Information, reflection, questions, opinions and study helps for one or more of the readings appointed for the Sundays and Major Feasts of Year A in the Revised Common Lectionary used by the Episcopal Church.
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.”
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.”
Matthew 15:25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
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.
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.
Matthew 14:16 Jesus said to them, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”
Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes
1536
Drawing, black chalk and white on prepared paper, 217 x 335 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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On Sunday we listened to some parables of Jesus about the kingdom of heaven. Did you hear them? Here is an extension of a conversation we began on Sunday; listen again:
The kingdom of God is not something in the far future that is going suddenly to come down from heaven and settle on you and magically turn everything right. You yourselves are It. It’s in you and among you; you have to do It or It will never come.Beatrice Bruteau Source: The Holy Thursday Revolution
via inward/outward.
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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?”
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)
Rachel and Leah
1545
Marble
San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome
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1 Kings 3:5 At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night
What do you “see” and what do you hear the Spirit saying?
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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.
(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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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…
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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Matthew 13:1-3 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Such great crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat there, while the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he told them many things in parables, saying: “Listen! A sower went out to sow.
Scroll down for Eight Van Gogh Sowers.
Oil on canvas
80.8 x 66.0 cm.
Saint-Rémy: Late October, 1889
F 690, JH 1837
Collection Niarchos
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Oil on canvas
64.0 x 55.0 cm.
Saint-Rémy: October-November, 1889
F 689, JH 1836
Otterlo: Kröller-Müller Museum
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Oil on canvas
19.0 x 27.5 cm.
The Hague: August, 1883
F 11, JH 392
Location unknown
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Oil on canvas
64.0 x 80.5 cm.
Arles: June, 1888
F 422, JH 1470
Otterlo: Kröller-Müller Museum
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Oil on canvas
32.0 x 40.0 cm.
Arles: November, 1888
F 451, JH 1629
Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum
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Oil on burlap on canvas
73.5 x 93.0 cm.
Arles: November, 1888
F 450, JH 1627
Zurich: Foundation E.G. Bührle
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Oil on canvas
72.0 x 91.5 cm.
Arles: October, 1888
F 494, JH 1617
Winterthur: Villa Flora
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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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Genesis 24:43-44 I am standing here by the spring of water; let the young woman who comes out to draw, to whom I shall say, “Please give me a little water from your jar to drink,” and who will say to me, “Drink, and I will draw for your camels also” –let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master’s son.’
Eliezer and Rebecca
1660
Oil on canvas, 90 x 156 cm and three sketches
Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai
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Eliezer and Rebecca
1659
Pen in brown, brush, grey wash, 86 x 145 mm
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich
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Eliezer and Rebecca
1659
Pen in brown, brush, grey wash, 89 x 145 mm
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
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Eliezer and Rebecca
1660
Pen in brown, brush, grey wash, 182 x 312 mm
Kunsthalle, Hamburg
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Zechariah 9:10
Lo, your king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey
ca.1030-1040
Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment
232 mm (9.13 in). Width: 160 mm (6.3 in).
Getty Center, Los Angeles
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Hear what the Spirit is saying 