Personal Notes of Duckjesui
Lukisan Natale Attanasio, Uomo Seduto, 1882
Manusia adalah misteri yang tak pernah selesai disingkapkan sementara peranan manusia terhadap hidup semesta ini tak tergantikan. Di satu sisi, manusialah penentu hidup entah hidupnya sendiri, sesamanya, maupun semesta. Semua tergantung pada manusia. Continue reading “Kiprah Manusia Menurut Para Filsuf Tiongkok Kuno”
Lukisan: Natale Attanasio, The Admirer, 1895
Yohanes 15: 9-15
Tinggallah di dalam kasih-Ku
Suatu perintah itu bersifat mengikat. Dan karena suatu ikatan, suatu perintah menuntut adanya ketaatan. Lihat saja hal itu dalam dunia militer ketika seorang prajurit diperintah oleh atasannya. Nah tuntutan akan ketaaan inilah yang membuat suatu perintah itu membebani manusia. Bahkan perintah itu menjadi hal yang sulit dilakukan. Apalagi kalau perintah dijadikan suatu hukum. Continue reading “Hukum Kasih: Hukum Yang Menyelamatkan Dan Menyempurnakan Manusia”
Painting: Giacinto Gimignani, The Stoning of St Stephen
Act of Apostles 6:8-10; 7:54-59
Matthew 10:17-22
Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.
Today is the feast of Saint Stephen. Stephen literally means crown. Saint Stephen was one of the first deacons of the Christian Church. He is also known as the “Protomartyr” because he was the first disciple of Christ to pour out his blood for Christ. Continue reading “From The Crown of Martyrdom to the Crown of Glory”
Lukisan: Johann Jungblut, Moonlit Nocturnal Cityscape, 1889
Colossians 3: 5-11
Christ is in all
A root of a tree sustains and supports the life of a tree. Continue reading “Christ Is The Root of Life”
Lukisan: Katharina Schottler, Flower Garden
Galatia 5: 18-25
“Zaman baik atau buruk, biarlah asal hidup kita baik dan zaman akan menjadi baik, sebab kitalah yang membuat zaman itu”
(Thomas Aquinas)
Taman bunga apapun selalu indah dan menarik hati. Bunga-bunga taman tidak bersuara mengenai keindahannya dan justru di dalam keheninganlah mereka memekarkan keindahannya. Continue reading “Bunga Kehidupan”
Lukisan:Carl Wilhelm Hubner, A courting scene, 1863
Lukas 4: 16-29
Tahun rahmat Tuhan telah datang
Pada hari ini diceritakan bahwa Yesus pulang ke kampungnya Nazareth tempat ia dibesarkan. Di kampungnya itu Yesus masuk ke bait Allah dan membaca nas kitab suci yang terpampang di hadapan-Nya. Continue reading “Cinta dan Kebenaran”
Lukisan: Alex de Andreis,Pleasant Anticipations
Genesis 9:8-15
I Peter 3: 18-22
Mark 1: 12-15
“This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the gospel”
The Desert is a dangerous place. There, all creatures compete with each other just to survive. Humans, animals, and plants have to face all the moments that happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Continue reading “Clear Conscience”
Lukisan Bartolomé Estebán Murillo,The Crucifixion
Ketika dunia selalu berubah, salib tetap berdiri teguh
St. Bruno
Yohanes 3: 14-21
Ada kelompok musik yaitu Eagles yang terkenal dengan lagunya Love will keep us alive: Cintalah yang membuat kita hidup. Berikut ini adalah cuplikan lirik lagu love will keep us alive. Continue reading “Yesus Yang Tergantung Di Atas Kayu Salib: Tuhan Adalah Cinta”
lukisan Albert Chevallier Tayler, The Christmas Tree, 1911
The great light will shine on the people who walked in darkness and on the people who dwell in the land of the shadow of the death
(Isaiah 9: 1-6)
One of the beauties of Christmas is the presence of a Christmas tree. It is put in every place in order to feel the presence of the greatest glee of Christmas. When Christmas is coming soon, people are busy preparing it. Continue reading “The Wondrous Message of Christmas Tree”
Lukisan John Constable, Cottages and Windmill Drawn
5th Sunday of Lent
Ezekiel 37: 12-14
Roma 8:8-11
John 11: 3-45
Who is not fear of death? Naturally, man is fear of it. It is the final of worldly life. Then life is measured up by the time in which we change become old, get ill, or experience an accident leading to death like all the rest of the creatures. None can escape from the dead so that it seems so powerful it comes upon everything that has life. Continue reading “Come Forth Lazarus: It is call to life”