1382 103m X 4.5m Château d’Angers
The work
The Apocalypse Tapestry is an outstanding work commissioned by Louis I of Anjou, brother of King Charles V. It was designed by Hennequin de Bruges based on illuminations showing the Apocalypse of John. A technical masterpiece, it originally comprised six panels spanning a total of 140 meters, only two thirds of which remain.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sunday’s Readings
- Acts 11:1-18
- Psalm 148
- Revelation 21:1-6 (below)
- John 13:31-31
The sermon this Sunday will be based on the Second Reading: Revelation 21:1-6, listed below.
- These verses tell of God bringing a new earth after putting an end to this earth. Does that scare you or make you smile?
- God announces, “Behold, I make all things new!” What new thing from God do you await?
Revelation 21:1-6
The New Heaven and the New Earth
21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
‘See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them;
they will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them;
4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.’
5 And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’ Also he said, ‘Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.’ 6Then he said to me, ‘It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life.
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Readings are from the online Revised Common Lectionary, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, a division of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library. Scripture texts are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible.