Heinrich Hofmann was one of the pre-eminent painters of his time. The Sunday Strand – at that time a very popular British magazine– describes him as the most influential contemporary German painter. Hofmann’s style of painting was unique in its own way but at the same time he based his work on the traditional art of old German, Dutch and Italian masters. While in Rome he also came in touch with the Nazarenes – especially through the influence of Cornelius – but throughout his life he remained faithful to the great examples of the Renaissance.
Four of the most famous works of Hofmann are in the possession of the Riverside Church in New York: Christ and the Rich Young Ruler, Christ in Gethsemane, Christ in the Temple and Christ’s Image.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hofmann_(painter)

Things which matter most

must never be at the mercy

of things which matter least.

~ Johan Wolfgang von Goethe*

 

 

 

You only lose

what you cling to.

~ Buddha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sondra Kellogg and I enjoyed Funny Girl at Evergreen’s Center Stage.

 

 

Lynne Milliken, Patsi Pohle, and a friend

in front of some of Patsi’s paintings at Center Stage.

 

 

Kay LaMontagne, owner of Evergreen Design Center, with Whitman, her doggie.

Kay had a gala evening of wine, appetizers, and 13 artists with

their work on display!  Kay is selling her Design Center business … hopefully

by the new year. 

 

 

Laura Mehmert

 

 

Cathy Jones, Carolyn Alexander

 

 

Mike Jacoby, Margaretta and Brewster Caesar

 

 

Alexa, in the white blouse, will be the new owner of the Evergreen

Design Center.

 

 

Young bucks practicing this afternoon.

 

 

 

Thank you, Mike and Ann Moore!

 

 

 

 

 

 

You cannot reap what you have not sown.

How are we going to reap love in our community,

if we only sow hate?

~ Oscar Romero

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 14, 2018, 2018  Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost Year B
                              Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
                              Proper 23
Previous OPQs may be found at:
     http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

*  Used before!

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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

 

 

 

1917~1980

Óscar Romero y Galdámez

Archbishop of San Salvador

 

Motto:

Sentire cum Ecclesia 

(Feel with the Church)

 

 

Indian Hills, Colorado

 

 

Job 23:1-9, 16-17 with Psalm 22:1-15
Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 with Psalm 90:12-17
Hebrews 4:12-16
Mark 10:17-31



Job 23:1-9, 16-17

Then Job answered:
   "Today also my complaint is bitter;
        his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
    O that I knew where I might find him,
        that I might come even to his dwelling!
    I would lay my case before him,
        and fill my mouth with arguments.
    I would learn what he would answer me,
        and understand what he would say to me.
    Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
        No; but he would give heed to me.
    There an upright person could reason with him,
        and I should be acquitted for ever by my judge.

    "If I go forward, he is not there;
        or backward, I cannot perceive him;
     on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him;
        I turn to the right, but I cannot see him.

     "God has made my heart faint;
         the Almighty has terrified me;
      If only I could vanish in darkness,
         and thick darkness would cover my face!"

Psalm 22:1-15

My God, my God,
   why have you forsaken me?
Why are you so far from helping me,
   from the words of my groaning?

O my God, I cry by day,
   but you do not answer;
and by night, 
   but find no rest.

Yet you are holy,
   enthroned on the praises of Israel.
In you our ancestors trusted;
   they trusted, 
and you delivered them.

To you they cried,
   and were saved;
in you they trusted,
   and were not put to shame.

But I am a worm,
   and not human;
scorned by others,
   and despised by the people.

All who see me mock at me;
   they make mouths at me,
they shake their heads;

"Commit your cause to God;
   let God deliver--
let God rescue the one
   in whom God delights!"

Yet it was you
   who took me from the womb;
you kept me safe
   on my mother's breast.

On you I was cast
   from my birth,
and since my mother bore me
   you have been my God.

Do not be far from me,
   for trouble is near
and there is no one to help.

Many bulls encircle me,
   strong bulls of Bashan 
surround me;

they open wide their mouths 
   at me,
like a ravening and roaring lion.

I am poured out like water,
   and all my bones are out of joint;
my heart is like wax;
   it is melted within my breast;

my mouth is dried up 
   like a potsherd,
and my tongue sticks 
   to my jaws;
you lay me in the dust 
   of death.

or

Amos 5:6-7, 10-15

Seek the Lord and live, or he will break out
   against the house of Joseph like fire,
   and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.
Ah, you that turn justice to wormwood,
   and bring righteousness to the ground!

They hate the one who reproves in the gate,
   and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor
   and take from them levies of grain,
you have built houses of hewn stone,
   but you shall not live in them;
you have planted pleasant vineyards,
   but you shall not drink their wine.
For I know how many are your transgressions,
   and how great are your sins —
you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe,
   and push aside the needy in the gate.
Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time;
   for it is an evil time.

Seek good and not evil,
   that you may live;
and so the Lord, the God of hosts,
   will be with you, just as you have said.
Hate evil and love good,
   and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
   will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Psalm 90:12-17

So teach us to count our days
   that we may gain a wise heart.

Turn, O God! How long?
   Have compassion on your servants!

Satisfy us in the morning
   with your steadfast love,
so that we may rejoice
   and be glad all our days.

Make us glad for as many days
   as you have afflicted us,
and for as many years
   as we have seen evil.

Let your work be manifest
   to your servants,
and your glorious power
   to their children.

Let the favor of the Sovereign 
   our God
be upon us,
and prosper for us the work 
   of our hands —
O prosper the work of our hands!

and

Hebrews 4:12-16

Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes of the one to whom we must render an account.

Since, then, we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Mark 10:17-31

As he was setting out on a journey, a man ran up and knelt before him, and asked him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments: 'You shall not murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.'" He said to him, "Teacher, I have kept all these since my youth." Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, "You lack one thing; go, sell what you own, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me." When he heard this, he was shocked and went away grieving, for he had many possessions.

Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!" And the disciples were perplexed at these words. But Jesus said to them again, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God." They were greatly astounded and said to one another, "Then who can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For mortals it is impossible, but not for God; for God all things are possible."

Peter began to say to him, "Look, we have left everything and followed you." Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields, for my sake and for the sake of the good news, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age--houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions--and in the age to come eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."