Our Father …
The Lord is my shepherd; I
shall not want.
He maketh
me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He
restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's
sake.
Yea,
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou
preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my
head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Psalm 23
Banks
of the Seine, Vétheuil
MONET, Claude
1880
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
United States
During
the early years of impressionism, one of Monet's primary intentions was to
capture fleeting effects of light and atmosphere. Working quickly, out of
doors, he sought to transcribe with directness and spontaneity his sensory
experience of the landscape before him. But by about 1880, when this picture
was painted, Monet was beginning to show more interest in the painted surface
itself. This interest would lead him to explore the same subject repeatedly in
his series paintings, seeking to unify individual canvases and harmonize each
series as a whole.
Here, brushstrokes vary in response to the different textures they portray—contrast, for example, the quick horizontal skips in the river's gently rippled surface with the rounder, swirling forms of the sky. But it is the foreground, where thick grasses and flowers are painted with crowded, exuberant strokes, that draws our attention. These heavy layers of paint were probably not completed on the spot, but instead carefully reworked in the studio. The strokes assume an importance in their own right, becoming decorative as well as descriptive. Monet, however, never strays far from the natural forms that were his inspiration.
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg85/gg85-46652.html
I am the breeze that nurtures all things green.
I encourage blossoms to flourish with ripening fruits.
I am the rain coming from the dew that causes
the grasses to laugh with the joy of life.
~
Hildegard of Bingen
All the goods of this world … are finite and
limited
and radically incapable of satisfying the desire that
perpetually burns within us for an infinite and perfect
good.
~
Simone Weil
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Our
Painted Toe Society
had
a tasty potluck on Monday for our Birthday Buddies!
Dick
Lamm, Ben Jackson
Former
Governor Lamm spoke to our Rotary group on Friday.
Oralie
McAfee, Jean Martin
Spares
and Pairs had lots of fun and food at Jean Martin and Jeff Mershon’s home
Friday evening.
Tanzanian “Sikukuu” (Celebration)
Saturday,
May 10, 2014
To
Celebrate the Engagement of
Ashley
Shuyler and Phil Carter!
It
has been such a delight to follow Ashley since she started Africaid fourteen
years ago!
Here,
her mother, Nina Shuyler, helps Ashley put on a Swahili wedding skirt made just
for her.
http://www.africaid.com/history
Nina
also had something for Rick.
Phil,
here with Rick Shuyler, received his Maasai spear.
First Communion
Congratulations,
William Alexander,
on
your First Communion!
Fairfax,
Virginia
Saturday,
May 10, 2014
Inside my empty bottle
I was constructing a lighthouse
while all the others were making ships.
~
Charles Simic
May 11, 2014 Fourth Sunday of Easter
Previous OPQs may
be found at:
http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm
[Jesus said:] "Very truly, I tell you,
anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another
way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of
the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice.
He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all
his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his
voice. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they
do not know the voice of strangers." Jesus used this figure of speech with
them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
So again Jesus said to them, "Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for
the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the sheep did
not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved, and will
come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly."
John 10:1-10
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
Acts 2:42-47
Psalm 23
1 Peter 2:19-25
John 10:1-10