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Passover / The Christ from the Vision of Ezekiel | Art for A Proper 18

Exodus 12:1-14 This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the LORD. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 33:7 You, mortal, I have made a sentinel for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.

ROMANESQUE PAINTER, German
The Christ from the Vision of Ezekiel
c. 1130
Mural painting
Convent Frauenwörth, Frauenchiemsee
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Moses and the Burning Bush / Bust of St Peter| Art for A Proper 17

Exodus 3:2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.

Matthew 16:22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.”

CORDIER, Nicolas
Bust of St Peter
1608
Marble
San Sebastiano fuori le Mura, Rome
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Moses Tramples on Pharaoh’s Crown / Coat of arms of the Holy See | Art for A Proper 16

Exodus 1:8
Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.

Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Christ and the Canaanite Woman | Art for A Proper 15

Matthew 15:25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

Back to Eden: A contemporary look

If the story of the Garden of Eden is such a common cultural reference point, what more can be said about it?

Plenty, at least judging by a new exhibit at the Museum of Biblical Art, which is affiliated with the American Bible Society.

The famed narrative of Eden in the Book of Genesis has been the subject of “New Yorker cartoon after New Yorker cartoon,” said guest curator Jennifer Scanlan, noting the enduring power of the Eden narrative.

Couples solely wearing fig leaves remain “instantly recognizable as Adam and Eve and fruit trees inhabited by snakes as the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil with the serpent,” she writes in the exhibit catalog.

Check out the article on RNS, and the Back to Eden introduction on the Museum website.

Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob / St Peter is Walking on the Water| Art for A Proper 14

Art for Proper 14A.

Originally posted August 6, 2014. Updated August 11, 2023

Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any other of his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he had made him a long robe with sleeves.

Joseph's Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob — VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y
Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob
1630
Oil on canvas, 223 x 250 cm
Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial
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Additional art related to Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 (the reading for Proper 14A, August 13, 2023): Down the Well But Not Out For the Count curated by Margaret M. Duffy on her blog Ad Imaginem Dei.

Matthew 14:29 He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus.

BORRASSA, Lluis
St Peter is Walking on the Water
1411-13
Tempera on wood, 102 x 65 cm
Sant Pere, Terrasa
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Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes | Art for A Proper 13

Matthew 14:16 Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”

Abide with me

Parker Palmer (on Facebook) writes (7/25/14):

Quote . . . Exciting news for the legion of Carrie Newcomer fans out there! Carrie, my good friend and colleague, was recently profiled by Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, one of PBS’s finest programs.

STARTING TODAY and running thru the weekend, their piece on Carrie will appear at different times in different viewing areas. You can check out when and where to watch in your locale by going to http://tinyurl.com/lfkljwa.

Carrie is my favorite singer/songwriter not only because she’s a poet with a keen eye for the human condition, a superb musician with a golden voice, and a generous soul who donates her talents in support of all kinds of good causes. She’s also a steadfast believer in “the human possibility” who devotes most of her waking hours to creating art that awakens the better angels of our nature.

Here’s a music video of a song Carrie and I co-wrote, from her new album, “A Permeable Life.” I urge you to check out at http://tinyurl.com/k7pchpw.

If you don’t know Carrie’s music, take a iisten. Then you’ll know why Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a “must watch” this week!

P.S. Carrie’s Facebook page is at http://tinyurl.com/pht32jb, and her website is at http://tinyurl.com/7a6v47v.

Listen:

Rachel and Leah (Track 1 ) & Solomon (Track 2 )| Art for A Proper 12

RCL Track 1
Genesis 29:25 When morning came, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, “What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?”

RCL Track 2
1 Kings 3:5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night

Solomon by Duccio — Solomon 1308-11 Tempera on wood, 42,5 x 16 cm Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena

Additional commentary by Hovak Najarian 8/15/2012

Jacob’s Dream (Track 1); Sowers (Track 2) | Art for A Proper 11

What do you “see” and what do you hear the Spirit saying?

RCL Track 1
Genesis 28:12 And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

Jacob's Dream — RIBERA, Jusepe de
(b. 1591, Játiva, d. 1652, Napoli)
Jacob’s Dream
1639
Oil on canvas, 179 x 233 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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RCL Track 2
Matthew 13:24
Jesus put before the crowd another parable: “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field…

The Sower
Outskirts of Arles in the Background
Oil on canvas
33.6 x 40.4 cm.
Arles: September, 1888
F 575a, JH 1596
Los Angeles: The Armand Hammer Museum of Art
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Click for all Van Gogh Sowers from Proper 10

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