Dark Night by Soner Abaci, Turkey. Image by The Independent Photographer, 2022. April 7, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AIsaiah 52:13-53:12 • Psalm 22 • Hebrews 10:16-25 or Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 • John 18:1-19:42 View Lectionary Image description: Among congregating pigeons falls the shadow of a figure onto a paved pebble-encrusted surface. The night scene …
Last Days of the Kuomintang, Peking, 1949 by Henri Cartier-Bresson — gelatin silver print, printed later, 9 1/2 x 14 inches. Image by Christies.com April 2, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year ALiturgy of the Palms — Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 • Matthew 21:1-11Liturgy of the Passion — Isaiah 50:4-9a • Psalm 31:9-16 • Philippians 2:5-11 • …
Devil's Slide, San Mateo County, California by Minor White — gelatin silver print, 6 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches, 1948. MoMA.org February 22, 2023 Lectionary Texts — Year AJoel 2:1-2, 12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12 • Psalm 51:1-17 • 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 • Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 View Lectionary Image description: A high contrast black and white …
Glow of Hope by S. L. Haldankar — watercolor, 1945-46. On display in the Jayachamrajendra Art Gallery at Jaganmohan Palace of South India. Fifth Sunday After Epiphany — Year A Lectionary Texts Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12) • Psalm 112:1-9 (10) • 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) • Matthew 5:13-20 Image description: Rendered in great detail, a young …
The Eternal One by Michelle L Hofer — mixed media painting on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2019. Third Sunday After Epiphany — Year A Lectionary Texts Isaiah 9:1-4 • Psalm 27:1, 4-9 • 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 • Matthew 4:12-23 Image description: A bright pastel and gold iteration of Andrei Rublev’s well-known Hospitality of Abraham …
Agnus Dei apse mosaic in the Euphrasian Basilica, Poreč, Croatia — 6th-century, artisan(s) unknown. Second Sunday After Epiphany — Year A Lectionary Texts Isaiah 49:1-7 • Psalm 40:1-11 • 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 • John 1:29-42 Image description: Found at the top front center of the arched apse above the altar appears a white lamb on …
Baptism of Christ by George Kordis (Greek, born 1956) — egg tempera on wood, 75 x 55 cm. First Sunday After Epiphany — Year A Lectionary TextsIsaiah 42:1-9 • Psalm 29 • Acts 10:34-43 • Matthew 3:13-17 Image description: A traditionally painted icon with modern characteristics, Jesus stands in the Jordan River. With his left …
Star of Bethlehem by Elihu Vedder — oil on canvas, approximately 36 x 45 inches, 1879-80. Image by Milwaukee Art Museum. Epiphany of the Lord — Year A Lectionary Texts Isaiah 60:1-6 • Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 • Ephesians 3:1-12 • Matthew 2:1-12 Image description: A realistic depiction of a vast landscape and sky. The foreground …
Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Luc Olivier Merson — oil on canvas, 28 1/4 x 50 1/2 inches, 1879. January 1, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year AIsaiah 63:7-9 • Psalm 148 • Hebrews 2:10-18 • Matthew 2:13-23 View Lectionary Image description: The realistic scene is a vast desert landscape, perhaps along the sea …
The Chi Rho (after The Book of Kells) by Michelle L Hofer — mixed media painting on paper mounted on hardboard, 8 x 10 inches, 2022. December 24/25, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year AIsaiah 52:7-10 • Psalm 98 • Hebrews 1:1-4, (5-12) • John 1:1-14 View Lectionary Image description: A decorative presentation of the Greek …
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