Spirit of
the Lord
Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a
report about him spread through all the surrounding country. He began to teach
in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.
When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the
synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the
scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found
the place where it was written:
"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim
release to the captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor."
And he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The
eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. Then he began to say to them,
"Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
Luke
4:14-21
Prisoners Exercising
VAN GOGH,
Vincent
after
Gustave Dore’s “Prisoners’ Round”
1890
Pushkin
Museum of Fine Art
Moscow,
Russia
The lack of material well-being among the poor
reflects a
lack of spiritual well-being among the rest.
~ William
Sloane Coffin
If wrinkles
must be written upon our brows,
let them not
be written upon the heart.
The spirit
should not grow old.*
~ James
Garfield
Alas.
Tissues have
been my main companions for much of the week.
At Rotary on
Friday morning, Dick Mund and Todd Bastian demonstrated
their best
Cupid poses.
Sam Smith
will become our President Elect when
Barb Scripps
becomes President next June.
At the lake
this morning, this little tyke was honing his goalie skills.
Uh-oh.
Only kings,
editors, and people with tapeworm
have the
right to use the editorial "we."
~ Mark Twain
January 27, 2013 Third Sunday after the Epiphany/Third Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Previous
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* From Destiny of the Republic by Candice
Millard, a fascinating story of James Garfield, 20th U.S. President.
Agnus
Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the
permission of www.agnusday.org
http://www.heartlight.org/gallery/831.html
Nehemiah 8:1–3, 5–6, 8–10
Psalm 19
1 Corinthians 12:12–31a
Luke 4:14–21