Saturday, July 28, 2007

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Hello Everyone,

Evelyn here,

Below is the scripture reading for last week's Mass, the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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GOSPEL
LUKE 10:38-42

Jesus entered a village
where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
She had a sister named Mary
who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,
“Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me.”
The Lord said to her in reply,
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her.”
and it will not be taken from her.”
 

                             

                     Painting: Jesus In The House Of Martha And Mary By Unknown Artist
                                             

New American Bible
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Psalm: Sunday 26
07.21.07

Artist Bio:

James Jacques Tissot has quickly become one of my favorite artists and a few
months ago, I featured his work on the BTCC Youth Ministry. Tissot was famous
 for his exquisite paintings of beautiful English women and most people think
he was English. In fact, Jacques-Joseph Tissot was born October 15, 1836 in
Nantes, then a thriving port on the Loire estuary in western France. He
adopted the name James as an anglicized form when living in England. His
friends wereManet and Degas, with whom he shared a teacher in the painting
 school in Paris. From 1885 until his death on August 8, 1902, he becamevery
religious and spent the last 17 years living as recluse painting religious
pictures.

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Evelyn out.

 

Saturday, July 21, 2007

The Expert In The Law Stands Up To Test Jesus

hello Everyone,

Evelyn here,

below is the scripture reading from last sunday Mass as post on A Catholic's Life Homepage.

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Gospel

Luke 10:25-37

 

There was a scholar of the law, who stood up to test him and said,

“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law?

How do you read it?”

He said in reply,

You shall love the Lord, your God,

with all your heart,

with all your being,

with all your strength,

and with all your mind,

and your neighbor as yourself.”

He replied to him, “You have answered correctly;

do this and you will live.”

But because he wished to justify himself,he said to Jesus,

“And who is my neighbor?”

 

 

Jesus replied,

“A man fell victim to robbers

as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.

They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.

A priest happened to be going down that road,

but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.

Likewise a Levite came to the place,

and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side.

But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him

was moved with compassion at the sight.

He approached the victim,

poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them.

Then he lifted him up on his own animal,

took him to an inn, and cared for him.

The next day he took out two silver coins

and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction,

‘Take care of him.

If you spend more than what I have given you,

I shall repay you on my way back.’

Which of these three, in your opinion,

was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?”

He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.”

Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”

 

 

New American Bible

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm: Sunday 25

 

 

Painting by

The Expert In The Law Stands Up To Test Jesus

Artist:  Tissot, James 1886-96

And

The Parable Of The Good Samaritan, 1575 by Francesco Bassano

 

Saturday, July 14, 2007

"What Jesus Saw from the Cross" A painting by James Jacques Tissot

Hello Everyone,

Evelyn here,

By now, many of you have guessed that I am a great admirer of medieval and renaissance art. Over the years, I have developed an unquenchable passion for the artworks of several painters from those times. My taste is art of the period runs the works of  many well-known lay painters, whose daily earned their livelihoods in cities like Paris, Florence, and Venice, to the little known artists, who were priests or monks and whom painters- many which were murals and sculptures - graced the cells of many long forgotten monasteries across Christian Europe.

The painting below is another of the noted French painter James Jacques Tissot entitled, “What Jesus Saw from the Cross.” This painting is breath taking and it awakens the viewer’s perspective of what was to be Christ at Calvary. To really experience the full affect of this marvelous painting click the link. If you are using IE7, you might have to click the painting to see it in full view, which I recommend.

http://hometown.aol.com/Astptevelyn/James+Jacques+JosephTissot.jpg

                 

James Jacques Tissot has quickly become one of my favorite artists and a few months ago, I featured his work on the BTCC Youth Ministry. Tissot was famous for his exquisite paintings of beautiful English women and most people think he was English. In fact, Jacques-Joseph Tissot was born October 15, 1836 in Nantes, then a thriving port on the Loire estuary in western France. He adopted the name James as an anglicized form when living in England. His friends were Manet and Degas, with whom he shared a teacher in the painting school in Paris. From 1885 until his death on August 8, 1902, he became very religious and spent the last 17 years living as recluse painting religious pictures.

 

Evelyn out.

 

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Hello Everyone,

 

Evelyn here,

 

Below is the scripture entry from Sunday, July 08, 2007. The painting is the "Sending of the Seventy Disciples by Jesus Two by Two". It was done by the French painter James Jacques Tissot (1836 - 1902).

 

                     

                              

Gospel
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 9

At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.
Go on your way;
behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves.
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals;
and greet no one along the way.
Into whatever house you enter, first say,
‘Peace to this household.’
If a peaceful person lives there,
your peace will rest on him;
but if not, it will return to you.
Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you,
for the laborer deserves his payment.
Do not move about from one house to another.
Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them,
‘The kingdom of God is at hand for you.’
Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you,
go out into the streets and say,
‘The dust of your town that clings to our feet,
even that we shake off against you.’
Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand.
I tell you,
it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town.”

The seventy-two returned rejoicing, and said,
“Lord, even the demons are subject to us because of your name.”
Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky.
Behold, I have given you the power to ‘tread upon serpents’ and scorpions
and upon the full force of the enemy and nothing will harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you,
but rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”


New American bible

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Psalm: Sunday 24

July 08, 2007

 

Evelyn out

 

 

Saturday, July 7, 2007

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Evelyn Everyone,

Evelyn here

with a reminded that these pages of archives of "A Catholic's Life Homepage". The homepage is update in preparation of each Sunday's Mass. 

                                     

1 KINGS 19:16b, 19-21

The LORD said to Elijah:
“You shall anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah,
as prophet to succeed you.”

Elijah set out and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat,
as he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen;
he was following the twelfth.
Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak over him.
Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said,
“Please, let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,
and I will follow you.”
Elijah answered, “Go back!
Have I done anything to you?”
Elisha left him, and taking the yoke of oxen, slaughtered them;
he used the plowing equipment for fuel to boil their flesh,
and gave it to his people to eat.
Then Elisha left and followed Elijah as his attendant.


New American Bible
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Psalm: Sunday 23

Evelyn out.