Trinity Sunday
Wisdom and Truth
Jesus said to the disciples, "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you."
John 16:12-15
What
is Truth?” Christ and Pilate
GE, Nikolai
Nikolaevich
1890
Tretyakov
Gallery
Moscow
Russia
In the late period of his
work, Ge was inspired by the subject of the Passions of Christ. The subject of
this painting is taken from the 18th chapter of the Gospel according to John.
In response to the words of Christ: “I…came into the world to bear witness
about the truth…” – Pontius Pilate tosses back with disregard “And what is the
truth?” Christ is depicted against the background of a monolithic wall,
standing like a column or tree trunk, and on the floor we see the ends of rope
which resemble its roots. The figure of Pilate on the field illumined by the
sun looks unsteady and seems to be a pagan idol. The main characters are
divided by a bright field of light. Lev Tolstoy wrote with delight of this
painting: “There can be no peace between Christ and the world,” and “this is
true to history and true to our own day.”
http://www.tretyakovgallery.ru/en/collection/_show/image/_id/190
There are two mistakes one can make along the
road to truth;
not going all the way, and not starting.
~ Buddha
It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom.
It is healthy to be reminded
that the stongest might weaken
and the wisest might err.
~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Evening Book Club
selection
this month
The
Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins
by Kristin Downey
Jeri
Aldridge, Ginny Boschen
Diane
Fuchs did a great job of reviewing the book.
Fascinating!!!
Cindy
Sahli brought her son, Sam, to Rotary on Friday.
Today
(Saturday) is his 21st birthday!
Chaz,
Chance, and Charles Rose
Vicki’s
nephew, Charles (on the right), and his two sons came to Colorado
for
some fun! We had buffalo burgers at Vicki’s Friday evening.
(Prepared
by Chef Chaz, who just graduated from Missouri State University!)
(Photo
by Vicki Hall)
Whoever undertakes to set himself up
as a judge of Truth and Knowledge
is shipwrecked
by the laughter of the gods.
~ Albert Einstein
May 22, 2016 Trinity
Sunday
Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
Romans 5:1-5
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31
Psalm 8
Romans 5:1-5
John 16:12-15