A Time of Praise and Thanksgiving

 



On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters; but to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb. Her rival used to provoke her severely, to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb. So it went on year by year; as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat. Her husband Elkanah said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?"

After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose and presented herself before the Lord. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. She was deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord, and wept bitterly. She made this vow: "O Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death. He shall drink neither wine nor intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head." As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah was praying silently; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli thought she was drunk. So Eli said to her, "How long will you make a drunken spectacle of yourself? Put away your wine." But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman deeply troubled; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord. Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation all this time." Then Eli answered, "Go in peace; the God of Israel grant the petition you have made to him." And she said, "Let your servant find favor in your sight." Then the woman went to her quarters, ate and drank with her husband, and her countenance was sad no longer.

They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at Ramah. Elkanah knew his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. In due time Hannah conceived and bore a son. She named him Samuel, for she said, "I have asked him of the Lord."

 

1 Samuel 1:4-20

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A Mother in Israel: Hannah, Samuel and Eli - In memory of Agnes Nichols on 1862

WAILES, William

1862

Stained Glass

Church of St. Mary the Virgin

Ambleside, Great Britain

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20121112347808837&code=ACT&RC=54184&Row=1

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you change your perception,

you change the experience of your body and your world.

~ Doc Childre

 

 

 

 

 

All that I have seen has taught me to trust

all that I have not seen.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

 

 

 

 

Remembering …

 

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Thomas Edward Weidner

August 6, 1938 ~ November 11, 2012

 

Lancaster, Ohio

and

Santa Monica, California

 

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St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church

Lancaster, Ohio

 

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After the funeral and interment, we returned to Joyce’s home

for a luncheon prepared by neighbors.

 

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Cousins Joan and Joyce

in front of a portrait of Aunt Lucille, their mother.

 

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Joyce holding

Buster IV

owner of Joyce and Tom

 

 

 

 

Each moment is a place
you've never been.

~ Mark Strand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 18, 2012     Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost; 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

Previous OPQs may be found by clicking here:
       http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

 

 

As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”

 

When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, “Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?” Then Jesus began to say to them, “Beware that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birthpangs.


Mark 13:1-8

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

 

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Grace

Eric Enstrom

(The official state photograph of Minnesota!)

See the story:

http://www.photopixels.com/grace/index.html

 

 

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1 Sam 1:4–20

1 Sam. 2:1–10

Heb. 10:11–14 (15–18) 19–25

Mark 13:1–8