Hunger and
Reconciliation
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him,
and he cried out, "Send everyone away from me." So no one stayed with
him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. And he wept so loudly that
the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. Joseph said to
his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But his
brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they at his presence.
Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me." And they came
closer. He said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. And
now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here;
for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the famine has been in the
land these two years; and there are five more years in which there will be
neither ploughing nor harvest. God sent me before you to preserve for you a
remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you
who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all
his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry and go up to my father
and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt;
come down to me, do not delay. You shall settle in the land of Goshen, and you
shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, as well
as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. I will provide for you there
— since there are five more years of famine to come — so that you and your
household, and all that you have, will not come to poverty.' And now your eyes
and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that it is my own mouth that speaks to
you. You must tell my father how greatly I am honored in Egypt, and all that
you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here." Then he fell upon his
brother Benjamin's neck and wept, while Benjamin wept upon his neck. And he
kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers talked
with him.
Genesis
45:1-15
The Story of Joseph
(including
Joseph Recognized by His Brothers)
GHIBERTI,
Lorenzo
Ghiberti’s
bronze relief panels from the east portal of the Battistero di San Giovanni
Florence,
Italy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Firenze.Baptistry.door01.JPG
Each panel
depicts more than one episode. In "The Story of Joseph" is portrayed
the narrative scheme of Joseph Cast by His Brethren into the Well, Joseph
Sold to the Merchants, The merchants delivering Joseph to the pharaoh,
Joseph Interpreting the Pharaoh's dream, The Pharaoh Paying him
Honour, Jacob Sends His Sons to Egypt and Joseph Recognizes His Brothers and Returns Home.
According to Vasari's
Lives,
this panel was the most difficult and
also the most beautiful. The figures are distributed in very low relief in
a perspective space (a technique invented by Donatello and called rilievo
schiacciato, which literally means "flattened relief".) Ghiberti
uses different sculptural techniques, from incised lines to almost
free-standing figure sculpture, within the panels, further accentuating the
sense of space.
Michelangelo
referred to these doors as fit to be the "Gates
of Paradise" (It. Porte del Paradiso), and they are still
invariably referred to by this name. Giorgio
Vasari described them a century later as "undeniably perfect in
every way and must rank as the finest masterpiece ever created". Ghiberti
himself said they were "the most singular work that I have ever
made".
The "Gates
of Paradise" situated in the Baptistry are a copy of the originals, substituted in 1990 to preserve the panels
after over five hundred years of exposure and damage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Baptistery
(The restored originals
have been placed in a hermetically sealed
vitrine in the Museo Dell’Opera del Duomo.)
When you let
go of trying to get more
of what you
don't really need,
it frees up
oceans of energy to make
a difference
with what you have.
~ Lynne Twist
There is
hunger for ordinary bread,
and there is
hunger for love,
for
kindness, for thoughtfulness;
and this is
the great poverty that makes people suffer so much.
~ Mother Teresa
A
deliciously busy week!!!
Art in the
Garden
Jackie’s and
some friends’ semi-annual show in a lovely setting.
Linda, Gail,
and Danna at Wednesday Breakfast
Another
birthday party!
Rebecca,
Carolyn, Sharron, Eileen
at
Highland’s Garden
Congratulations,
Eileen!
Eileen
became a U.S. citizen on Wednesday, August 10, 2011.
Nancy, Lori,
Jackie, Kathy, CV, Carolyn
On Thursday,
they came up to Evergreen for a tour of the sculptures
and then we
had lunch at Willow Creek.
Colorado
peaches were delivered to Rotary on Friday!
Friday
evening was a Dine Around Dinner at Brenda’s and Bob’s lovely home with a
gorgeous view.
Carolyn,
Harry (Carma’s husband)
Dori, Carma
Everything
was delicious!
Thank you,
Bob and Brenda!
The tragedy
of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.
~ Albert
Schweitzer
August 14, 2011 Twentieth
Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
Then he called the crowd to him and said to them, "Listen and understand:
it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes
out of the mouth that defiles." Then the disciples approached and said to
him, "Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard what you
said?" He answered, "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not
planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind.
And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit." But
Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us." Then he said,
"Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever
goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer? But what
comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles. For
out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery, fornication, theft,
false witness, slander. These are what defile a person, but to eat with
unwashed hands does not defile."
Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon. Just
then a Canaanite woman from that region came out and started shouting,
"Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is tormented by a
demon." But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged
him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us." He
answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me." He
answered, "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the
dogs." She said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that
fall from their masters' table." Then Jesus answered her, "Woman,
great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter
was healed instantly.
Matthew
15: (10-20), 21-28
Agnus
Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus
Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
The Canaanite Woman at Christ’s Feet
After
Carracci, Annibale
Musée des
Augustins
Toulouse, France
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=36344&showmode=Full
Genesis 45:1-15
Psalm 133:1-3
Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32
Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28