Trinity Sunday *
Now
the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had
directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted. And
Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been
given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them
to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you
always, to the end of the age."
Matthew 28:16-20
The Parable of the Holy Trinity
(scene
12, south wall)
GOZZOLI,
Benozzo
Fresco
1464-65
Apsidal
Chapel
Sant’Agostino,
San Gimignano
Italy
In the next fresco of the cycle, a boy on the left is attempting to use a spoon to transfer all the waters of the ocean into a little hollow. The episode is described in an apocryphal letter of Cyril of Jerusalem, and shows that the client was a particularly good expert on literature concerning St Augustine. In the letter Cyril writes that St Augustine, while thinking about the Trinity, met a small child on the beach who was attempting to ladle out the oceans using a spoon. When St Augustine explained to him how impossible his plan was, the boy replied by telling him that the mystery of the Holy Trinity was also not something that could be comprehended by the human mind. The scene is a parable of the unbridgeable gap between faith and reason.
In the middle distance, St Augustine is sitting surrounded by a circle of monks on a bare path leading to a monastery on the top of the mountain. The Visit to the Monks of Mount Pisano is depicted for the first time in this fresco, emphasizing its uniqueness. In the foreground on the right, St Augustine is giving the rule of the order to the hermit monks. He is wearing the dress of Augustinian hermits, a black habit with a pointed hood, leather belt and shoes.
There is no historical proof of St Augustine's journey to Tuscany. The event is also not mentioned in the Confessions. However, oral tradition has it that St Augustine stayed in Tuscany after his mother's death. Due to grief at the loss of his mother, he is said to have forgotten to write it down. According to tradition, St Augustine visited the hermit monks of Mount Pisano. This legend was very popular as it suggested that the Augustinian hermits had originated in Tuscany. In fact, St Augustine founded his community in the fourth century in northern Africa. The rule of the Augustinians, dating from 388/389, is the oldest Western monastic rule. In 12 short chapters it lays down the fundamentals of monastic life. The goals of the monastic community are poverty, brotherly love, obedience, prayer, reading the Scriptures, work and apostolic work: a life characterized by seclusion and humility.
Not until 1256 did Pope Alexander (1254-1261) found the order of Augustinian hermits by combining several Italian groups of hermits who had been living according to the rule of St Augustine since 1243.
https://www.wga.hu/html_m/g/gozzoli/4gimigna/2/12scene.html
Tell me how it is that in this room
there are three candles and but one light,
and I will explain to you the mode of the divine existence.
~
John Wesley
You have no control of uncertainties!
You can only control your life
and your reaction to any event.
May you find grace for patient endurance.
~
Lailah G. Akita
by
Marty Whalan Brown, daughter in-law of Sue and Doug Brown.
8th Grade Graduation
St.
Leo the Great School
Fairfax,
Virginia
William (Will) Broyles Alexander
Awarded
Highest Achievement for Band
It
always seemed strange to me that
the
things we admire in men,
kindness
and generosity, openness,
honesty,
understanding and feeling
are
the concomitants of failure in our system.
And
those traits we detest,
sharpness,
greed, acquisitiveness, meanness,
egotism
and self-interest are the traits of success.
And
while men admire the quality of the first,
they
love the produce of the second.
~ John Steinbeck
June 7, 2020 Trinity
Sunday
First Sunday
after Pentecost Year A
Previous OPQs may be found at:
* This
Celtic Knot is made using a beautiful sea green, lightly textured glass for the
knot. The circle is made using a textured irridized clear.
Finally,
brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree
with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with
you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Agnus
Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus
Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Seal
of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
Psalm 8
2
Corinthians 13:11-13
Matthew
28:16-20
Genesis
1:1-2:4a
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the
earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a
wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, "Let there
be light"; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and
God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the
first day.
And God said, "Let there be a dome in the midst of the waters,
and let it separate the waters from the waters." So God made the dome and
separated the waters that were under the dome from the waters that were above
the dome. And it was so. God called the dome Sky. And there was evening and
there was morning, the second day.
And God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered
together into one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so. God
called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called
Seas. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the earth put
forth vegetation: plants yielding seed, and fruit trees of every kind on earth
that bear fruit with the seed in it." And it was so. The earth brought
forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind
bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good. And there was
evening and there was morning, the third day.
And God said, "Let there be lights in the dome of the sky
to separate the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons
and for days and years, and let them be lights in the dome of the sky to give
light upon the earth." And it was so. God made the two great lights — the
greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night — and the
stars. God set them in the dome of the sky to give light upon the earth, to
rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the
darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was
morning, the fourth day.
And God said, "Let the waters bring forth swarms of living
creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky."
So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, of
every kind, with which the waters swarm, and every winged bird of every kind.
And God saw that it was good. God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and
multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the
earth." And there was evening and there was morning, the fifth day.
And God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures
of every kind: cattle and creeping things and wild animals of the earth of
every kind." And it was so. God made the wild animals of the earth of
every kind, and the cattle of every kind, and everything that creeps upon the
ground of every kind. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image,
according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild
animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the
earth."
So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and
multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of
the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves
upon the earth." God said, "See, I have given you every plant
yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed
in its fruit; you shall have them for food. And to every beast of the earth,
and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth,
everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for
food." And it was so. God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it
was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their
multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and
he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done. So God blessed
the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work
that he had done in creation.
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they
were created.
Psalm
8
O Lord, our Sovereign,
how majestic is your name
in all the earth!
You have set your glory
above the heavens.
Out of the mouths of babes
and infants
you have founded a bulwark
because of your foes,
to silence the enemy
and the avenger.
When I look at your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars
that you have established;
what are human beings
that you are mindful of them,
mortals that you care for them?
Yet you have made them
a little lower than God,
and crowned them
with glory and honor.
You have given them dominion
over the works of your hands;
you have put all things
under their feet,
all sheep and oxen,
and also the beasts of the field,
the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along the paths
of the seas.
O Lord, our Sovereign,
how majestic is your name
in all the earth!
2
Corinthians 13:11-13
Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order,
listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love
and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints
greet you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the
communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
Matthew
28:16-20
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to
which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some
doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on
earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I
am with you always, to the end of the age."