
This is a small selection of free-use illustrations, photographs or images based on the readings and prayers/propers in the Roman Catholic lectionary for the second Sunday in Advent, Year C. It is part of the Lectionary Art Series.
See Hymn Suggestions for this Sunday for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.
Classical
Zechariah and John the Baptist
Georgian frescoes and inscriptions from Holy Cross Monastery in Jerusalem.Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holy_Cross_Monastery_in_Jerusalem._Georgian_frescoes_01.JPG
Artist: Unknown
St. John the Baptist Preaching
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mengs,_Hl._Johannes_der_T%C3%A4ufer.jpg
Artist: Anton Raphael Mengs (1728–1779)
Saint John the Baptist and the Pharisees
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Saint_John_the_Baptist_and_the_Pharisees_(Saint_Jean-Baptiste_et_les_pharisiens)_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg
Artist: James Tissot (1836–1902)
Contemporary
The Preaching of St John
Artist: Jim Padgett, courtesy of Sweet Publishing, Ft. Worth, TX, and Gospel Light, Ventura, CA. Copyright 1984. Released under new license, CC-BY-SA 3.0
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gospel_of_Luke_Chapter_3-1_(Bible_Illustrations_by_Sweet_Media).jpg
Lugnaquilla, in the Wicklow Mountains - "every mountain and hill be laid low"
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lugnaquilla_from_Glenmalure.jpg
Artist: Joe King
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
Line Art
Prepare ye the Way of the Lord
Source: https://pixabay.com/en/purple-background-violet-structure-465931/ (background)
Peace sign
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peace_button.svg
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