Praise
The Greatness and the Goodness of God
and bless your name for ever and ever.
Every day I will bless you,
and praise your name for ever and ever.
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;
his greatness is unsearchable.
One generation shall laud your works to another,
and shall declare your mighty acts.
On the glorious splendour of your majesty,
and on your wondrous works, I will meditate.
The Lord is just in all his ways,
and kind in all his doings.
The Lord is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.
He fulfils the desire of all who fear him;
he also hears their cry, and saves them.
The Lord watches over all who love him,
but all the wicked he will destroy.
My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord,
and all flesh will bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21
Chalice
with Apostles Venerating the Cross
from
the Byzantine Period
Walters
Art Museum
Baltimore,
Maryland
United
States
Encircling this graceful, arcaded chalice are two pairs of
apostles flanking large crosses. The chalice is one of twenty-three silver
altar vessels (formerly known as the "Hama Treasure") believed to
have been found in the Syrian village of Kurin. The Greek form of the name,
Kaper Koraon, is inscribed on the chalice. The treasure was probably hidden in
the 8th century when, as a consequence of Arab conquests, parts of Syria were
gradually abandoned by Byzantine Christians. These altar vessels form part of The
Walters' rich holdings in Byzantine silver.
http://art.thewalters.org/detail/9463/chalice-with-apostles-venerating-the-cross/
Those who praise others enrich themselves far more than they
do the one praised.
To praise is an investment in happiness.
The poorest human being has something to give that the
richest could not buy.
~
George Matthew Adams
Blessed are they who have learned to admire but not envy,
to follow but not imitate,
to praise but not flatter,
and to lead but not manipulate.
~
William Arthur Ward
Thursday,
November 7, 2013
Lakehouse,
Evergreen, Colorado
Feeding
the hungry in Bailey, Conifer, Evergreen, and surrounding communities
one
bowl at a time.
Empty
Bowls events are held by food banks across the country.
Designed
to raise awareness about the problem of hunger in our nation and
local communities,
these
meals offer a simple fare of soup and bread and feature the work of local
artists, students, and neighbors
who
have donated hand-crafted or original painted bowls.
http://www.mrcco.org/index.php/events/10-empty-bowls
Some
of the volunteers from the Mountain Resource Center
serving
the many varieties of soup from local restaurants.
Penny
and Jennifer Paige, Louis and Ella.
Jennifer
is a former student of mine who recently, with her husband and children,
moved
back to Colorado from New York City. I had not seen her for 15 or 20
years.
Louie
and Ella enjoyed the cookies more than the soup!
Maria
Rosa Galter … is the new director of Africaid!
Congratulations,
Maria!!!
A Call to Art 2013
Friday,
November 8, 2013
Lakehouse,
Evergreen, Colorado
David
and Jane Christie at the Art for the Mountain Community fund raiser.
Jane
donated one of her gorgeous pastel paintings for the silent auction.
Barb
Scripps, Marsha Manning, Mel Nuchols, Bill Manning
A
few of the nearly 200 pieces of art in the auction.
Alternative Gift Fair
Saturday
and Sunday
November
9th and 10th, 2013
Ardis
Strieby and another volunteer at the Friendship Bridge booth.
Reina,
this one is for you.
Montessori
students were selling vanilla to help save an
endangered
chameleon that lives in Madagascar.
The
little girl very much wanted to be included in the picture!
The trouble with most of us
is that we'd rather be ruined by praise
than saved by criticism.
~
Norman Vincent Peale
November 10, 2013 Thirty-second Sunday in
Ordinary Time
Previous OPQs may be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
The Question about the Resurrection
Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection,
came to himand asked him a question, ‘Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a
man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry
the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven
brothers; the first married, and died childless; then the second and
the third married her, and so in the same way all seven died
childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore,
whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.’
Jesus said to them,
‘Those who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage; but those
who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from
the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Indeed they cannot die
any more, because they are like angels and are children of God, being children
of the resurrection. And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself
showed, in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Now he is God not of the
dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive.’
Luke 20:27–38
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Haggai 1:15b—2:9
Psalm 145:1–5, 17–21
2 Thessalonians 2:1–5, 13–17
Luke 20:27–38