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 …
Star of Bethlehem by Elihu Vedder — oil on canvas, approximately 36 x 45 inches, 1879-80. Image by Milwaukee Art Museum. January 6, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year AIsaiah 60:1-6 • Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 • Ephesians 3:1-12 • Matthew 2:1-12 View Lectionary 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 …
Messenger of Truth by Michelle L Hofer — mixed media painting on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2020 Fourth Sunday of Advent — December 18, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year AIsaiah 7:10-16 • Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 • Romans 1:1-7 • Matthew 1:18-25 View Lectionary Image description: A messenger angel floats mid air in tones of …
Divine Messenger by Michelle L Hofer — mixed media painting on paper, 8 x 10 inches, 2020 December 11, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year AIsaiah 35:1-10 • Psalm 146:5-10 or Luke 1:46b-55 • James 5:7-10 • Matthew 11:2-11 View Lectionary Image description: The Archangel Gabriel stands confidently holding a long staff in the right hand …
Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks — oil on canvas, 17 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches, ca. 1830-1832. December 4, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year AIsaiah 11:1-10 • Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19 • Romans 15:4-13 • Matthew 3:1-12View Lectionary Image description: A menagerie of animals fill most of the canvas and include lions, ox, cattle, cheetah, goat, …
Le Christ jaune (The Yellow Christ) by Paul Gauguin — oil on canvas, 36 x 29 inches approximately, 1889. In the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Ordinary Time: Proper 29 — November 13, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CJeremiah 23:1-6 and Luke 1:68-79 • Jeremiah 23:1-6 and Psalm 46 • Colossians …
Burial alive of Anneke van den Hove, Brussels, 1597. Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 793 of Dutch edition. Source: Rijksmuseum. November 13, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year C Isaiah 65:17-25 and Isaiah 12 • Malachi 4:1-2a and Psalm 98 • 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 • Luke 21:5-19 View Lectionary …they will …
A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie by Albert Bierstadt — Oil on canvas, 83 in × 142.25 in, 1866. Acquired by the Brooklyn Museum in 1976. November 6, 2022 Lectionary Texts — Year CHaggai 1:15b-2:9 and Psalm 145:1-5, 17-21 or Psalm 98 • Job 19:23-27a and Psalm 17:1-9 • 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 …
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