Note: the long form of today's Gospel tells the story of the Prodigal Son - see pictures for the 4th Sunday of Lent, Year C for image suggestions based on that story.
See hymn suggestions for this Sunday for more information about the readings and seasonal notes about this day, and links to other weeks.
Classical
The Good Shepherd
Source: WikimediaArtist: Jean Baptiste de Champaigne (1631–1681)
Parable of the Lost Drachma
Source: WikimediaArtist: Domenico Fetti (1588–1623)
La drachme perdue / The Lost Drachma
Source: WikimediaArtist: James Tissot (1836–1902)
The Adoration of the Golden Calf
Source: WikimediaArtist: Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665)
Contemporary
Lost Coin
Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54794Artist: Unknown
Attribution: Lost Coin, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54794[retrieved August 30, 2016]. Original source: Google
The Lost Coin
From The Life and Lessons of Our Lord: Unfolded and Illustrated (1864) by John Cumming Rev John Cumming DD FRSE (1807-1881)Source: http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54795
Artist: Not stated
Worshiping the golden calf
Illustration from a Bible card published 1901 by the Providence Lithograph Company, as in Exodus 32:1-35.Source: Wikimedia
Artist: Unknown
Line Art
Coin of Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
This is one suggestion of what a drachma may have looked like.Source: Wikimedia
Sweeping out the house
Source: https://pixabay.com/p-1294880/?no_redirectGood shepherd / Bon pasteur. Extrait d'un recueil de dessins.
Source: WikimediaArtist: Unidentified
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