Fourth Sunday of Easter
Our Father …
The Lord is
my shepherd; I shall not want.
He
maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
He
restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's
sake.
Yea,
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil:
for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou
preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my
head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Psalm 23
Banks
of the Seine, Vétheuil
MONET, Claude
1880
National Gallery of Art
Washington, DC
United States
During
the early years of impressionism, one of Monet's primary intentions was to
capture fleeting effects of light and atmosphere. Working quickly, out of
doors, he sought to transcribe with directness and spontaneity his sensory
experience of the landscape before him. But by about 1880, when this picture
was painted, Monet was beginning to show more interest in the painted surface
itself. This interest would lead him to explore the same subject repeatedly in
his series paintings, seeking to unify individual canvases and harmonize each
series as a whole.
Here, brushstrokes vary in response to the different textures they portray—contrast, for example, the quick horizontal skips in the river's gently rippled surface with the rounder, swirling forms of the sky. But it is the foreground, where thick grasses and flowers are painted with crowded, exuberant strokes, that draws our attention. These heavy layers of paint were probably not completed on the spot, but instead carefully reworked in the studio. The strokes assume an importance in their own right, becoming decorative as well as descriptive. Monet, however, never strays far from the natural forms that were his inspiration.
"...and we'll live,
And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh
At gilded butterflies,...
And take upon 's the mystery of things,
As if we were God’s spies…"
~ William Shakespeare
I
am the breeze that nurtures all things green.
I
encourage blossoms to flourish with ripening fruits.
I
am the rain coming from the dew that causes the grasses to laugh with the joy
of life.
~ Hildegard of
Bingen
I actually forgot to take pictures for most of the week!
Thank you, Jeanne and Graham, for lunch at Keys on the Green
last Sunday!
Our Chew and Chat group ate at the Baker Street Pub and
Grill on Thursday.
I visited Ginny Bailey in their new place at the Village at
Belmar.
JAK
and Woofie had shampoo and hair cuts on Friday!
We
finally have goslings!
The
predators picked them all off in recent years.
Inside my empty bottle
I was constructing a lighthouse
while all the others were making ships.
~
Charles Simic
May 7, 2017 Fourth Sunday of Easter
Jesus said, “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.” Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am
the gate for the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and bandits; but the
sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be
saved, and will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to
steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it
abundantly.”
John 10:1-10
Agnus Day, by
James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Acts 2:42-47
Psalm
23
1 Peter 2:19-25
John 10:1-10