It is always the beauty to find the countering the best of Jesus' loving encounters.
Today we had Jesus parable, 'a wedding feast for his son' Mt. 22: 1-14.
At elbow, Sr. Wendy Beckett meditates on, 'The Agony in the Garden', (Meditations of Our Faith)'
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"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him." (Revelation 3:20 KJV)
Perhaps you've seen Holman Hunt's painting of Jesus. Stone archway...ivy-covered bricks...Jesus standing before a heavy wooden door.
It was in a Bible I often held as a young boy. Beneath the painting were the words, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him."
Years later I read about a surprise in the painting. Holman Hunt had intentionally left out something that only the most careful eye would note as missing. I had not noticed it. When I was told about it I went back and looked. Sure enough, it wasn't there. There was no doorknob on the door. It could only be opened from the inside....
God comes to your house, steps up to the
door, and knocks.
But it's up to you to let him in.
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2000 - 2007. All rights reserved. Excerpted from And The Angels Were Silent (Please include this line to forward the message).
Friday, 10 October
2014
APPARITIONS
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS - Sister Wendy's Meditations
Art
Essay,
Sister Wendy's Meditations on the
Mysteries of Our Faith
Mysteries of Our Faith
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
APPARITIONS BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS
This is a very rare subject in art. Many painters have been attracted to the drama of Jesus appearing to Thomas to challenge his unbelief, but hardly any to the previous apparition when Jesus comes to his own in the upper room, Thomas being absent, and they have the first living proof that what the women have been saying–that unbelievable story–is actually true.
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