"Peace
be with you"
Doubting
Thomas
When
it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the
house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came
and stood among them and said,
"Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands
and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to
them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send
you." When he had said this, he
breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you
forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any,
they are retained." But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the
twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him,
"We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the mark of the nails in
his hands, and put my finger in the mark
of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe."
A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with
them. Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then he
said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your
hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." Thomas answered
him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you believed
because you have seen me? Blessed are
those who have not seen and yet have come to believe." Now Jesus did
many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in
this book. But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is
the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in
his name.
John 20:19-31
Incredulity of Saint Thomas
Duccio di Buoninsegna
about 1308-1311
Gold and tempera on panel, 58 x 52.7 cm
Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
Siena, Italy
This is the panel from the
upper part of the Maesta Altarpiece.
The Maestà, or Maestà of Duccio is an
altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of
Siena in 1308 from the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna, from which several panels
are now dispersed or lost. The front panels make up a large enthroned Madonna
and Child with saints and angels, and a predella of the Childhood of Christ
with prophets.
The reverse has the rest of a combined cycle
of the Life of the Virgin and Life of Christ in a total of forty-three small
scenes. Though it took a generation for its effect truly to be felt, Duccio's
Maestà set Italian painting on a course leading away from the hieratic
representations of Byzantine art towards more direct presentations of reality.
-- from Wikipedia
Doubt
is a pain too lonely to know
that faith is his twin brother.
~ Khalil Gibran
Faith keeps
many doubts in her pay.
If I could
not doubt, I should not believe.
~ Henry
David Thoreau
Maui was wonderful …
Native canoes (Wa`a) at the Kihei Outrigger Canoe Club near our condo.
These are modern
fiberglass racing canoes modeled after the ancient outriggers.
We watched the men
practice from our lanai most mornings.
Fun places to eat …
Gorgeous flowers …
Whale watching …
(LOTS of them this year!)
A delightful helicopter ride …
I sat next to the
pilot.
Can you see my reflection
on the instrument panel?
Beautiful views …
Sunsets
on many evenings from our lanai …
Carolyn and Vicki with
Lisa, wife of Warren the Magician.
The Warren and Annabelle
Magic Show had everyone laughing!
Vicki at our favorite
reading spot on the beach.
We loved the deserted
(much of the time) beaches.
We each had a flower to
add to the cross at
Keolahou Congregational
Hawaiian Church in Kihei on Easter Sunday.
AND … when we returned to
Colorado …
Jackie’s birthday was
celebrated by going to the Leanin’ Tree Museum in Boulder and then to lunch at
Colterra in Niwot.
http://www.leanintreemuseum.com/default.asp and http://colterra.com/
Jackie, Lori, Nancy, and
CV
in the Sculpture Garden at
Leanin’ Tree Museum.
Jeanne and I saw Chess at the Arvada Center …
… and had a delicious
steak salad before going.
When Christ greeted
his holy disciples with the words, "Peace be with you," by peace he
meant himself, for Christ's presence always brings tranquility of soul. This is
the grace Saint Paul desired for believers when he wrote, "The peace of
Christ which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds."
The peace of Christ which passes all understanding is in fact the Spirit of
Christ, who fills those who share in him with every blessing.
~ Cyril
of Alexandria
The trouble
with the world is that the stupid are cocksure
and the
intelligent are full of doubt.
~ Bertrand
Russell
April 15, 2012 Second Sunday of Easter
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
When
it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the
house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came
and stood among them and said,
"Peace be with you." After he said this, he showed them his hands
and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to
them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send
you." When he had said this, he
breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you
forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any,
they are retained." But Thomas (who was called the Twin), one of the
twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him,
"We have seen the Lord." But he said to them, "Unless I see the
mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and
my hand in his side, I will not believe."
A week later his disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them.
Although the doors were shut, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you." Then he
said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands. Reach out your
hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe." Thomas answered
him, "My Lord and my God!"
Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet
have come to believe." Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence
of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written so
that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and
that through believing you may have life in his name.
John 20:19-31
Agnus
Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.com
My Lord, My God
VARGHESE, Hanna Cheriyan
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=12488&showmode=Full#artwork
Acts 4:32–35
Ps. 133
1 John 1:1–2:2
John 20:19–31