We Are One (Holy Trinity) by Michelle L Hofer — mixed media collage on mat board, 10 1/4 x 12 inches, 2018. June 12, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CProverbs 8:1-4, 22-31Psalm 8Romans 5:1-5John 16:12-15View Lectionary Back during Christmas and Epiphany of this liturgical year, I introduced two collages made from copied text from a …
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Day of Pentecost
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 …
Seventh Sunday of Easter
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 …
Ascension Day
The Ascension of Christ (one of seven) possibly by Jean III Pénicaud (French, died 1570) — painted enamel on copper - partly gilt, 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, mid-16th century. Image by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. May 26, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 1:1-11Psalm 47 or Psalm 93Ephesians 1:15-23Luke 24:44-53View Lectionary The …
Sixth Sunday of Easter
The Angel shows Saint John the Fountain of Living Water, from the Apocalypse by Jean Duvet (1485–after 1561) — engraving, 12 1/16 x 8 5/8 inches, no date. May 22, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 16:9-15Psalm 67Revelation 21:10,22 - 22:5John 14:23-29 or John 5:1-9View Lectionary I am learning that for many serious European artists …
Fifth Sunday of Easter
The New Jerusalem by Gustave Doré, woodcut engraving completed by H. Pisan, originally published in France, 1865. May 15, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CActs 11:1-18Psalm 148Revelation 21:1-6John 13:31-35View Lectionary Years ago, I organized a display of Bibles for Lent and Easter. The largest Bible in the collection was brought by a woman and this …
Easter Sunday — Resurrection of the Lord
Resurrection: A Lectionary Journey by Michelle L Hofer - acrylic on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2022 April 17, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CIsaiah 65:17-25Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24I Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12View Lectionary It feels a bit special to me to be posting my first Visio Divina celebrating Easter. As …
Good Friday
Resurrection: A Lectionary Journey by Michelle L Hofer - acrylic on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2022 April 15, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CIsaiah 52:13 - 53:12Psalm 22Hebrews 10:16-25John 18:1 - 19:42View Lectionary It is Good Friday. As stone is rolled over the mouth of the tomb, we stand at the door flung wide …
Palm Sunday
Resurrection: A Lectionary Journey by Michelle L Hofer - acrylic on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2022 April 10, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CPsalm 118:1-2, 19-29Luke 19:28-40View Lectionary It was a fairly easy artistic task this week to add a spray of blushing green palm leaves to this composition. I enjoyed the simplicity of …
Transfiguration Sunday
Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight by Albrecht Dürer — oil on panel, 1500 February 27, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CExodus 34: 29-35Psalm 992 Corinthians 3:12-4:2Luke 9: 28-36 (37-43a)View Lectionary It really is the ultimate selfie, if you will, from a time when selfies were somewhat taboo. Dürer’s Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight marks a significant transition in art-making. …
Visio Divina 
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