Light pouring into the Hagia Sophia Cathedral — photos by the Byzantine Institute December 26, 2021 Lectionary Texts — Year C 1 Samuel 2:18-20,26 Psalm 148 Colossians 3:12-17 Luke 2:41-52 TEXT LINK Sancta (Hagia) Sophia is a sphere of light.Thomas Whittemore Just in the past week, scrolling through social media, I came across a post …
Month: December 2021
Christmas
Folio034r — The Chi Rho Monogram, The Book of Kells December 24/25, 2021 Lectionary Texts — Year C Isaiah 9:2-7 Psalm 96 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-4 TEXT LINK I’ve lived through many ages… I’ve seen suffering in the darkness. Yet I have seen beauty thrive in the most fragile of places. I have seen the …
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Angel Land by Jake Van Wyk, lithograph from stone, 16 x 6 inches, 2001 December 19, 2021 Lectionary Texts — Year C Micah 5:2-5a Psalm 80:1-7 Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-55 TEXT LINK This week I am sharing one of my latest art acquisitions… an original lithograph purchased from my college professor who I visited recently …
Third Sunday of Advent
John the Baptist (date unknown) from the Sinai Icon Collection — shared through the Courtesy of the Michigan-Princeton-Alexandria Expeditions to the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai, Egypt December 12, 2021 Lectionary Texts — Year C Zephaniah 3:14-20 Isaiah 12:2-6 Philippians 4:4-7 Luke 3:7-18 TEXT LINK This week we are again exploring a Christian …
Second Sunday of Advent
Divine Blessing by Michelle L Hofer - mixed media painting, 2018 December 5, 2021 Lectionary Texts — Year C Baruch 5:1-9 or Malachi 3:1-4 Luke 1:68-79 Philippians 1:3-11 Luke 3:1-6 Text Link This painting features the hand of God. Commonly found in early Christian and Byzantine icon imagery, this gesture carries the special meaning of …
Visio Divina 
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