Transfiguration
Called to Resurrection
Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus.
As they were coming down the mountain, he ordered them to tell no one about what they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Mark 9:2-9
Transfiguration
ANGELICO,
Fra
1440-42
Fresco
Convento
di San Marco
Florence,
Italy
This is the fresco on the wall of Cell 6 of the Convento di San Marco in Florence.
In this fresco Christ stands on a rock, prefiguring his rising from the tomb. His arms are outstretched and in this He also foreshadows his own crucifixion. He is voluminously clad in a sculptural mass of glowing white robe, and encircling Him is a radiant white mandorla. His forward gaze does not directly engage the eye of the spectator. At the base of the rock three of the Apostles crouch in awed positions, but they maintain the curious contemplative detachment from the drama of the scene which is the hallmark of this fresco cycle.
At the edge of the fresco, on either side, stand the Virgin and St Dominic in positions indicative of prayer, stern and unresponsive to events around them. The heads of Moses and Elias appear beneath the arms of Christ; they are introduced as detached symbols to aid meditation. There is no attempt to create any more than the bare essentials of picture space; this particular spur to devotion required no more. For Angelico, too elaborate a spatial framework as much as excessive use of colour, decoration, or narrative, could detract from the picture's power.
https://www.wga.hu/html_m/a/angelico/09/cells/06_trans.html
For better it is to make a beginning
of that which may lead to something,
than to engage in a perpetual struggle
and pursuit in courses
which have no exit.
~
Francis Bacon
Might we begin then
to transform our passing illuminations
into abiding light?
~
Huston Smith
Nancy
Priest and Lynn Nebergall …
two
of our Painted Toe members who recently had art work accepted into
BIG
art shows!
CONGRATULATIONS
to each of you!!!
Chew and Chat
Table
Mountain Inn
Thursday,
February 8, 2018
Kay
Owen, Sondra Kellogg, Karla Byrd, Carolyn Alexander, Jackie McFarland
We
celebrated two birthdays … an early one for Jackie and
a
late one for Sondra.
Sondra
Kellogg
Our
speaker at Rotary this week was Captain Del Kleinschmidt of the
Jefferson
County Sheriff’s Office. He is sitting in center front
along
with many members of our club.
The wedding of
Reina Sakamoto and Yushi Sakakibara
February 10, 2017
Tokyo, Japan
The proud ring-bearer, Kiri, with Yushi and Reina
Congratulations and Best Wishes,
REINA and YUSHI!!!
I love you!!!!!
Presents
from Yushi and Reina to their parents.
Yushi’s
mother and sisters are in kimono.
They are off!
Kei
Sakamoto, Jack Alexander, Yushi and Reina, Robin Sakamoto, Dottie Alexander,
Junna Sakamoto
Mardi Gras Party
Saturday,
February 10, 2018
Besides
jambalaya and dirty rice and cornbread, there were king cakes and
many
dessert choices.
Matt
and Courtney McLaurin of Swim Evergreen helped sponsor
the
Mardi Gras Party.
True religion is the life we lead,
not the creed we profess.
~
Louis Nizer
February 11, 2018 Last
Sunday after the Epiphany Year B - Transfiguration
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
2 Kings 2:1-12
Psalm 50:1-6
2 Corinthians 4:3-6
Mark 9:2-9