Wednesday in the First Week of Lent / Ember Wednesday

The First Reading is Exodus 24.12-18, in which Moses goes up on Mount Sinai.

The Second Reading is 3 Kings/1 Kings 19.3-8, when Ezekiel is fed by an angel.

In the Gospel Reading, Matthew 12.38-50, Jesus responds to the request of the scribes and Pharisees for a sign by referring to the story of the prophet Jonah.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger

Medieval Sources

Gregory the Great’s Third Gospel Homily

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

Sermons

Explanation of the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays, holydays and festivals throughout the ecclesiastical year, to which are added the lives of many saints by Leonard Goffiné (Pustet, 1880).

Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays (Benziger, 1896).

Meditations

Daily Meditations on the Mysteries of Our Holy Faith and on the Lives of Our Lord Jesus Christ and of the Saints by Alonso De Andrade.

Art

Concordantia caritatis, Morgan Library, MS M.1045, fol. 40v

Art – Moses Receiving the Law

Index of Medieval Art

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

4C Relief of Moses Receiving the Law

6C Mosaic of Moses Receiving the Law in San Vitale in Ravenna

Art – Elijah Fed by an Angel

Index of Medieval Art

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

1464 Painting of Elijah and an Angel

1577 Painting by Tintoretto of Elijah Fed by an Angel

1580 Painting of Elijah Fed by an Angel

1625 Painting by Rubens of Elijah Fed by an Angel

1660 Painting of Elijah Fed by an Angel

ca. 1665 Painting of Elijah Fed by an Angel

1680-1726 Painting of Elijah Fed by an Angel

Gustave Doré’s illustrations for La Grande Bible de ToursElijah Fed by an Angel

Art – Jonah

Index of Medieval Art – Christ on the Sign of Jonah & Jonah

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Jonah

Guide to Christian Iconography – Jonah

3C Sarcophagus with Jonah

4C Table Carving with Jonah

4C Cleveland Jonah Marbles – Jonah Swallowed, Jonah Cast Up, Jonah Praying, Jonah under the Gourd

Gustave Doré’s illustrations for La Grande Bible de ToursJonah Spewed Forth by the Whale, Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites

Kornbluth Photographic Archive – Jonah

Music

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant, also

Station Church

Santa Maria MaggioreCrux Stationalis Video, also