Here is the Lamb of God

 

 

29The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!  30This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ 31I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

35The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, 36and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!” 37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.  38When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon. 40One of the two who heard John speak and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41He first found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Anointed). 42He brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You are to be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

 

 

https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20230109331368740&code=ACT&RC=56285&Row=12

 

 

Caravaggio’s transfer to Malta and, thereafter, to Sicily is one of the most brilliant chapters in the history of art of both islands. As a fugitive from Papal Rome, the artist first arrived in Malta in mid-July 1607. The powerful current of Realism that had taken Rome and Naples by storm and surprise was now to surprise Malta. Fifteen months later, in a dramatic shift of events that culminated early in October 1608, the artist fled the island as a disgraced fugitive. The Maltese period was a milestone period in the exciting context of Caravaggio’s late years. It was a period when Caravaggio, a fugitive yearning to return to Rome, produced outstanding masterpieces that ironically only a handful of the great artists of the younger generation saw.

https://italianjournal.it/the-double-fugitive-the-artist-simultaneously-revered-and-exiled-throughout-his-life/

 

 

 

 

The time is always right 

to do what is right.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Any fool can criticize, condemn, 

and complain - and most fools do.

~ Dale Carnegie

 

 

 

 

 

Rev. Kimra Perkins gave the sermon at our church last Sunday.

She portrayed the wife of one of the Wise Men and spoke of their journey.

 

Afterwards, Rotary members who came to listen to Kimra’s sermon

had lunch at Lariot Lodge.  Jim Davis took the photo.

 

My Lamb Gyro with Tzatziki Sauce came with a paper covering ...

Nancy Priest working on another of her amazing paintings.

 

 

National Western Stock Show Parade. Downtown Denver.

The Stock Show has been held in Denver every year (except for two) since 1906.

(Photo by Reid Neureiter)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

 

 

 

 

MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY 

January 16, 2023

 

 

 

Isaiah 49:1–7 

Psalm 40:1–11 

1 Corinthians 1:1–9 

John 1:29–42

 

John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
John 1: 29-34

THE WORD:

The Fourth Gospel emphasizes John the Baptizer’s role as the bridge between the First and New Testaments; he is the last great prophet who identifies Jesus as the Messiah.  In his vision of the Spirit of God “resting” upon and within Jesus, the Baptizer realizes that this is the chosen Servant of God who has come to inaugurate the Messianic era of forgiveness and reconciliation (today’s first reading, the second of Isaiah's “servant” songs, describes the mission of the servant: to bring Israel back to the Lord and, through her, extend the Lord's salvation to every nation and people on earth).

https://connectionsmediaworks.com/sundaygospel.html#jan15