Humility
He also told this parable
to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others
with contempt: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the
other a tax-collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus,
'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers,
or even like this tax-collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my
income.' But the tax-collector, standing far off, would not even look up to
heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a
sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the
other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble
themselves will be exalted."
Luke 18:9-14
The Pharisee and the Publican
Illustrator of ‘Vie de Jesus Mafa’
1973
Cameroon
JESUS MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa. Each of the readings were selected and adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of their interpretations were made, and these were then transcribed to paintings.
See: www.jesusmafa.com and www.SocialTheology.com
Your vision will become
clear
only when you look into your heart.
Who looks outside,
dreams.
Who looks inside, awakens.
~ Carl Jung
A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
~ Thomas Carlyle
Michael gave our Painted Toe Society a tour of the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Show at Foothills Art Center in Golden.
http://www.foothillsartcenter.org/dev/
Welcome home, David and Danna!
They are back from their home in England.
The Creede Repertory Theatre did an excellent production of
The Ladies Man at the Arvada Center for the Arts!
An arrow racing on its course, halts to see how far it went, how it compares with others ... at that very moment it falls to the ground.
~ Søren Kierkegaard
October 24,
2010-10-21 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary
Time
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He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this Publican. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Luke 18:9-14
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
If the Publican returns to his old ways, is he a re-publican?
The Publican (Tax Man) and the Pharisee
http://writeforgod.stblogs.com/files/2009/03/pharisee-tax-collector.jpg
Joel 2:23-32
Psalm 65
2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18
Luke 18:9-14