Pictures for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A

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 twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A.  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

Christ's Charge to Peter

Source:    http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55924
Artist:     Raphael (1483-1520)

Christ gives the keys of the kingdom to Peter, detail

Source:    Wikimedia
Artist:     Pietro Perugino (1448–1523)

Contemporary

Peter with the keys of the kingdom of heaven

Source:    http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55930
Artist:      Unknown - Relief sculpture in Santo Niño Basilica, Cebu City, Philippines

Peter with Cross and Keys

Source:    Wikimedia
Artist:      Unknown - adapted from a photograph
License:    Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license

St Peter

Source:       https://www.flickr.com/photos/98535440@N04/26426048963
License:      https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter

Source:    Wikimedia
Artist:      Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844)

Line Art

Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter

Source:    Adapted from Wikimedia
Artist:      Adapted from a work by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844)

Skeleton key

Source:    Wikimedia

     

On this Rock I will Build my Church

Source:    Adapted from Wikimedia

See also ...

• Where to find pictures to use in church

• Catholic Mass planning sheet
• General-purpose church-service templates