Miracles
When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd
gathered around him; and he was by the sea. Then one of the leaders of the
synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet and begged
him repeatedly, "My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay
your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live."
So he went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. Now
there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. She
had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she
was no better, but rather grew worse. She had heard about Jesus, and came up
behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, for she said, "If I but
touch his clothes, I will be made well." Immediately her hemorrhage
stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.
Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the
crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?" And his disciples said to
him, "You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, 'Who touched
me?'" He looked all around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing
what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and
told him the whole truth. He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made
you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease."
While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader's house to say,
"Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?" But
overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, "Do
not fear, only believe." He allowed no one to follow him except Peter,
James, and John, the brother of James. When they came to the house of the
leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.
When he had entered, he said to them, "Why do you make a commotion and
weep? The child is not dead but sleeping." And they laughed at him. Then
he put them all outside, and took the child's father and mother and those who
were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and
said to her, "Talitha cum," which means, "Little girl,
get up!' And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was
twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. He strictly
ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something
to eat.
Mark
5:21-43 *
Christ Addressing a Kneeling Woman
VERONESE,
Paolo
about 1548
The National
Gallery
London
This early work was possibly painted for the side wall of
a chapel. The kneeling woman who holds her loosened hair and whose necklace is
unfastened is thought to represent Mary Magdalene discarding her jewels or
preparing to anoint Christ. The painting has also been thought to represent
Christ and the woman taken in adultery. A more likely hypothesis is that it
represents the New Testament story about 'the woman with an issue of blood' who
touched Christ's garment in the hope of a cure while a crowd thronged around
him. When Christ asked who had touched him she confessed to what she had done,
whereupon he cured her with the words: 'Daughter, thy faith hath made thee
whole' (Mark 5: 24-34).
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paolo-veronese-christ-addressing-a-kneeling-woman
Miracles are
a retelling in small letters
of the very
same story
which is
written across the whole world
in letters
too large for some of us to see.**
~ C.S. Lewis
It was
possible that a miracle was not something that happened to you,
but rather
something that didn’t.
~ Jodi
Picoult
Chihuly
Venetians:
From the
George R. Stroemple Collection
Foothills
Art Center
Golden,
Colorado
April 7 –
July 15, 2012
We were very
fortunate to have Marianne Lorenz as our tour guide.
She is the Executive Director of the Fort Collins Museum
of Art.
The video
was also wonderful!
Amazing.
Val and
Robyn
We had
another Neighborhood Get-Together at Robyn’s.
Our 94
degree temperature suddenly cooled down to 78 degrees and it actually felt
chilly!
Betty Astle
led our Book Club Thursday evening.
We read The
Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
By David Mitchell.
I read and recommended it
two years ago, at Robin’s suggestion.
I thought it was
beautifully written and enjoyed it, but not everyone did.
Casey Sacks
and Gretchen MacArthur, our in-coming and out-going presidents,
at our
Rotary Changing-of-the-Guard.
Well done,
Gretchen!
Exploration
of a Medium Printmaking:
June 29 –
July 26
Center for
the Arts Evergreen
Opening
Reception
June 29,
2012
Nebraska Series-Prairie Dog
by Katherine
Sheehan
linocut
$150
North Bound
by Leon
Loughridge
woodcut
$1200
Leon was at
the reception and I got to speak with him.
I first saw
a demonstration of his seven years ago!
Our Walkies
Group celebrated Eileen’s birthday at Willow Creek … on the lake.
A miracle is
often the willingness to see
the common
in an uncommon way.
~ Noah Benshea
July 1, 2012 Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time; 5th
Sunday after Pentecost
Previous
OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
* “Who touched my
clothes?”
The corners of the prayer
shawl are often called wings. Each tzitzit consists of five double knots and
eight threads, a total of thirteen elements. This number added to six hundred,
the Hebraic numerical value of the word tzitzit points to the six hundred
and thirteen commandments of the Torah.
As the Atorah was placed
over the head, it formed his own tent. WINGS of the garment were formed when
the arms were held out. For this reason, the corners of the prayer shawl are
often called “wings.”
During the first century
there were several traditions associated with the tzitzit concerning Messiah.
One was that these knotted fringes possessed healing powers. Certainly the
woman with the issue of blood knew of these traditions, which would explain
why she sought to touch the hem (the wings) of Jesus’ prayer garment. The same
word used in Numbers 15:38 for corner is used in Malachi 4:2 for wings.
In Jesus’ day, Jewish men
wore a simple tunic both at home and at work. When appearing in public, they
would cover their tunic with a large rectangular cloth which draped over the
shoulder and fell to the ankles. This cloth was called a tallit and served as
protection from cold and rain. Hanging from the end of each of its four corners
(wings) was a tzitzit in obedience to the biblical command. In biblical
times the Jewish men wore the prayer shawl all the time — not just at prayer.
http://servantofmessiah.org/hebraic-biblical-studies/healing-hem/
** A repeat.
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
If I Only
Touch His Cloak
VALLOTTON,
Annie
http://www.biblical-art.com/artwork.asp?id_artwork=25888&showmode=Full
Happy Birthday, U.S.of A.!!!
2 Sam. 1:1, 17–27
Ps. 130
2 Cor. 8:7–15
Mark 5:21–43