Category: Year A Readings

Resources we use to study the lectionary readings in Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary.

SAINT MARGARET OF SCOTLAND OVAL PATRON SAINT MEDAL / The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins| Art for St Margarets. Day and A Proper 27

PATRON SAINT MEDAL
SAINT MARGARET OF SCOTLAND OVAL PATRON SAINT MEDAL
14KT Yellow Gold
Medal Dimensions: 1″ H x 3/4″ W (Large – Appropriate for men; older boys or anybody that prefers to wear a larger medal.)

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Matthew 25:1-2 Jesus said, “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.”

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins,
ca. 1803–5
William Blake
(British, 1757–1827)
Watercolor, brush and gray wash, pen and black ink over graphite
14 1/8 x 13 1/16 in. (36 x 33.2 cm)

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Synagogue Spearing the Lamb of God | Art for A Sunday after All Saints’ Day

Revelation 7:14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one that knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Synagogue Spearing the Lamb of God
UNKNOWN MASTER, English
Synagogue Spearing the Lamb of God
1130-70
Walrus ivory with traces of original polychromy, 58 x 36 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Click here for an explanation of the medievil personification ‘Synagogue’ (Synagoga) in the Wikipedia article ‘Ecclesia and Synagoga’.

Joshua / The Lacemaker| Art for A Proper 25

Exodus 34:9 Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom,

Joshua
QUELLINUS, Artus II
Joshua
after 1650
White marble, height 180 cm
O.-L. Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp
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Psalm 90:17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and prosper for us the work of our hands — O prosper the work of our hands!

The Lacemaker
VERMEER, Johannes
The Lacemaker
1669-70
Oil on canvas transferred to panel, 23.9 x 20.5 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
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St Paul | Art for A Proper 24

1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul…

St Paul
ZOPPO, Marco
St Paul
c. 1468
Tempera and gilding on panel, 50 x 31 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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The Golden Calf from The Nuremberg Chronicle / The Marriage Feast | Art for A Proper 23

Exodus 32:1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

The Golden Calf
The Golden Calf from The Nuremberg Chronicle
1493
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Matthew 22:14
`Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.”
(Matthew’s extended interpretation of the parable. Is this all that is there?)

The_Marriage_Feast
The Marriage Feast
Millais, John Everett
1829-1896
Print, 1864
From “Illustrations to ‘The parables of our Lord'”, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers
1493
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Ashburnham Pentateuch – Moses receiving the law / The Red Vineyard| Art for A Proper 22

Exodus 20:1 Then God spoke all these words: I am the LORD your God…

Moses receiving the law
Ashburnham Pentateuch – Moses receiving the law
c. 600
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Paris
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Matthew 21:33 Jesus said, “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard…

The Red Vineyard
GOGH, Vincent van
The Red Vineyard
November 1888, Arles
Oil on canvas, 75 x 93 cm
Pushkin Museum, Moscow Click image for more information.
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Moses Drawing Water from the Rock / Ezekiel| Art for A Proper 21

Exodus 17:1-7
From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.”

Moses Drawing Water from the Rock
ASSERETO, Gioachino
Moses Drawing Water from the Rock
Oil on canvas, 254 x 300 cm
Museo del Prado, MadridClick image for more information.
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Ezekiel 18:1
The word of the LORD came to me:

Ezekiel
MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
Ezekiel
1510
Fresco, 355 x 380 cm
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard | Art for A Proper 20

Matthew 20:1
Jesus said, “The kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
1769
Oil on canvas, 51 x 74 cm
Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
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Drowning of the Pharaoh’s Host in the Red Sea / Joseph Receives His Father and Brothers in Egypt| Art for A Proper 19

Exodus 14:30–31 Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. Israel saw the great work that the LORD did against the Egyptians. So the people feared the LORD and believed in the LORD and in his servant Moses.

Drowning of the Pharaoh's Host in the Red Sea
TIZIANO Vecellio
Drowning of the Pharaoh’s Host in the Red Sea
1515-17
Woodcut in twelve blocks, 12,5 x 221,5 cm
British Museum, London
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Genesis 50:19 But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid! Am I in the place of God?

Joseph Receives His Father and Brothers in Egypt
BRAY, Salomon de
Joseph Receives His Father and Brothers in Egypt
1655
Oil on canvas, 112 x 88 cm
Private collection
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Copies by the artist’s sons.

Joseph Receiving His Father and Brothers in Egypt
BRAY, Jan de
Joseph Receiving His Father and Brothers in Egypt
1655
Chalk and wash, 288 x 232 mm
Private collectionClick image for more information.
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Joseph Receiving His Father and Brothers in Egypt
BRAY, Joseph de
Joseph Receiving His Father and Brothers in Egypt
1655
Chalk, 236 x 172 mm
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

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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.

Passover
PALMA GIOVANE
(b. 1548, Venezia, d. 1628, Venezia)
Passover
1580-81
Oil on canvas, 140 x 235 cm
San Giacomo dall’Orio, VeniceClick image for more information.
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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.

The Christ from the Vision of Ezekiel
ROMANESQUE PAINTER, German
The Christ from the Vision of Ezekiel
c. 1130
Mural painting
Convent Frauenwörth, Frauenchiemsee
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