FOUNT OF PEACE

Holy Trinity Painting by Mishou Sanchez

GOOD SUNDAY AFFIRMATION

The world’s a fallen state

Never mind its unraveling edges

Let not your hearts be troubled

Perfect is ‘The Way’

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…for believing in The Holy Trinity possesses truth and peace…

CAPABLE HANDS

Armenian World Peace Symbol

GOOD SUNDAY AFFIRMATION

Our hands are the same

able to hold the world together

if only we be fearless

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“The world is often inhabited by fear.  It is an ancient disease.”

Pope Francis

…let’s join capable hands for world peace…

 

 

 

HEAVENLY PROMISES

GOOD ASCENSION SUNDAY AFFIRMATION

To be with Christ in heaven is his Ascension promise.  Like himself, we will be raised up in our glorified bodies.  We will be impassible with no sorrow, suffering or illness.  We will become agile passing through any barriers.  We will have clarity according to our souls’ holiness and our glorified bodies will be free from life’s scars while Christ’s wounds will reveal his triumph in heaven.

  “What we shall be has not yet been revealed…for we shall see him as he is.”  1 John 3:2

THE COMMON GOOD

Image by Andres Ramos

GOOD SUNDAY AFFIRMATION

In 1835 French historian Alexis de Tocqueville wrote “Democracy in America” as a ‘new political science’ he discovered emerging from the American Revolution – our Constitution and The Bill of Rights.  Here is what Alexis de Tocqueville said about democracy:

• “Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word – equality.  But notice the difference:  while democracy seeks equality in liberty – socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”
• “Any measure that establishes legal charity on a permanent basis and gives it an administrative form thereby creates an idle and lazy class, living at the expense of the industrial and working class.”
• “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money.”
• “America is great because she is good.  If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”

 The call for action is clear – Let us return to the  common good for humanity

Alexis de Tocqueville’s wise words on democracy clarifies that hope

MEMORIAL DAY

GOOD SUNDAY AFFIRMATION

White crosses of brave fallen soldiers – we salute you!

We shall never forget the gift you have paid for our freedom!

PROMOTING NATIVE ART

O’Keeffe After Whistler Painting by David Bradley 2007

GOOD SUNDAY AFFIRMATION

Discovering this painting from David Bradley delights my fancy knowing he has a fond admiration for Georgia O’Keeffe and other iconic painters of our modern era.  David (born 1954) hails from the Anishinaabe White Earth Reservation in Minnesota but resides in Santa Fe New Mexico since 1977, where the Georgia O’Keeffe museum is anchored.  For over 30 years, David has incorporated other famous artists in his paintings such as this one.  Can you identify them?

Pueblo Feast Day 1997

Native Love

Aside from being  an abstract painter and sculptor, David is recognized for this type of Native American narrative art which combines historical details to today’s ironies.  There is so much to digest in viewing all his caricatures.  He confirmed this when he said:

“They say that artists seek immortality through their artwork.  I guess that we all hope that one day, 100 years from now, our artwork will be deemed relevant and meaningful to the average person.  My favorite quote that I may have coined is “To be an artist is to seek Truth.”

Currently David Bradley also advocates for Native rights

“To be an artist from the Indian world carries with it certain responsibilities.  We have an opportunity to promote Indian truths and at the same time help dispel the myths and stereotypes that are projected upon us.  I consider myself an at-large representative and advocate of the Chippewa people and American Indians in general.  It is a responsibility which I do not take lightly.”

What an awesome collaboration – Georgia O’Keeffe and David Bradley – I say Bravo!

O WIND

Cotton Grass Image by Pete Cairns, Norway

GOOD SUNDAY AFFIRMATION

O Wind, how precious you blow on creation

Unlike a fan that creates a breeze at the flicker of a switch

You sway treetops and slide clouds across blue skies

O Wind, stirring the mysterious breath of life

Send down your gentle spirit to revive us!

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“Then will the desert become an orchard and the orchard be regarded as a forest.”

Isaiah 32:15-17 and Psalm 104:30

…Let us soar with the wind…