Month: April 2023

Readings for April 30, 2023: The Fourth Sunday of Easter

The Good Shepherd (16??) attributed to Philippe de Champaigne (1602 -1674)

• Acts 2:14a, 36-41. (Catholic Mass)
• Acts 2:42-47
• Psalm 23
• 1 Peter 2:19-25
• John 10:1-10

Readings for April 23, 2023: The Third Sunday of Easter

The Supper at Emmaus ( 1601) by Caravaggio (1571 – 1610)

• Acts 2:14a, 22-41
• Psalm 16:1-11 (Catholic Church)
• Psalm 116:1-19 (Protestant Churches)
• 1 Peter 1:17-25
• Luke 24:13-35

Readings for April 16, 2023: The Second Sunday of Easter

Doubting Thomas (1620’s) by Giovanni Serodine (1600 – 1630)

• Acts 2:14a, 22-32
• Acts 2:42-47  (Catholic Mass)
• Acts 5:29-42
• Psalm 16
• Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24  (Catholic Mass)
• Psalm 148
• 1 Peter 1:3-9
• John 20:19-31

Readings for April 9, 2023: Easter!

The Resurrection (c. 1460) byPiero della Francesca (1419-1492)

• Jeremiah 31:1-6
• Psalm 16
• Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 (Alternative) 
• Acts 10:34-43 
• Colossians 3:1-4 (Alternative) 
• Matthew 28:1-10
• John 20:1-18. (Alternative)

Readings for April 7, 2023: Good Friday

The Crucifixion (1627) by Francisco de Zurbarán (1598-1664)

• Isaiah 52:13—53:12
• Psalm 22 
• Psalm 31 (Alternative)
• Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9
• Hebrews 10:16-25 (Alternative)
• John 18:1—19:42

Readings for April 6, 2023: Holy (Maundy) Thursday

Christ Washing the Apostles Feet (1632) by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

• John 13:1-35
• Exodus 12:1-14
• Exodus 24:3-11 (Alternative)
• Psalm 116: 1-2, 10-19 
• 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 
• Hebrews 9:11-22 (Alternative)
• Matthew 26:17-30