Today's Gospel in Art - This generation will have to answer for every prophet's blood

Oct 16th, 2019

Our Blood, Installation by Marc Quinn. To be completed in 2021 © Marc Quinn, all right reserved

Gospel of 17th October 2019 - Luke 11: 47-54

Jesus said: 'Alas for you who build the tombs of the prophets, the men your ancestors killed! In this way you both witness what your ancestors did and approve it; they did the killing, you do the building.

'And that is why the Wisdom of God said, "I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will slaughter and persecute, so that this generation will have to answer for every prophet's blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was murdered between the altar and the sanctuary." Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all.

'Alas for you lawyers who have taken away the key of knowledge! You have not gone in yourselves, and have prevented others going in who wanted to.'

When he left the house, the scribes and the Pharisees began a furious attack on him and tried to force answers from him on innumerable questions, setting traps to catch him out in something he might say.

Reflection on the Art Installation

Quite gruesome words in todays' Gospel reading: 'this generation will have to answer for every prophet's blood that has been shed since the foundation of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah'. In this short passage 'blood' gets mentioned three times. Yes, blood does get mentioned a lot throughout the scriptures… all leading up to the blood of Christ when He died for us on the cross… Whilst our first reaction to the word 'blood' might be one of gore and fright, blood isn't that at all. It certainly is gore when mentioned in so many tragedies around the world of crime, murder, accidents, etc… but blood is also life and life itself. We need blood to live and to survive… More than anything else in the body, blood is essential to life.....To read on see: www.christianart.today/daily-gospel-reading/206

Adverts

We offer publicity space for Catholic groups/organisations. See our advertising page if you would like more information.

We Need Your Support

ICN aims to provide speedy and accurate news coverage of all subjects of interest to Catholics and the wider Christian community. As our audience increases - so do our costs. We need your help to continue this work.

You can support our journalism by advertising with us or donating to ICN.