Lent 2026: The Art of the Lord's Prayer - Week 3

 

This week we looked at the following pictures, to explore the words, 

'Give us this day our daily bread.'

 

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In Broad Daylight
1979, Jane Freilicher

 

 
 Kitchen Scene with Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
1618, Diego Velasquez

 

Blue Poles (No. 11)
1952, Jackson Pollock  
 

Lent 2026: The Art of the Lord's Prayer - Week 2

 

 

This week we looked at the following pictures, to explore the words, 

'Thy kingdom come; thy will be done; on earth as it is in heaven.'

 

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 St Peter
1476, Crivelli

 

 The Marriage at Cana
c.1660, Mattia Preti

 

 God’s Way
1988-90, Robert Natkin 

Lent 2026: The Art of the Lord's Prayer - Week 1

 

This week we looked at the following pictures, to explore the words, 

'Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name...'

 

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The Ancient of Days 

1794, William Blake 

 

 

 

 

 

Lakota Trinity

 

Father John Giuliani 

 

 

 

 

The Return of the Prodigal Son

 

c. 1668, Rembrandt 

 

 

  

The Art of Lent 2025 - Week 6: Love

 

This week we looked at the following pictures to explore the theme of love.

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The Painter's Daughters chasing a Butterfly
1756, Thomas Gainsborough

 

An Angel Brings What Is Desired
1920, Paul Klee

Old Man with His Grandson
c. 1490, Domenico Ghirlandaio

 

The Art of Lent 2025 - Week 5: Relationship

 

This week we looked at the following pictures to explore the theme of relationship.

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Christ Discovered in the Temple

1342, Simone Martini

 

 

 

Study for Homage to the Square

1972, Josef Albers

 

 

 

 

Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia)

1967, Alice Neel

The Art of Lent 2025 - Week 4: Listening

 

This week we looked at the following pictures to explore the theme of listening.

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The Calling of St Matthew

1599-1600, Michelangelo Caravaggio

 

 

 

N.Y.C. 264

1989, Rebecca Purdum

 

 

 St Francis Preaching to the Birds

c. 1295-1300, Giotto de Bondone

 

The Art of Lent 2025 - Week 3: Peace

 

This week we looked at the following pictures to explore the theme of peace.

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Magdalen Reading

 

c. 1435, Rogier van der Weyden

 

 

Silent Green

 

1990, Jane Wilson

 

 

 

Seated Shepherdess

 

Late 1840s, Jean-François Millet