Reconciliation
Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father
still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they
at his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to
me." And they came closer. He said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom
you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves,
because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the
famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in
which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. God sent me before you to
preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.
So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to
Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry
and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made
me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. You shall settle in the
land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your
children's children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
I will provide for you there--since there are five more years of famine to
come--so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to
poverty.'
And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after
that his brothers talked with him.
Genesis 45:3-11, 15
The Recognition of Joseph by His Brothers
CORNELIUS, Peter von
1816-1817
Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo
Rome
Italy
The painter, Peter von Cornelius, was a part of
the so-called "Nazarene" movement, "a movement within Romantic
Art that shaped public monumental and religious painting in Germany for a
half-century after 1810. Its key proponents included Peter Cornelius, Ferdinand
Olivier, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Franz Pforr, Wilhelm Schadow, Julius
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, and Philipp Veit. The Nazarenes stressed the primacy of
the "idea" in art, considered religious and national historical
subjects as preferable to the classical subject championed by the rationalist
academies, felt truth to be linked to the "characteristic" in nature
and art, and leaned toward medieval and early Renaissance models of art in the
wake of the Napoleonic debacle...Piety marked all the artists, although only a
few devoted themselves exclusively, or even preponderantly, to religious
subjects...The artists invested their monumental figurative compositions with a
spiritually energized atemporality, which eventually lost its appeal to a
public attracted by the quotidian leanings of the Biedermeier and realist
eras." (Murray, 795)
Truth can be told in an instant,
forgiveness can be offered spontaneously,
but reconciliation is the work
of lifetimes and generations.
~
Krista Tippett
All I have seen
teaches me to trust the Creator
for all I have not seen.
~
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bunco
Carla
McFadden was our hostess and had many yummies for us!
Lisa
played for the first time and won the “Lowest Score” prize.
She
loved it!
February
23, 2019, was Rotary International’s 114th Birthday
and
we celebrated at this week’s Friday meeting.
Mardi
Gras Party
Saturday,
February 23, 2019
Crowning
of King Jeff Brekke and Queen Diane Johnson
If we do not transform our pain,
we will transmit it.
~
Richard Rohr
February 24, 2019 Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Year
C
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary
Time
Previous OPQs may be found at:
"But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good
to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who
takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs
from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do to
others as you would have them do to you.
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to
you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do
good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you
lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even
sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, do
good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you
will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the
wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn,
and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it
will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running
over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure
you get back."
Luke 6:27-38
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
… do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven;
give, and it will be given to you.
~
Luke 6:37b-38a
Reconciliation
SUPUNI,
Amos
2011
Town
Hall
Woerden
Netherlands
In his work Supuni refers to contemporary social issues concerning street kids, homelessness and poverty. On the other side, his images show joy, such as the pride of a father holding his newborn child. In addition he uses cultural icons in his work.
Genesis 45:3–11, 15
Psalm
37:1–11, 39–40
1
Corinthians 15:35–38, 42–50
Luke 6:27–38
Genesis
45:3-11, 15
Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph. Is my father
still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, so dismayed were they
at his presence. Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to
me." And they came closer. He said, "I am your brother, Joseph, whom
you sold into Egypt. And now do not be distressed, or angry with yourselves,
because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. For the
famine has been in the land these two years; and there are five more years in
which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. God sent me before you to
preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.
So it was not you who sent me here, but God; he has made me a father to
Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. Hurry
and go up to my father and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, God has made
me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. You shall settle in the
land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your
children's children, as well as your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.
I will provide for you there--since there are five more years of famine to
come--so that you and your household, and all that you have, will not come to
poverty.'
And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after
that his brothers talked with him.
Psalm
37:1-11, 39-40
Do not fret
because of the wicked;
do not be envious
of wrongdoers,
for they will soon fade
like the grass,
and wither
like the green herb.
Trust in God,
and do good;
so you will live in the land,
and enjoy security.
Take delight in God,
who will give you
the desires of your heart.
Commit your way
to God;
trust in God,
and God will act.
God will make your vindication shine
like the light,
and the justice of your cause
like the noonday.
Be still before God,
and wait patiently;
do not fret over those
who prosper in their way,
over those who carry out
evil devices.
Refrain from anger,
and forsake wrath.
Do not fret--
it leads only to evil.
For the wicked shall be cut off,
but those who wait for God
shall inherit the land.
Yet a little while,
and the wicked will be no more;
though you look diligently
for their place,
they will not be there.
But the meek shall inherit
the land,
and delight themselves
in abundant prosperity.
The salvation of the righteous
is from God,
who is their refuge
in the time of trouble.
God helps them
and rescues them;
God rescues them
from the wicked,
and saves them,
because they take refuge in God.
1
Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50
But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what
kind of body do they come?" Fool! What you sow does not come to life
unless it dies. And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that is to be,
but a bare seed, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a
body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. So it is with the
resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is
imperishable. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness,
it is raised in power. It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual
body. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. Thus it is
written, "The first man, Adam, became a living being"; the last Adam
became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the
physical, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of
dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so are those who
are of the dust; and as is the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.
Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we will also bear the image
of the man of heaven. What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit
the imperishable.
Luke
6:27-38
"But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good
to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
If anyone strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from anyone who
takes away your coat do not withhold even your shirt. Give to everyone who begs
from you; and if anyone takes away your goods, do not ask for them again. Do to
others as you would have them do to you.
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to
you? For even sinners love those who love them. If you do good to those who do
good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. If you
lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even
sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, do
good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you
will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the
wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn,
and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it
will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running
over, will be put into your lap; for the measure you give will be the measure
you get back."