this week's readings -

Acts 10:34-43 or Isaiah 65:17-25 * Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 * 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 or Acts 10:34-43

John 20:1-18 or Luke 24:1-12

Amiens - Jesus the Good Shepherd

Stained-glass composition by J. Le Breton (glass studio of Gaudin, Paris), 1933.

Cathedral of Notre Dame

(Vanderbilt Library - Art in the Christian Tradition)

this week's readings -

Acts 5:27-32 * Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150 * Revelation 1:4-8 * John 20:19-31

this week's readings -

Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) * Psalm 30 * Revelation 5:11-14 *John 21:1-19

this week's readings -

Acts 9:36-43 * Psalm 23 * Revelation 7:9-17 * John 10:22-30

this week's readings -

Isaiah 55:1-9  •  Psalm 63:1-8  •  1 Corinthians 10:1-13  •  Luke 13:1-9

Giotto - the Entry into Jerusalem

Scrovegni Chapel, Padua

(Vanderbilt Library - Art in the Christian Tradition)

this week's readings -

Joshua 5:9-12  •  Psalm 32  •  2 Corinthians 5:16-21  •  Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32

this week's readings -

Isaiah 43:16-21  •  Psalm 126  •  Philippians 3:4b-14  •  John 12:1-8

this week's readings -

Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29  •  Luke 19:28-40

this week's readings -

Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12)  •  Psalm 112:1-9 (10)  •  1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)  •  Matthew 5:13-20

Woman Sewing beside her Sleeping Child

Jean-Francois Millet, 1858-1862 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

(Vanderbilt Library - Art in the Christian Tradition)

this week's readings -

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 or Sirach 15:15-20  •  Psalm 119:1-8  •  1 Corinthians 3:1-9  •  Matthew 5:21-37

this week's readings -

Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18  •  Psalm 119:33-40  •  1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23  •  Matthew 5:38-48

this week's readings -

Isaiah 49:8-16a  •  Psalm 131  •  1 Corinthians 4:1-5  •  Matthew 6:24-34

this week's readings -

First Reading - Jeremiah 31:7-14 or Sirach 24:1-12

Psalm 147:12-20

Second Reading - Ephesians 1:3-14

Gospel Reading - John 1: 1-9, 10-18

Cathedral of Notre Dame, Amiens, France- John the Baptist Identifies Christ as the Lamb of God

(Vanderbilt Library - Art in the Christian Tradition)

this week's readings -

First Reading - Isaiah 43: 1-7

Psalm 29

Second Reading -Acts 8:14-17

Gospel Reading - Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

this week's readings -

First Reading - Isaiah 62:1-5

Psalm 36: 5-10

Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11

Gospel Reading - John 2: 1-11

this week's readings -

First Reading - Neheniah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10

Psalm 19

Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

Gospel Reading - Luke 4:14-21

this week's readings -

First Reading - Jeremiah 1:4-10

Psalm 71:1-6

Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Gospel Reading - Luke 4:21-30

this week's readings -

First Reading - Malachi 3:1-4

Luke 1:68-79

Second Reading - Philippians 1:3-11

Gospel Reading -Luke 3:1-6

Glory to God in the Highest - He Qi, China 2001

Dr. He Qi is a professor at the Nanjing Union Theological Seminary and a tutor for master candidate students in the Philosophy Department of Nanjing University. He is also a member of the China Art Association and a council member of the Asian Christian Art Association.

(Vanderbilt Library - Art in the Christian Tradition)

this week's readings -

First Reading - Zephaniah 3:14-20

Isaiah 12:2-6

Second Reading - Philippians 4:4-7

Gospel Reading - Luke 3:7-18

this week's readings -

First Reading - Micah 5:2-5a

Luke 1:46b-55 or Psalm 80:1-7

Second Reading - Hebrews 10:5-10

Gospel Reading - Luke 1:39-55

25th December 2009 (Christmas Day)

this week's readings -

First Reading - Isaiah 9:2-7

Psalm 96

Second Reading - Titus 2:11-14

Gospel Reading - Luke 2:1-20

this week's readings -

First Reading - 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26

Psalm 148

Second Reading - Colossians 3:12-17

Gospel Reading - Luke 2:41-52

this week's readings -

First Reading - Ruth 1:1-18 or Deuteronomy 6:1-9

Psalm 146

Second Reading - Hebrews 9:11-14

Gospel Reading - Mark 12:28-34

Elizabeth and Zechariah - artist unknown, Bourges Cathedral, France

(Vanderbilt Library - Art in the Christian Tradition)

this week's readings -

First Reading - Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17

Psalm 127 or Psalm 146

Second Reading - Hebrews 9:24-28

Gospel Reading - Mark 12:38-44

this week's readings -

First Reading - 1 Samuel 1:4-10 or Daniel 12:1-3

Psalm 16

Second Reading - Hewbews 10:11-18

Gospel Reading - Mark 13:1-8

22nd November 2009 (Proper 29)

this week's readings -

First Reading - 2 Samuel 23:1-7 or Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

Psalm 132:1-12 or Psalm 93

Second Reading - Revelation 1:4b-8

Gospel Reading - John 18:33-37

this week's readings -

First Reading - Jeremiah 33:14-16

Psalm 25:1-10

Second Reading - 1 thessalonians 3:9-13

Gospel Reading - Luke 21:25-36

this week's readings -

First Reading - Job 1:1; 2:1-10 or Genesis 2:18-24

Psalm 26 or Psalm 8

Second Reading - Hebews 1:1-4, 2:5-12

Gospel Reading - Mark10:2-16

Creation - Day 6 - Palatine Chapel of Palermo, Italy

(Vanderbilt Library - Art in the Christian Tradition)

this week's readings -

First Reading - Job 23:1-9, 16-17 nor Amos 5:6-7, 10-15

Psalm 22:1-15 or Psalm 90:12-17

Second Reading - Hebrews 4:12-16

Gospel Reading - Mark10:17-31

this week's readings -

First Reading - Job 38:1-7, 33-41 or Isaiah 53:4-12

Psalm 104:1-9 or Psalm 91:9-16

Second Reading - Hebrews 5:1-10

Gospel Reading - Mark 10:35-45

this week's readings -

First Reading - Job 42:1-6, 10-17 or Jeremiah 31:7-9

Psalm 34:1-8 or Psalm 126

Second Reading - Hebrews 7:23-28

Gospel Reading - Mark 10:46-52