Third Sunday of Lent

 O God, you are my God

O God, you are my God,

     I seek you,

my soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you,

    as in a dry and weary land

where there is no water.

So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,

     beholding your power and glory.

Because your steadfast love is better than life,

     my lips will praise you.

So I will bless you as long as I live;

     I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,

     and my mouth praises you with joyful lips

when I think of you on my bed,

     and meditate on you in the watches of the night;

for you have been my help,

     and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.

My soul clings to you;

     your right hand upholds me.

Psalm 63:1-8

Desert’s Hand

IRARRÁZABAL, Mario

1992

Atacama Desert

Chile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mano_del_Desierto

In the high altitude of the Chilean Desert, Mario Irarrazabal has created a sculpture that speaks to human vulnerability and helplessness. In their desert sojourns, God lifted up the people of Israel and carried them through their times of distress.

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20160223857788085&code=ACT&RC=55401&Row=11

I wonder how much of the day I spend just callin’ after you.

~ Harper Lee

But now, whenever I sense a waning of the light,

I can hear my spiritual director saying,

“Look out your window. What do you see?  

What do you know is true?”

~ Alison Kirkpatrick

Joyce Shelton, one of our Painted Toe members, has a lovely

art show hanging at the Higher Grounds Coffee Shop in Golden.

Jim Davis, Marianne Temple

The Rowdy Rotarians had dinner at The Wild Game on Wednesday

and cheered on our bowlers.

Marilyn Stechert, Rebecca Martin, Lurlie Bickford

at our Thursday evening Book Club.

We read Circling the Sun,

by Paula McLain.

Club member Jake Lilly presented “Why Do We Send Lawyers To War?” at our Rotary meeting.

Jake spoke about what JAGs do in military conflicts around the world.

Jake’s talk was VERY fascinating and you can view it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA6RzqFpOjA&feature=youtu.be

I highly recommend it!!!  Amazing!!!

Mount Evans Gala

Mount Vernon Country Club

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Anne and Mark Vickstrom, Carolyn Alexander

God appears to be resurrecting everything

all the time and everywhere.

~ Richard Rohr

February 28, 2016

Previous OPQs may be found at:

http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fell on them--do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did."

Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?' He replied, 'Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"

Luke 13:1-9

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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

Isaiah 55:1-9
Psalm 63:1-8
1 Corinthians 10:1-13
Luke 13:1-9