Season Three: Episode 21

Readings for April 3, 2022  The Fifth Sunday in Lent

Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery (1621) by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri better known as Guercino , ( 1591 1666)
  • Isaiah 43:16-21
  • Psalm 126
  • Philippians 3:4b-14
  • Luke 20:9-20
  • John 8:1-11 (Catholic Mass)
  • John 12:1-8

Season Three: Episode 20

Readings for March 27, 2022  The Fourth Sunday in Lent

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1667-1670) by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617 – 1682)

  • Isaiah 12:1-6
  • (Alt) Joshua 5:9-12
  • Psalm 32
  • (Catholic Mass)  Psalm 34:2-7
  • 2 Corinthians 5:16-21
  • Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

Season Three: Episode 19

Readings for March 20, 2022  The Third Sunday in Lent

Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (1525-1530) by Ludovico Mazzolino (c. 1480-1530)
  • Exodus 3:1-15 (Catholic Mass & Episcopal Church)
  • Isaiah 55:1-9 (RCL, ELCA, Presbyterians)  
  • Ezekiel 33:7-20 (NALC, LCMS)
  • Psalm 63:1-8 (Majority of Protestant Churches)
  • Psalm 85
  • Psalm 103: 1-4, 6-8, 11 (Catholic Mass)
  • 1 Corinthians 10:1-13
  • Luke 13:1-9

Season Three: Episode 18

Readings for March 13, 2022 The Second Sunday in Lent

The Transfiguration of Christ (1560-1565) by Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio known as “Titian” (c 1488/90– 1576) 
  • Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 
  • (Alt.) Jeremiah 26:8-15 
  • Psalm 27  
  • (Alt.) Psalm 4
  • Philippians 3:17 — 4:1
  • (Catholic)  Luke 9:28b-36
  • (Protestant)   Luke 13:31-35  

Season Three: Episode 17

Readings for March 6, 2022 The First Sunday in Lent

The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain (c. 1308-11) by Duccio di Buoninsegna “Duccio”(c.1255–1260 to c. 1318–1319)
  • Deuteronomy 26:1-11
  • Psalm 91:1-16
  • Romans 10:8b-13
  • Luke 4:1-13

Season Three: Episode 16

Readings for Ash Wednesday

King Hezekiah, clothed in sackcloth, spreads open the letter before the Lord/ Artist Unknown (1873)

  • Joel 2:1-19
  • Isaiah 58:1-12 (Alternative)
  • Psalm 51:1-17
  • 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10 
  • Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21