35James
and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him,
"Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." 36And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for
you?" 37And they said to him,
"Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your
glory."38But Jesus said to them,
"You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I
drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" 39They replied, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them,
"The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am
baptized, you will be baptized; 40but to sit at my right hand
or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been
prepared."
41When the ten
heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. 42So Jesus called them and said to
them, "You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their
rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. 43But it is not so among you; but
whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever wishes to be first among
you must be slave of all. 45For the Son
of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for
many."
Mark 10:35-45
Washing of the Feet
SWANSON,
John August
1999
Serigraph
Los
Angeles, California
United
States
To purchase prints, cards, and posters of John August Swanson's works, visit http://www.johnaugustswanson.com
Serigraph 19” by 25”
JOHN AUGUST SWANSON makes his home in Los Angeles, California, where he was born in 1938. He paints in oil, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media, and is an independent printmaker of limited edition serigraphs, lithographs and etchings.
His art reflects the strong heritage of storytelling he inherited from his Mexican mother and Swedish father. John Swanson’s narrative is direct and easily understood. He addresses himself to human values, cultural roots, and his quest for self-discovery through visual images. These include Bible stories and social celebrations such as attending the circus, the concert, and the opera. He also tells of everyday existence, of city and country walks, of visits to the library, the train station or the schoolroom. All his parables optimistically embrace life and one’s spiritual transformation.
John Swanson studied with Corita Kent at Immaculate Heart College. His unique style is influenced by the imagery of Islamic and medieval miniatures, Russian iconography, the color of Latin American folk art, and the tradition of Mexican muralists.
His art is in no way "naïve." It is detailed, complex, and elaborate. Unlike many contemporary artists, John Swanson works directly on all phases in producing his original prints. His serigraphs (limited-edition screen prints) have from 40 to 89 colors printed, using transparent and opaque inks creating rich and detailed imagery. For each color printed the artist must draw a stencil on Mylar film. This stencil is transferred to the silk screen for printing the color ink on the serigraph edition. The resulting serigraph is a matrix of richly overlaid colors visually striking and technically masterful.
Mr. Swanson’s art is represented in the permanent collections of many museums, including three museums of the Smithsonian Institution: The National Museum of American History, The National Museum of American Art and The National Air and Space Museum. He is also included in the print collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard University’s Fogg Museum, the Tate Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. His painting THE PROCESSION is one of relatively few works by contemporary artists to be selected for the Vatican Museums’ Collection of Modern Religious Art. In 2008, an extensive collection of John August Swanson’s works were purchased by Emory University’s Candler School of Theology to hang on the walls of their new 76,349 square foot building. He was awarded The Dean’s Medal for his art’s transformative effect on the campus. With over 55 works hung, this is the largest open public display of the artwork of John August Swanson. [from the artist's website]
The best way to find yourself
is to lose yourself
in the service of others.
~
Mahatma Gandhi
One’s destination is never a place
but rather a new way of looking at things.
~
Henry Miller
Celebration of Life
Evergreen Lakehouse
October 13, 2021
Sylvia Brockner
October 13, 1919 - September 3, 2021
Linda
Kirkpatrick signing in at Sylvia Brockner’s Celebration of Life
on
October 13, 2021. It would have been Sylvia’s 102nd birthday.
Such
an amazing cake!!!
Such
an amazing person!!!
Carolyn Alexander, Laura Mehmert
(
Photo by Sylvia Ann Schassar Graovac,
Sylvia
Brockner’s niece, whose birthday is also on October 13th.)
On
Thursday, Van Farnsworth, Sharron Leonard, and I had lunch at
Lakehouse
Kitchen and Bar in Littleton.
Van
gave me a tour of their lovely new home.
She
had the PERFECT niche for her elk statue!
Davis
Linden, a fellow Rotarian, was our speaker on Friday.
His
topic was “Blockchain and Tik-Tok.”
He
simplified terminology by using meaningful analogies.
Well
done!
Rocky Mountain Literary Festival
to benefit Bootstraps, Inc.
Mount Vernon Canyon Club
Saturday,
October 16, 2021
https://www.rockymountainliteraryfestival.org
Melanie
Crowder, Master of Ceremonies, with Cindy Sahli.
Anna
Marie Nelson and I were invited to join Cindy at her Sponsor Table.
Susan
Henry, the new Executive Director of Bootstraps, Inc., with
Colleen
Skates, the amazing retiring Executive Director.
Nancy
Hiester, Director of Development, Bootstraps, Inc.
Earn your success based on service to others,
not at the expense of others.
~
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
October 17, 2021 Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost
Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary
Time - Year B
Previous OPQs may be found at:
1Every
high priest chosen from among mortals is put in charge of things pertaining to
God on their behalf, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2He is able to deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since
he himself is subject to weakness; 3and because of this he must
offer sacrifice for his own sins as well as for those of the people. 4And one does not presume to take this honor, but takes it only
when called by God, just as Aaron was.
5So also Christ did not
glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who
said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; 6as he says also in another place, "You are a priest
forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."
7In the days of his flesh,
Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the
one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his
reverent submission. 8Although he was a Son, he
learned obedience through what he suffered; 9and having been made perfect,
he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, 10having been designated by God a high priest according to the
order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 5:1-10
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Job 38:1-7, (34-41) and Psalm 104:1-9, 24, 35c
OR
Isaiah 53:4-12 and Psalm 91:9-16
Hebrews 5:1-10
Mark 10:35-45
Summary
Jesus uses James’ and John’s
ambitions as an opportunity to reveal another aspect of the mystery of the
cross. Relinquishing honor and recognition for the sake of others is what wins
the highest reward from God. Power and success do not achieve this.
Jesus himself is the exemplar. It is hard to see the bleak shame of a death on
a cross for modern Christians, we are so used to seeing burnished crucifixes
and decorative crosses hanging from necklaces. Roman justice, moreover, was a
reliable enough institution that a crucified man would not immediately elicit
pity from onlookers. “He must have deserved it” would be the default reaction.
The shame of undeserved accusation is, in many ways, the hardest part of the
whole Passion: it is the polar opposite of a place of honor. But this is the
cup and baptism that Jesus endured, and he offers it to us, as he did his
disciples, as the path to triumph. James and John for their part would receive
theirs in martyrdom and exile—see Acts 12:2 and Revelation 1:9—winning the
higher honor of saints in heaven instead of rulers on earth.
In various ways throughout our lives we too are asked to endure shame and false
accusations for the sake of Jesus’ name and for the good of the world. The
meaning of crossing ourselves or hanging a cross around our necks is that we
accept, embrace, and mark ourselves with ignobility and hardship for the sake
of delivering God’s love to the world.
https://www.preachingtoday.com/lectionary/
First Reading Job 38:1-7 (34-41)
1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: 2"Who is this that darkens
counsel by words without knowledge? 3Gird up your
loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.
4"Where
were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have
understanding. 5Who
determined its measurements — surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon
it? 6On what were
its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone 7when the
morning stars sang together and all the heavenly beings shouted for joy?
34"Can
you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that a flood of waters may cover you? 35Can you send forth lightnings, so
that they may go and say to you, 'Here we are'? 36Who has put
wisdom in the inward parts, or given understanding to the mind? 37Who has the wisdom to number the
clouds? Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens, 38when the dust runs into a mass and
the clods cling together?
39"Can
you hunt the prey for the lion, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, 40when they crouch in their dens, or
lie in wait in their covert? 41Who provides
for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God, and wander about for
lack of food?"
1Bless the LORD, O my soul.
O LORD my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor
and majesty,
2wrapped in light as with a
garment.
You stretch out the heavens
like a tent,
3you set the beams of your
chambers on the waters,
you make the clouds your
chariot,
you ride on the wings of the wind,
4you make the winds your messengers,
fire and flame your ministers.
5You set the earth on its foundations,
so that it shall never be shaken.
6You cover it with the deep as with a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
7At your rebuke they flee;
at the sound of your thunder they take to flight.
8They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys
to the place that you appointed for them.
9You set a boundary that they may not pass,
so that they might not again cover the earth.
24O LORD, how manifold are your works!
In wisdom you have made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
35Let sinners be consumed from the earth,
and let the wicked be no more.
Bless the LORD, O my soul.
Praise the LORD!
1Every high priest chosen from among mortals is put in charge of
things pertaining to God on their behalf, to offer gifts and sacrifices for
sins. 2He is able to deal gently
with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is subject to weakness; 3and because of this he must offer sacrifice for his own sins as
well as for those of the people. 4And one does not presume to
take this honor, but takes it only when called by God, just as Aaron was.
5So also Christ did not
glorify himself in becoming a high priest, but was appointed by the one who
said to him, "You are my Son, today I have begotten you"; 6as he says also in another place, "You are a priest
forever, according to the order of Melchizedek."
7In the days of his flesh,
Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the
one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his
reverent submission. 8Although he was a Son, he
learned obedience through what he suffered; 9and having been made perfect,
he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him, 10having been designated by God a high priest according to the
order of Melchizedek.
35James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and
said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of
you." 36And he said
to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?" 37And they said to him, "Grant us
to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory."38But Jesus said to them, "You do
not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" 39They replied, "We are
able." Then Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink;
and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; 40but to sit at my right hand or at my
left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been
prepared."
41When the ten
heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. 42So Jesus called them and said to
them, "You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their
rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. 43But it is not so among you; but
whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, 44and whoever wishes to be first among
you must be slave of all. 45For the Son
of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for
many."