Reformation Sunday

 

Jesus and his disciples came to Jericho. As he and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the roadside. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Many sternly ordered him to be quiet, but he cried out even more loudly, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" Jesus stood still and said, "Call him here." And they called the blind man, saying to him, "Take heart; get up, he is calling you." So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said to him, "My teacher, let me see again." Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way.

Mark 10:46-52

 

Christ Healing the Blind Man

(Panel from The Maesta Altarpiece of Siena)

DUCCIO, di Buoninsegna

1308-1311

Altarpiece

National Gallery

London

Great Britain

 

Duccio di Buoninsegna (working 1278-1319), rival in Siena to Giotto in Florence, is founding father to the European pictorial tradition. Not much is known about him. His main work is the Maesta altarpiece, with a Madonna and Child, saints and sngels, and episodes all over the back. He influenced two centuries of Sienese art – rich in narrative subtlety, delicate human interaction and intimate feeling of place.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/great-works-jesus-opens-the-eyes-of-a-man-born-blind-1311-duccio-di-buoninsegna-2038683.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked.

Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

~ Louise L. Hay

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.

That’s why it’s a comfort to go hand in hand.

~ Emily Kimbrough

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lori Williamson, Nancy Priest, and Jackie McFarland looking at Nancy’s

photos from her trip to Italy last month.

 

 

Joanie Tadewald, Joan Evashevski, and Marianne Loritz

at Bunco Tuesday evening.

 

 

Linda Scholes, Sharron Leonard, and Bob Meade 

at the wonderful 25th Anniversary event put on by Sharkey, Howes & Javer Financial Planners

in the Seawell Ballroom at the Denver Center for Performing Arts Thursday evening.

http://www.shwj.com

 

 

Eileen Sharkey 25 years ago!

 

 

Eileen Sharkey, Mimi Hackley, and Donna Svendsen at the podium.

 

 

 

Joel Javer, Eileen Sharkey, and Larry Howes, principals at

Sharkey, Howes & Javer

 

 

 

At Rotary on Friday, we bade farewell to Jim Hill

as he heads to his winter abode in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cannot depend on your eyes

when your imagination is out of focus.

~ Mark Twain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 25, 2015           22nd Sunday after Pentecost—30th Sunday in Ordinary Time/Proper 25

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Job 42:1-6, 10-17
Psalm 34:1-8 [19-22]

OR …
          Jeremiah 31:7-9
          Psalm 126
Hebrews 7:23-28
Mark 10:46-52