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Jesus Wept - by Ralph McTell

(G) The day that (G*)Jesus a(C)rrived in Jer(D*)usalem,
The ad(G)venture almost (G*)over, the (C)night he hadn't (D)slept
(G)Dreams and premo(G*)nitions made him (C)tired and e(D*)motional,
(G)And that's why (C)Je(D)sus (G)wept.

He wasn't scared of dying, he'd made that commitment
Fulfilling the old prophecy, his bargain he had kept
He was due some satisfaction, but he was deeply troubled,
And that's why Jesus wept.

Was this his true destiny, or could he still make changes,
Someone else's nightmare into which he'd stepped?
Damage limitation couldn't save the situation,
And that's why Jesus wept.

In his dream he saw the crusade and all wars that would follow,
Declared in his name when he thought he'd been direct
Love thy neighbour, do not kill, and turn the other cheek,
And that's why Jesus wept.

He (C)saw the inqui(G)sition and the (C)burning of the (G)saints,
The con(C)version of the (G)innocents he (C*)swore he would pro(D)tect
He (G)saw them bless the (G*)bomb that was (C)dropped on Hiro(D*)shima,
And (G)that's why (C)Je(D)sus (G)wept.

Though Peter would betray him, he made him the rock
On which he would build his church to sort of keep him in his debt
A man about to die is allowed some confusion,
And that's why Jesus wept.

He thought of his disciples, especially of Judas,
The job that was ordained for him and the reward he'd collect
He saw him in the tree with the silver coins around him,
And that's why Jesus wept.

Then he thought about the good times when he turned the tables over,
Chastised the money lenders and he earned the boy's respect
He was proud of Godly anger, but ashamed of manly temper,
And that's why Jesus wept.

Rumours started flying about water into wine,
Sight to the blind and that he'd even raised the dead
The biggest miracle was that anyone believed it,
And that's why Jesus wept.

Then he mused on human nature, how fickle were the public,
So ready to accept him, so quick now to reject
Where were the five thousand he fed with loaves and fishes?
And that's why Jesus wept.

In his dream he saw a garden with all his friends asleep,
He walked away the hours until the morning crept
He wondered would the nails hurt, would he be man enough?
And that's why Jesus wept.

Was he supposed to bear it like a man or like a God,
Would tears show a weakness or a strength by their effect?
Would they be viewed as compassion or failure and self-pity?
And that's why Jesus wept.

Then he saw his houses burning on both sides of a border,
Saw the guiltless suffer with the guilty and the rest
And when they called his name and he knew he couldn't help them,
That's why Jesus wept.

Then he saw two armies marching and he heard their crucifixes
Reduced to superstitious muted jangling round their necks
And he heard his name intoned as they interred their companion,
And that's why Jesus wept.

Then he thought about his mother and the stories she had told him,
Who'd filled his dreams with angels, put voices in his head
Then the scent of pine trees made him think of dear old Joseph,
And that's why Jesus wept.

Faces of Jesus by Rembrandt Coming to Philly

"Now, the face of Jesus is coming to Philadelphia this summer, via no less than seven portraits by Rembrandt van Rijn.

“Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus,” Aug. 3-Oct. 30, 2011, brings seven of Rembrandt’s eight known portraits of Jesus — two of which he kept in his own bedroom — to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The seven paintings are fairly small, and all painted on wood.

The same young man posed for the pictures, art historians say, a young Sephardic Jew from Rembrandt’s neighborhood in Amsterdam, which housed many refugees from the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal. The man’s indentity (sic) is unknown "This was very likely the first time in the history of Christian art that Jesus appeared to be Jewish," said Philadelphia Museum curator Lloyd De Witt."



the face of Jesus is coming to Philadelphia this summer, via no less than seven portraits by Rembrandt van Rijn.

“Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus,” Aug. 3-Oct. 30, 2011, brings seven of Rembrandt’s eight known portraits of Jesus -- two of which he kept in his own bedroom -- to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The seven paintings are fairly small, and all painted on wood.

The same young man posed for the pictures, art historians say, a young Sephardic Jew from Rembrandt's neighborhood in Amsterdam, which housed many refugees from the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal. The man’s indentity is unknown "This was very likely the first time in the history of Christian art that Jesus appeared to be Jewish," said Philadelphia Museum curator Lloyd De Witt.

"Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus" is the first big Rembrandt show to come to Philadelphia, says museum director Timothy Rub. The exhibition includes the Louvre's Supper at Emmaus (1648), which hasn't been seen in the U.S. since 1936. The National Gallery, London, is sending another major work, Christ and the Woman Taken into Adultery (1644).

In all, the show boasts 50 additional paintings, prints and drawings by Rembrandt. It is co-organized with the Musée du Louvre, where it premieres this month, and the Detroit Institute of Arts, where it opens in November 2011.

Yale University Press is publishing the catalogue, available May 16, 2011, with essays by the three curators (Blaise Ducos from the Louvre and George S. Keyes from Detroit) as well as Seymour Slive and five other scholars.



http://shroudofturin.wordpress.com/2011/04/06/faces-of-jesus-by-rembrandt-coming-to-philly/

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/face-of-jesus-in-philadelphia-4-5-11.asp

Love your enemies

*Luke 6:2 Love your enemies; bless those who persecute you

*Romans 12:17 Return no one evil for evil...live at peace with everyone

Dog is God spelled backwards, don't forget it!

Ask the animals, and they will teach you;

"But ask the animals, and they will teach you;

the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

ask the plants of the earth, and they will teach you;

and the fish of the sea will declare to you.

Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?"

- Job 12:7-9

April Rain

Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.

by Langston Hughes