Children of God
1
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. 3And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.4Everyone who commits sin is
guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5You know that he was revealed
to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen
him or known him. 7Little children, let no one
deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is
righteous.
1 John 3:1-7
Christ Cares for All
20th
century
Church
of the Natividad
Pangasinan
Philippines
… we need again to recognize that to develop the best
humanity,
the best spirit, the best community, there needs to be
discipline,
practices of exploring how do you do that,
how do we work together,
how do we talk together in ways that will open up
our best capacities and our best gifts.
~
Vincent Harding
When you study science, you step out of planet earth.
You look back, down, at this blue sphere,
and you see a world with no borders.
You see a tiny mote of dust,
suspended in the sunbeam.
You see the expanse of the cosmos
and you realize how small we are,
and how connected we are,
and that we are all the same,
and that what’s good for you has to be good for me.
~
Natalie Batalha
Shaggy
JAK will be getting a much needed shampoo-cut-and-blow dry on Tuesday.
Our
Book Club had only six attenddees on Thursday.
The Magic Hour
by
Kristin
Hannah
Joel
Bacon was our speaker at Rotary on Zoom.
Joel shared how C-SPAN's non-partisan mission guides
its coverage of the political process.
Our
snow and ice this week actually encapsulated
small
branches and buds.
The moments when we
meet and reckon with contradictions
are turning points
where we
either enter or evade
the mystery of God.
~ Parker Palmer
April 18, 2021
Third Sunday of Easter Year B
Previous OPQs may be found at:
Jesus
himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 37They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were
seeing a ghost. 38He said to them, “Why are you
frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me
and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his
feet. 41While in their joy they were
disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to
eat?” 42They gave him a piece of
broiled fish, 43and he took it and ate in
their presence.
44Then he said
to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you —
that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the
psalms must be fulfilled.” 45Then he
opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46and he said to them, “Thus it is
written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third
day, 47and that
repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all
nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48You are
witnesses of these things.”
Luke 24:36b-48
Agnus
Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus
Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Doggie Heaven
Raffi
April 15, 2021
Raffi
Alexander, my brother and sister-in-law’s dear friend and companion,
went
to Doggie Heaven on Thursday.
So hard.
Acts 3:12–19
Psalm 4
1 John 3:1–7
Luke 24:36b–48
First Reading Acts 3:12-19
12When Peter saw it, he addressed the people, “You Israelites, why
do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or
piety we had made him walk? 13The God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has
glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence
of Pilate, though he had decided to release him. 14But you
rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you, 15and you killed the Author of life,
whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. 16And by faith in his name, his name
itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is
through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.
17“And now,
friends, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. 18In this way God fulfilled what he
had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. 19Repent therefore, and turn to God so
that your sins may be wiped out/”
1 Answer me when I call, O God of my right!
You gave me room
when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me,
and hear my prayer.
2 How long, you people, shall my honor suffer
shame?
How long will you
love vain words, and seek after
lies? Selah
3 But know that the LORD has set apart the
faithful for himself;
the LORD hears when
I call to him.
4 When you are disturbed, do not sin;
ponder it on your
beds, and be
silent. Selah
5 Offer right sacrifices,
and put your trust
in the LORD.
6 There are many who say, “O that we might see
some good!
Let the light of
your face shine on us, O LORD!”
7 You have put gladness in my heart
more than when
their grain and wine abound.
8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace;
for you alone, O
LORD, make me lie down in safety.
1See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called
children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us
is that it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God’s
children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is
this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. 3And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he
is pure.
4Everyone who commits sin is
guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5You know that he was revealed
to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6No one who abides in him
sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. 7Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what
is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.
Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with
you.” 37They were
startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. 38He said to them, “Why are you
frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39Look at my hands and my feet; see
that it is I myself. Touch me and see; for a ghost does not have flesh and
bones as you see that I have.” 40And when he
had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41While in their joy they were
disbelieving and still wondering, he said to them, “Have you anything here to
eat?” 42They gave
him a piece of broiled fish, 43and he took
it and ate in their presence.
44Then he said
to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you —
that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the
psalms must be fulfilled.” 45Then he
opened their minds to understand the scriptures, 46and he said
to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from
the dead on the third day, 47and that
repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all
nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48You are
witnesses of these things.”