Easter Week. Angel(s) at the Tomb

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From: William W...
To: Donald ...
Sent: Wednesday, 3 April 2013, 19:58
Subject: Re: [Blog] Angels at the tomb

Dear Father Donald,

 

It is a delight for me to share in your Easter celebration on your Blog, and to receive your lovely greetings!

 

The presence of the angels could be a study in itself, bearers of divine grace, making it always clear that they are messengers of God. All the artists create impressions for us (see attachment saved from your Blog that has been on my desktop throughout Easter!), but for most of us the angels are as hidden in person as the Spirit is as little known in revelation. The Liz Curtis Higgs presentation of the Easter story is beautiful, quite absorbing. This Easter I have greatly enjoyed the commentary in 'The Gospel Story' Knox/Cox to which you introduced me.

 

As I get older, I complain to myself of myself that I seem to cover less and less ground! but this Easter I have discovered a good reason as to why... I now like to read in sentences (and that from Albert Schweitzer is a perfect example), not paragraphs even, and certainly not pages, weighing the meaning: and instead of collecting gems to read later, I savour what I can now, and reluctantly pass on. There is such a vast portrait gallery now made available on the internet! 

 

Medicine for the soul cannot be taken in large doses!

 

Thus I so greatly enjoy your Blog and all the fascinating articles you present, thank you Father.

 

In the Joy of Easter,

with my love in Our Lord,

William

From: Donald ...
To: William ...
Sent: Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 20:56
Subject: Fw: [Blog] Angels at the tomb. John 20:12 to update

Dear William,

Again Happy Easter Time.

Too many irons in the fire and heading for rest.

But I did not get the Angels into the Holy Week story. See the ATTACHED:

Angels Bearing the Instruments of the Passion, details from The Last Judgement Altarpiece, Rogier van der Weyden

And from the Blog copy is more extended version of:

http://www.lizcurtishiggs.com/2013/03/the-women-of-easter-i-have-seen-the-lord/  

For the Angels, need learn more .....

 In Dno.

fr. Donald.

P.S. A thought from Wordsmith.org;

"Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else." Like all genuine humor, this waggish remark carries a grain of truth. There are seven billion of us around, and we are very different -- in our demeanor, diction, and dreams, as well as in our fingerprints, retinal patterns, and DNA sequences.

Yet, no matter which hand we write with, what language we speak, or what we eat, there is something that binds us all, whether it's our preference for a life free from fear, our efforts to make this world a better place, our appreciation of beauty, or our longing for love.

With so many people, so many shared traits, and so many differences, there's no wonder we have so many words to describe people. This week we'll look at five of them.  

magnanimous 

PRONUNCIATION:

(mag-NAN-i-muhs) 

MEANING:

adjective: Generous or forgiving, especially towards a weak rival.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin magnanimus (great-souled), from magnus (great) + animus (soul, mind). Ultimately from the Indo-European root meg- (great), which also gave us magnificent, maharaja, master, mayor, maestro, magnate, magistrate, maximum, magnify, mahatma, magisterial, mickle, and hermetic. Earliest documented use: 1547.

USAGE:

"Breslin was magnanimous in victory, paying tribute to the efforts of Glenavon."
Gordon Hanna; Cliftonville in Cruise Control; Belfast Telegraph (Northern Ireland); Mar 19, 2013.

Explore "magnanimous" in the Visual Thesaurus. 

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. -Albert Schweitzer, philosopher, physician, musician, Nobel laureate (1875-1965) 

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