St. George by Heinrich Lefler — color lithograph from a calendar published by Artaria and Co. for the Austrian Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1900. Image by Getty Research Institute May 21, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 1:6-14 • Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 • 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 • John 17:1-11 View Lectionary Image description: …
Divine Creator by Michelle L Hofer — mixed media painting on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2018. May 14, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 17:22-31 • Psalm 66:8-20 • 1 Peter 3:13-22 • John 14:15-21 View Lectionary Image description: Set on a dark layered black-blue splattered background, a hand (outlined in silver dots) gesturing …
Watts Cemetery Chapel (village of Compton, England, United Kingdom) designed by Mary Seton Watts — terracotta building, 1895-1904. Image by TheSpaces.com May 7, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 7:55-60 • Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 • 1 Peter 2:2-10 • John 14:1-14 View Lectionary Image Description: With a combined Byzantine and Celtic design, the Watts Chapel …
Sheep in a Meadow by August Friedrich Albrecht Schenck — oil on board, 36 x 57 inches, 1865. April 30, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 2:42-47 • Psalm 23 • 1 Peter 2:19-25 • John 10:1-10 View Lectionary Image description: A fine example of the realism of European 18th century Romanticism, a flock of …
The Last Angel by Nicholas Roerich — Tempera on cardboard, 20 3/4 x 29 inches, 1912. Photo by the Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York. April 23, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 2:14a, 36-41 • Psalm 116:1-4, 12-19 • 1 Peter 1:17-23 • Luke 24:13-35 View Lectionary Image description: Dominating a vast landscape and sky …
The Risen Christ by Bramantino (Bartolomeo Suardi) — Mixed media on panel, 109 x 73 cm, 1490. Image by Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid. April 16, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 2:14a, 22-32 • Psalm 16 • 1 Peter 1:3-9 • John 20:19-31 View Lectionary Image description: His body glowing white and draped in a …
Christ Rising From the Tomb (after Doré) by Michelle L Hofer — acrylic painting on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2023. Resurrection of the Lord — April 9, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AActs 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6 • Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 • Colossians 3:1-4 or Acts 10:34-43 • John 20:1-18 or Matthew 28:1-10 View …
Baptism of Christ by George Kordis (Greek, born 1956) — egg tempera on wood, 75 x 55 cm. First Sunday After Epiphany — January 8, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year AIsaiah 42:1-9 • Psalm 29 • Acts 10:34-43 • Matthew 3:13-17 View Lectionary Image description: A traditionally painted icon with modern characteristics, Jesus stands in …
Descent of the Holy Spirit by Michelle L Hofer — mixed media painting on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2020. June 5, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 2:1-21 or Genesis 11:1-9Psalm 104:24-34,35bRomans 8:14-17 or Acts 2:1-21John 14:8-17, (25-27)View Lectionary My own depiction of the Holy Spirit descending at Pentecost rises out of a symbol …
Vision of the New Jerusalem, Donald Jackson, ©2011 The Saint John’s Bible, Saint John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. - This link to the Abbey blog will allow you to open and explore the image in another window as I do not have permission to post it. You will be able to click on the image …
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