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

 

Previous OPQs may be found at:

     http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 Kings 2:1-12
Psalm 50:1-6
2 Corinthians 4:3-6
Mark 9:2-9