Care.
Mac titled his
painting
"An Ear of Corn With No
Kernels."
Phyl and John at Sondra's
and Jack's home
Sondra admiring Jackie's
art.
Sondra wanted a picture of
me with the painting
I did of her
granddaughter, Amelia.
Trish and
Laura.
Trish is showing her latest
painting wonder!
Happy Birthday,
Vicki! (And John!)
We celebrated at John
Elway's Restaurant.
Even the Happy Birthday
label was made
out of wicked
chocolate.
Vicki, Jeanne, and I all
nibbled on it.
The ice is breaking up a
whole month ahead of previous years.
On Saturday
morning, Eileen and I could actually hear it snapping,
crackling, and popping.
It also made sharp retorts
like rifle shots and rumblings like echoes.
Anger is never
without a reason,
but seldom with a
good one.
~
Benjamin Franklin
March 15, 2009 Third
Sunday in Lent
Agnus Day,
by James Wetzstein
Artist's
comment:
Yeah, I know this text isn’t about
bake sales in the church narthex, but I’ve always had a sneaking suspicion that
Jesus wouldn’t be crazy about that either.
Exodus 20:1-17
Psalm 19:1-14
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
John
2:13-22
