Faith and Miracles
After Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy of having you do this for him, for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us." And Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; therefore I did not presume to come to you. But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to one, `Go,' and he goes, and to another, `Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, `Do this,' and the slave does it." When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith." When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
Luke 7:1-10
Jesus
Heals the Centurian’s Servant
VERONESE
circa
1571
Prado
Museum
Madrid
Spain
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story
which is written across the whole world in letters too large
for some of us to see.
~
C.S. Lewis *
Miracles are not contrary to nature,
but only contrary to what we know about nature.
~
St. Augustine
Buckhorn Exchange
Vicki’s
nephew, Charles Rose, treated us all to dinner at The Buckhorn Exchange Sunday
evening!
Vicki
Hall, Chaz Rose, Charles Rose
Chance
Rose with his new braces.
Dine Around with the Moores on Wednesday
Ann
Moore showing us (the gals) a gorgeous cactus blossom in her greenhouse.
The
blossom lasts only one day … but she has dozens of buds.
Ann
also took us out to her chicken coop to view and then gather eggs.
Their
home is completely green; they sell electricity to Public Service
during
the day and buy back what they need at night.
The
men all stayed back at the table with the wine and hors d’oeuvres while we
looked at flowers and chicks.
Jim
Kreider, Mike Moore, Bob Rose
Chew and Chat on Thursday
Sondra
Kellogg and her granddaughter, Amelia, and Kay Owen
at
the Summit House.
We
missed you, Vicki, Karla, and Jackie!
Your assumptions are your windows on the world.
Scrub them off every once in a while,
or the light won’t come in.
~
Isaac Asimov
May 29, 2016 Ninth
Sunday in Ordinary Time/Second Sunday after Pentecost - Proper 4
* A
repeat/Used last year.
Paul an apostle-- sent neither by human commission nor from human authorities, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead-- and all the members of God's family who are with me,
To the churches of Galatia:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to set us free from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel-- not that there is another gospel, but there are some who are confusing you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim to you a gospel contrary to what we proclaimed to you, let that one be accursed! As we have said before, so now I repeat, if anyone proclaims to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let that one be accursed!
Am I now seeking human approval, or God's approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
For I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel that was proclaimed by me is not of human origin; for I did not receive it from a human source, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Galatians
1:1-12
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
1 Kings 8:22-23, 41-43
Psalm 96:1-9
Galatians 1:1-12
Luke 7:1-10