John 12: 1-8 - Christ in the house of Martha and MaryJohannes (Jan) VermeerGoogle Images

Hello, St Bede's Sermon Podcast listeners! My name is Alyssa Sali, Director of Children's and Family Ministries here at Saint Bede's.

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Eternal God, the heaven of heavens cannot contain you,much less the walls of temples made with hands. Graciously receive our thanks for this new way of worshiping you.

For your presence whenever two or three have gathered together in your name,

We thank you, Lord.

And for the faith of those who have gone before us and for our encouragement by their perseverance,

We thank you, Lord. Amen.

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John 3:1-17 - Translation of Bishop Wright's sermon provided by Judah Sali

Image: Public DomainNicodemus visiting Jesus

Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 May 25, 1937) was an American artist and the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study, and continued to live there after being accepted in French artistic circles. His painting entitled Daniel in the Lions' Den was accepted into the 1896 Salon, the official art exhibition of the Acadmie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After his own self-study in art as a young man, Tanner enrolled in 1879 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The only black student, he became a favorite of the painter Thomas Eakins, who had recently begun teaching there. Tanner made other connections among artists, including Robert Henri. In the late 1890s he was sponsored for a trip to Palestine by Rodman Wanamaker, who was impressed by his paintings of biblical themes.

Matthew 4:1-11 - Image credit: Public Domain (wikiart)

Ilya Repin (1844-1930), Follow me, Satan (Temptation of Jesus Christ)

Matthew (San Mateo) 6:1-6, 16-21

Matthew 17:1-9 - Image credit: Pubic Domain

The Transfiguration of Christ is a c.1480 oil on panel painting by the Italian Renaissance masterGivovanni Bellini (c. 1430 26 November 1516), now in the housed in the Capodimonte Gallery of Naples, Italy.

Matthew 5:13-20 - Image credit (public domain) Sermon on the Mountain (1896)

Kroly Ferenczy (February 8, 1862 March 18, 1917) was a Hungarian painter and leading member of the Nagybnya artists' colony. He was among several artists who went to Munich for study in the late nineteenth century, where he attended free classes by the Hungarian painter, Simon Hollsy. Upon his return to Hungary, Ferenczy helped found the artists colony in 1896, and became one of its major figures. Ferenczy is considered the "father of Hungarian impressionism and post-impressionism" and the "founder of modern Hungarian painting."

Luke 2:22-40 - Image: Public Domain from WikiArtThe Presentation at the Temple is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. Dating to c. 1455, it is housed in the Gemldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.

Matthew 4:12-23

Image credit - Pointing to the Lamb of God, Pietro Bernini