Trinity Sunday Readings (focus text in bold): Isaiah 6:1-8 - Isaiah's commissioning vision of God on his throne Psalm 8 - what is man that you are mindful of him (a hymn) Revelation 4:1-11 - John's vision of One-Who-Sits-Upon-The-Throne John 3:1-15 - Jesus converses with Nicodemus about the Second Birth Cover art: Icon of the Trinity, from Genesis 18:1-8 ("The Hospitality of Abraham") by Andrei Rublev, 1411 or 1425-27, tempera on wood, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 
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Pentecost/Whitsunday Readings (focus texts in bold): Numbers 11:24-30 Psalm 104:24-34 Acts 2:1-11 John 14:15-31a Cover art: "Pentecost Sermon" by Gebhard Fugel, c. 1920, oil on canvas, Gallerie Fahre in the Old Monastery, Bad Saulgau, Germany 
Sunday after Ascension Day Readings (focus text in bold): 2 Kings 2:9-15 Psalm 68:1-10 1 Peter 4:7-11 John 15:26-16:4a Cover art: "The Ascension" by John Singleton Copley, 1775, oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 
Easter 5 Rogation Sunday Readings (focus text in bold): Deuteronomy 4:5-9 Psalm 19:7-14 James 1:22-27 John 16:23-33 Cover art: "Blessing of the Wheat in Artois" (detail), depicting a Rogation procession in the French countryside, by James Breton, 1857, oil on canvas, Musee d'Orsay, Paris 
Easter 4 Readings (focus text in bold): Job 19:21-27 Psalm 1 James 1:17-21 John 16:5-15 Cover art: "The Last Supper" (with the Apostle John as a young man reclining on Jesus' breast), by Valentin de Boulogne, 1625-26, oil on canvas, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome 
Easter 3 Readings (focus text in bold): Genesis 45:3-9 Psalm 57 1 Peter 2:11-17; John 16:16-22 Cover art: "Last Supper" by Ilya Repin, 1901, oil on canvas, Novgorod State Museum, Novgorod, Russia 
Easter 2 Readings (focus text in bold): Ezekiel 34:11-16 Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:11-16 Cover art: "Jesus and the Lamb" by Katherine Brow (b. 1948) 
Easter 1 Readings (focus text in bold): Ezekiel 37:1-10 Psalm 30 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 John 20:19-23 Cover art: "Christ Appears to the Disciples," drawing by Rembrandt van Rijn.  |
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