Rejoice,
embrace, delight, live!
Those
who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. Just as the
living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me
will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like
that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread
will live forever." He said these things while he was teaching in the
synagogue at Capernaum.
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This
teaching is difficult; who can accept it?" But Jesus, being aware that his
disciples were complaining about it, said to them, "Does this offend you?
Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have
spoken to you are spirit and life. But among you there are some who do not
believe." For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not
believe, and who was the one that would betray him. And he said, "For this
reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the
Father." Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer
went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, "Do you also wish to go
away?" Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom can we go? You have
the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the
Holy One of God."
John 6:56-69
Christ Preaching to the
Multitudes
SMETHAM,
James
mid
19th c.?
Private
Collection
https://www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Christ-preaching-to-the-multitudes/25F0E60C414B3C08
NOTES:
signed 'J. Smetham' (lower left on a tree
trunk)
pencil, pen and black ink, watercolour and
bodycolour with scratching out on paper
5 x 7 in. (12.2 x 17.7 cm.); and by the same
hand, 'Moonlit landscape' in pencil and wash heightened with bodycolour
(purchased from Alistair Matthews, Bournemouth)
(2)
Provenance:
with
The Fine Art Society, London.
A great man is always willing
to be little.
~
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fresh
basil, pine nuts, garlic, olive oil, and parmesan with pasta.
Thank
you, Nancy, for the basil!
The
Black Hat Cattle Company
Kittredge,
Colorado
Happy
Hour at the Black Hat!
Janet
Way, Mary VanSant, Carolyn Alexander, Sandy Fair, Nancy Eldridge
Thursday Night Book Club
Selection Night at Lurlie's
Lurlie
Bickford, our hostess
Lurlie
has two new area rugs.
I
really like this one!
Jeanne
Canny, Ginny Boschen
District
Governor Sandy Mortensen
was
our speaker at Rotary.
She
was greeted as befits royalty.
Ed
Steinbrecher, from the Conifer Club, delivered peaches
on
Friday morning.
Evergreen Fine Arts Festival
Saturday
and Sunday
August
25 and 26, 2018
I
love the White Forest Spoons!!!
Dine Around
at
the Lucky Penny Ranch
Saturday,
August 25, 2018
Gail
Sharp with one of her horses.
Gail
hosted 16 of us in her 1860s barn.
We
started the evening with a game of jenga.
Tense
moments!
Uh-oh.
Our team lost.
During
dinner we had to close the barn doors because it really poured.
The
rain stopped and we threw open the barn doors.
We
beheld a stirring tribute to John McCain.
August 26, 2018 Fourteenth Sunday
after Pentecost Year B
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Proper 16
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Ephesians
6:14-17
1 Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11), 22-30, 41-43 with Psalm 84 or
Joshua
24:1-2a, 14-18 with Psalm 34:15-22
Ephesians
6:10-20
John
6:56-69
1
Kings 8:(1, 6, 10-11), 22-30, 41-43
(Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads
of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites, before
King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out
of the city of David, which is Zion.
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to
its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the most holy place,
underneath the wings of the cherubim.
And when the priests came out of the holy place, a cloud filled
the house of the Lord, so that the priests could not stand to minister because
of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.)
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence
of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to heaven. He said,
"O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on
earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk
before you with all their heart, the covenant that you kept for your servant my
father David as you declared to him; you promised with your mouth and have this
day fulfilled with your hand. Therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your
servant my father David that which you promised him, saying, 'There shall never
fail you a successor before me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your
children look to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.'
Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to
your servant my father David. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even
heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I
have built! Regard your servant's prayer and his plea, O Lord my God, heeding
the cry and the prayer that your servant prays to you today; that your eyes may
be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you said, 'My name
shall be there,' that you may heed the prayer that your servant prays toward
this place. Hear the plea of your servant and of your people Israel when they
pray toward this place; O hear in heaven your dwelling place; heed and forgive.
Likewise when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a
distant land because of your name — for they shall hear of your great name,
your mighty hand, and your outstretched arm — when a foreigner comes and prays
toward this house, then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and do according to
all that the foreigner calls to you, so that all the peoples of the earth may
know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and so that they may
know that your name has been invoked on this house that I have built."
with
Psalm
84
How lovely is your dwelling place,
O God of hosts!
My soul longs,
indeed it faints
for the courts of God;
my heart and my flesh
sing for joy
to the living God.
Even the sparrow
finds a home,
and the swallow a nest
for herself,
where she may lay her young,
at your altars,
O God of hosts,
my Ruler and my God.
Happy are those who live
in your house,
ever singing your praise.
Happy are those
whose strength is in you,
in whose heart are the highways
to Zion.
As they go through
the valley of Baca
they make it a place
of springs;
the early rain also covers it
with pools.
They go from strength
to strength;
the God of gods will be seen
in Zion.
O Sovereign God of hosts,
hear my prayer;
give ear,
O God of Jacob!
Behold our shield,
O God;
look on the face
of your anointed.
For a day in your courts
is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be a doorkeeper
in the house of my God
than live in the tents
of wickedness.
For the Sovereign God
is a sun and shield;
God bestows favor
and honor.
No good thing
does God withhold
from those who walk uprightly.
O God of hosts,
happy is everyone
who trusts in you.
or
Joshua
24:1-2a, 14-18
Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and
summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and
they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people,
"Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Now therefore revere the Lord, and
serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods that your
ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. Now if you
are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether
the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of
the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we
will serve the Lord." Then the people answered, "Far be it from us
that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods; for it is the Lord our God
who brought us and our ancestors up from the land of Egypt, out of the house of
slavery, and who did those great signs in our sight. He protected us along all
the way that we went, and among all the peoples through whom we passed; and the
Lord drove out before us all the peoples, the Amorites who lived in the land.
Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for he is our God."
with
Psalm
34:15-22
The eyes of God
are on the righteous,
and God's ears
are open to their cry.
The face of God
is against evildoers,
to cut off the remembrance of them
from the earth.
When the righteous cry for help,
God hears,
and rescues them
from all their troubles.
God is near
to the brokenhearted,
and saves the crushed in spirit.
Many are the afflictions
of the righteous,
but God rescues them
from them all.
God keeps all their bones;
not one of them will be broken.
Evil brings death
to the wicked,
and those who hate the righteous
will be condemned.
God redeems the life of those
who serve God;
none of those
who take refuge in God
will be condemned.
Ephesians
6:10-20
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
Put on the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil. For our struggle is not against enemies of blood and flesh,
but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers of
this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to
withstand on that evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand
therefore, and fasten the belt of truth around your waist, and put on the
breastplate of righteousness. As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make
you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. With all of these, take the shield
of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming arrows of the
evil one. Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is
the word of God. Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and
supplication. To that end keep alert and always persevere in supplication for
all the saints. Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given
to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an
ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I must speak.
John
6:56-69
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in
them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so
whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from
heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who
eats this bread will live forever." He said these things while he was
teaching in the synagogue at Capernaum.
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This
teaching is difficult; who can accept it?" But Jesus, being aware that his
disciples were complaining about it, said to them, "Does this offend you?
Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have
spoken to you are spirit and life. But among you there are some who do not
believe." For Jesus knew from the first who were the ones that did not
believe, and who was the one that would betray him. And he said, "For this
reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the
Father." Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer
went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, "Do you also wish to go
away?" Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom can we go? You have
the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the
Holy One of God."