Truth and
Opportunity
From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed
by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no
water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said,
"Give us water to drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you
quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?" But the people thirsted there
for water; and the people complained against Moses and said, "Why did you
bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with
thirst?" So Moses cried out to the Lord, "What shall I do with this
people? They are almost ready to stone me." The Lord said to Moses,
"Go on ahead of the people, and take some of the elders of Israel with
you; take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will
be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and
water will come out of it, so that the people may drink." Moses did so, in
the sight of the elders of Israel. He called the place Massah and Meribah,
because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord
among us or not?"
Exodus
17:1-7
Moses Striking the Rock
Bacchiacca
(Francesco Ubertini)
Italian
(Florentine), 1494 – 1557
after
1525
National
Galleries of Scotland
Bacchiacca used this Old Testament subject as a means to
include a wide range of exotically clothed figures and various birds and
animals in a stylised, rocky landscape. Moses kneels in the centre, before the
rock from which water miraculously appears to relieve the thirst of the
Israelites as they journey to the Promised Land. This is collected in, and
enthusiastically drunk from, beautifully crafted jugs. The picture may well be
connected with a commission Bacchiacca received from a Florentine guild of
jug-makers to decorate a festival stand in 1525 with scenes from the Old
Testament.
Truth exists, only lies are invented.
~ George Braque
From word to deed is a great space.
~
French Proverb
Carolyn,
Sharron, Gail
Rocky
Mountain National Watermedia 2011
Foothills
Art Center
Golden,
Colorado
September 17
– November 6
Carole
Barnes gave our Painted Toe Society a very nice tour of the RMNW Show on
Monday,
September 19, 2011
On Tuesday,
our DAM (Denver Art Museum) Conservation group toured
The Humphrey
House Museum right here in Evergreen, Colorado.
Lois Lange
knew Hazel Humphrey and was able to speak about the entire collection.
We also had
a simple but very nice lunch with tea at the museum.
That is a
tasty feature that Angela Raynes, the new Director, has added.
I would
definitely recommend it!
Sidney with
Carl Patterson.
Carl was
formerly the Conservator at the Denver Art Museum
where
several of us volunteered with/for him.
Joan is demonstrating (posed) a successful way to throw the dice.
I joined a group from church to finally try Bunco one evening.
<gr>
Jeanne and I
loved Ragtime at the Arvada
Center for the Arts!
Very well
done.
Evergreen
Rotary Fall Recycling Festival
Saturday,
September 24, 2011
9:00 – 3:00
Carma, Bob
Beautiful
weather. It was a great success!
Mereth
Meade, Co-Chairperson of the event.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.*
~ St.
Bernard
September 25, 2011 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
* attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153)
When he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came
to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing
these things, and who gave you this authority?" Jesus said to them,
"I will also ask you one question; if you tell me the answer, then I will
also tell you by what authority I do these things. Did the baptism of John come
from heaven, or was it of human origin?" And they argued with one another,
"If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not
believe him?' But if we say, 'Of human origin', we are afraid of the crowd; for
all regard John as a prophet." So they answered Jesus, "We do not
know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what
authority I am doing these things.
"What do you think? A man had two sons; he went to the first and said,
'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' He answered, 'I will not'; but later
he changed his mind and went. The father went to the second and said the same;
and he answered, 'I go, sir'; but he did not go. Which of the two did the will
of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them,
"Truly I tell you, the tax-collectors and the prostitutes are going into
the kingdom of God ahead of you. For John came to you in the way of
righteousness and you did not believe him, but the tax-collectors and the
prostitutes believed him; and even after you saw it, you did not change your
minds and believe him."
Matthew
21:23-32
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
Exodus 17:1-7
Psalm 78:1-4, 12-16
Philippians 2:1-13
Matthew 21:23-32