Light of the World
Salt of the Earth
Jesus said, “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot.
“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:13-20
Light
for Others
Photograph
courtesy of Lawrence OP
1900?
St.
Mary’s Church
Stained
Glass
Melton
Mowbray
Great
Britain
St.
Mary’s in Melton Mowbray is in the process of Reordering (remodeling)
The real voyage of discovery consists
not in seeing new landscapes but in having new eyes.
~
Marcel Proust
I wish I could show you,
when you are lonely or in darkness,
the astonishing Light of your own Being.
~
Hafiz
Happy January/February Birthday, Toes!
Bill
Richardson
Terrey
Harrod
We
had SIX birthdays to celebrate at Toes!
Annette
Bradley with one of the Operation Valentine creations she made
to
raise money for the Rotary Foundation.
Anna
Harry, Mark Vickstrom, Carol Carper playing Jeopardy
(written
and produced by our Community Service members).
A frosty Friday morn
View
from my window
Elk
in the Meadow munching the crunchy frosted grasses.
Nancy
Priest, Jackie McFarland, Linda Bradford, and Carolyn Martyn
had
a delightful lunch at Jackie’s on Saturday.
Jackie’s
daughter, Jill McFarland, was also there.
Jackie
received a lovely shawl from our Shawl Ministry at church.
Fang,
the Cat
Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island
looking for boats to save;
they just stand there shining.
~
Anne Lamott
February 5, 2017 Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission
of www.agnusday.org
Isaiah 58:1-9a, (9b-12)
Psalm
112:1-9 (10)
1
Corinthians 2:1-12, (13-16)
Matthew
5:13-20