BIG
computer problems forced me to skip last week’s OPQs, but now I’m back!!!
(I
hope.)
Sixth
Sunday in Lent
Into
Jerusalem
Palm/Passion
Sunday
and
Gratitude
After he had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
When he had come near Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of
Olives, he sent two of the disciples, saying, "Go into the village ahead
of you, and as you enter it you will find tied there a colt that has never been
ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying
it?' just say this, 'The Lord needs it.'"So those who were sent departed
and found it as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners
asked them, "Why are you untying the colt?" They said, "The Lord
needs it." Then they brought it to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks
on the colt, they set Jesus on it. As he rode along, people kept spreading
their cloaks on the road. As he was now approaching the path down from the
Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God
joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen,
saying,
"Blessed is the king
who comes in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven,
and glory in the highest
heaven!"
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, order your
disciples to stop." He answered, "I tell you, if these were silent,
the stones would shout out."
Luke 19:28-40
Entry into Jerusalem
LORENZETTI,
Pietro
1320
Church
of San Francesco, lower basilica
Assisi,
Italy
Prayer does not change God,
but it changes him who prays.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
[Gratitude]
We
can only be said to be alive
in
those moments when our
hearts
are conscious of our treasures.
~
Thornton Wilder
Colorado
Watercolor Society
22nd
Annual State Exhibit
Foothills
Art Center
Golden,
Colorado
Peggy
Morgan Stenmark gave our Painted Toe Society an impromptu tour.
Nine of our
Painted Toe members (including Peggy) had paintings in the show and three
of
our Wednesday Breakfast group were also accepted.
Here
are a few of them.
(Please
excuse my awful cropping, distortion, and reflections in and of your lovely
paintings!!!)
Inca Trail Hut
by
Carol Newsom
Kittredge,
CO
Final Approach at Daylight
by
Penny Bunn Becker
Fall’s Finale
by
Jackie McFarland
Frank
M. Thayer
Memorial
Award
Winter Brunch Date
by
Carolyn Martyn
Carolyn
Alexander, Laurie Romberg, Marianne Temple at the
St.
Patrick’s Day gathering with the Rowdy Rotarians at the Wood Cellar.
Vicki
Hall and I celebrated her birthday at Luke’s Steakhouse.
At
Rotary last week, Mereth Meade was presented with the Lifetime Volunteer Award
by
Marjorie Griek, Executive Director of the Colorado Association for Recycling
Carmon
Slater brought a tapestry sculpture he made to breakfast on Wednesday.
It
is in imitation of (inspired by?) one of Harold’s sculptures.
Joan
O’Evashevski had a delightful Irish-themed
Book
Club gathering on Thursday.
THE
COURTYARD SCENE
Over and over again
we sit in our courtyards,
our mouths speaking what our hearts are
full
of …
WE DO NOT KNOW HIM.
DONOTDONOTDONOT
KNOWHIMKNOWHIMKNOWHIM echoes loudly
emphatically
filling
time and space
heaven and earth;
and yet
the saddest part is
when the cock crows
we don’t have the ears to hear
TOHEARTOHEARTOHEAR.
At least Peter had the ears to hear
and the heart to weep.
~ Ann
Weems
March 24,
2013 Sixth Sunday in Lent; Palm/Passion
Sunday
Previous OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
Agnus Day, by James
Wetzstein
Agnus Day
appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
The Lamentation of the Dead Christ (detail)
GIOTTO
1305
(fresco)
by Giotto di Bondone (c.1266-1337)
Scrovegni
(Arena) Chapel
Padua,
Italy
http://www.bridgemanart.com/en-US/news-and-features/collection-highlights/2009/Apr/Easter
http://pinterest.com/pin/70509550388057434/
Passion/Palm Sunday—March 24
Sixth Sunday in Lent
Liturgy of
the Palms
Luke
19:28–40
Psalm
118:1–2, 19–29
Liturgy of
the Passion
Isaiah
50:4–9a
Psalm
31:9–16
Philippians
2:5–11
Luke
22:14—23:56 or Luke 23:1–49
Good
Friday—March 29
Isaiah
52:13—53:12
Psalm 22
Hebrews
10:16–25 or Hebrews 4:14–16; 5:7–9
John
18:1—19:42