Lent cards

A project to print a small set of Lent cards, each showing a bible verse for contemplation.

In the Lindisfarne gospels, some vandal has written in an interlinear translation of the Latin into Old English (which is actually the oldest known English translation of the text). I propose to reverse the process, by adding the original Greek between the lines. Technical limitations mean that the Greek will have to be digitally typeset and laser-printed onto the cards before the letterpress printing.

The verses

We have this treasure in JARS of CLAY, so that the measureless power may be of God and not from us.

ἔχομεν δὲ τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν ἵνα ἡ ὑπερβολὴ τῆς δυνάμεως ᾖ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ μὴ ἐξ ἡμῶν

(2 Cor 4:7)

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It was in the BREAKING of the BREAD that they recognised him.

ἐγνώσθη αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ κλάσει τοῦ ἄρτου

(Luke 24:35)

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The light SHINES ON in the DARKNESS, and the darkness has not grasped it.

τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν

(John 1:5)

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The word became flesh and DWELT AMONG US, and we have seen his glory.

ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ

(John 1:14)