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 …
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Fifth Sunday of Lent
Resurrection: A Lectionary Journey by Michelle L Hofer - acrylic on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2022 April 3, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CIsaiah 43:16-21Psalm 126Philippians 3:4b-14John 12:1-8View Lectionary The White Stripes have a simple song called Little Acorns that begins with this monologue read by Mort Crim. It came to mind this week.When …
Third Sunday of Lent
Resurrection: A Lectionary Journey by Michelle L Hofer - acrylic on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2022 March 20, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CIsaiah 55:1-9Psalm 63:1-8I Corinthians 10:1-13Luke 13:1-9View Lectionary I’ve added a good amount of dark now to the background of this piece, but I did it after I had already added gold. …
Ash Wednesday
Resurrection: A Lectionary Journey by Michelle L Hofer - acrylic on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2022 March 2, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CJoel 2:1-2, 12-17Isaiah 58:1-12Psalm 51:1-172 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21View Lectionary ✨Judgment will come on a black and fearful day; a thick cloud of darkness will loom over everything. — Joel 2:2a✨ …
Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Vision of the Man in Sapphire Blue by Hildegard of Bingen — from the German copy (completed by Hildegard Abbey in Eibingen, 1927-33) of Book II of Hildegard’s illustrated volume, Scivias, mid 12th century. Hildegard’s original volume was lost in transport for safekeeping during World War II. February 6, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CIsaiah …
Second Sunday After Epiphany
The Marriage at Cana, 1923, 6 x 6.5 feet, by Winifred Knights (1899-1947) from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. January 16, 2022 Lectionary Texts - Year C Isaiah 62:1-5 Psalm 36:5-10 I Corinthians 12:1-11 John 2:1-11 TEXT LINK I’ll just admit up front here… My choice …
First Sunday After Epiphany
The Baptism of Jesus Christ from the Coptic Church of Saint Mercurius - Old Cairo, Egypt, before 19th century January 9, 2022 Baptism of the Lord - First Sunday after Epiphany Lectionary Texts — Year CIsaiah 43:1-7Psalm 29Acts 8:14-17Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 TEXT LINK It is perhaps too easy to focus our attention on the art and …
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 …
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 …
Visio Divina 
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