Compassion and Healing
After
Jesus and his disciples left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and
Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever,
and they told him about her at once. He came and took her by the hand and
lifted her up. Then the fever left her, and she began to serve them.
That evening,
at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. And
the whole city was gathered around the door. And he cured many who were sick
with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and he would not permit the
demons to speak, because they knew him. In the morning, while it was still very
dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed. And
Simon and his companions hunted for him. When they found him, they said to him,
“Everyone is searching for you.” He answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring
towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came
out to do.” And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their
synagogues and casting out demons.
Christ
Healing the Paralytic
VAN
DYCK, Sir Anthony
1619
Royal
Collection, Buckingham Palace
London
United
Kingdom
This is the work of a supremely brilliant 20-year-old Van Dyck
working in Rubens’s studio and very possibly executing a Rubens design, under
the supervision of the elder master. This compositional type - an intense,
spectator-jostling drama where the canvas area is barely able to contain a
small number of half-length figures - was invented by Caravaggio (1571-1610).
See more:
https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/405325/christ-healing-the-paralytic
Our sorrows and wounds are healed only
when we touch them with compassion.
~
Buddha *
Compassion brings us to a stop,
and for a moment we rise above ourselves.
~
Mason Cooley
Julie
Holunga of Chinook Executive Solutions was our speaker at Rotary.
She
spoke about the power of our spoken language.
Pop Up Art Sale at
Center for the Arts Evergreen
Stephanie
O’Malley with some of her creations.
A
fun-filled event!
Healing may not be so much about getting better,
as about letting go of everything that isn’t you — all
of the expectations,
February 4, 2018 Fifth
Sunday after the Epiphany Year B
Previous OPQs may be found at:
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Isaiah 40:21-31
Psalm 147:1-11, 20c
1 Corinthians 9:16-23
Mark 1:29-39