Screensaver Images for Sunday, December 16

Below are links to illustrations for the scripture texts designated for today (the Third Sunday of Advent) according to the Revised Common Lectionary for Year A. (On a Windows PC, you can save these images to your My Pictures directory and set the screensaver option to a slide show of pictures in that directory.)

Isaiah 35:1-10: "the desert shall rejoice and blossom; ... The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the majesty of Carmel and Sharon." A modern view from Mount Carmel may be seen on the following web page: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=537807688&size=o .

Psalm 146: (Revised) My first suggestion turned out to be a copy-inhibited image. In this replacement image, a verse from this psalm is superimposed over a photograph of a beautiful sunset (as viewed from what looks like a yacht club!). Thanks to blogger Lana G. for this illustration. http://airmiles.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/psalm-1462/

James 5:7-10: "The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains." This text is illustrated by a "Photo of grapes on the vine". Scroll down about 40% on the following page; it's the 11th photo on the page.
http://downtheroad.org/Australia/Photos/1South_Australia/2adelaide_barrosa_valley.htm

Matthew 11:2-11: The Deputation to Jesus from John the Baptist - This event is illustrated by Jerome Nadal: http://www.catholic-resources.org/Nadal/032.jpg Site copyright notice: © Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D. Details at http://www.catholic-resources.org/Copyright.htm