The First Miracle

 

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward." So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now." Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

John 2:1-11

 

Wedding at Cana

He Qi

Contemporary

China

 

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The time is always right to do what is right.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

 

 

 

Miracles are a retelling in small letters

of the very same story which is written across

the whole world

in letters too large

for some of us to see.

~ C.S. Lewis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fishing at the lake on a Brrrr Cold Day!

 

 

 

Book Club at Kelly's

Vicki Kyle, Kelly Selva

 

Kelly even bought dessert goodies from a Korean Bakery

to complement “Pachinko,” the book we read.

 

Marianne Temple spoke about our Rotary Club’s involvement with 

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, 

Our club now partners with four other mountain clubs

and each month we reach around 240 children.

That comes to 2,880 books we send each year!

 

 

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth to age five in participating communities within the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.

Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write Dolly started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program spans four countries and mails over 1 million free books each month to children around the world.

 

https://imaginationlibrary.com



Imagination Library

 

Janet Way, Mary VanSant, Sandy Fair, Gayle MacDougall and I had

lunch at Cedar 65 after our exercise class.

(I use the word “exercise” very loosely!)

 

 

 

 

When it's over, I want to say: all my life
I was a bride married to amazement.
I was a bridegroom, taking the world into my arms.

    

When it's over, I don't want to wonder
if I have made of my life something particular, and real.
I don't want to find myself sighing and frightened
or full of argument.

 

I don't want to end up simply having visited this world. 

     

~ Mary Oliver 

from “When Death Comes"

 

Mary Oliver

September 10,1935 ~ January 17, 2019

 

 

 

 

January 20, 2019   Second Sunday after Epiphany Year C

                Second Sunday in Ordinary Time      

 

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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Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalm 36:5-10
1 Corinthians 12:1-11
John 2:1-11

 

 

 

 

Isaiah 62:1-5

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
   and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,
until her vindication shines out like the dawn,
   and her salvation like a burning torch.

The nations shall see your vindication,
   and all the kings your glory;
and you shall be called by a new name
   that the mouth of the Lord will give.

You shall be a crown of beauty
   in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem
   in the hand of your God.

You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
   and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
   and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
   and your land shall be married.
For as a young man marries a young woman,
   so shall your builder marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
   so shall your God rejoice over you.

Psalm 36:5-10

Your steadfast love, O God,
   extends to the heavens,
your faithfulness 
   to the clouds.

Your righteousness is like 
   the mighty mountains,
your judgments are like 
   the great deep;
you save humans and animals alike, 
   O God.

How precious is your steadfast love,
   O God!
All people may take refuge
   in the shadow of your wings.

They feast on the abundance
   of your house,
and you give them drink
   from the river of your delights.

For with you is 
   the fountain of life;
in your light 
   we see light.

O continue your steadfast love
   to those who know you,
and your salvation 
   to the upright of heart!

1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says "Let Jesus be cursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except by the Holy Spirit.

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

John 2:1-11

On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, "They have no wine." And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you." Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, "Fill the jars with water." And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward." So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now." Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.