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Gospel in Art

Today's Gospel in Art.


Gospel in Art: Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor

Saint Catherine of Siena, first page. Here begynneth the orcharde of Syon, in the whiche is conteyned the Revelacyons of Seynt Katheryne of Sene, with ghostly fruytes and precyous plants for the helthe of mannes soule. Publisher Wynkyn de Wo

Gospel of 29 April 2026 Matthew 11:25-30 At that time Jesus declared, 'I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except ... Read More


Gospel in Art: Jesus was walking in the Temple, in the colonnade of Solomon

St Peter's Baldacchino, by Bernini, cast and installed 1623-1634 © St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Gospel of 28 April 2026 John 10:22-30 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the Temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, 'How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.' Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Fathe... Read More


Gospel in Art: Jesus said, 'I am the good shepherd'

The Good Shepherd,  Cubiculum of the Donna Velata,  Ceiling fresco,   Roman Early Christian, 3C

Gospel of 27 April 2026 John 10:11-18 At that time: Jesus said, 'I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shephe... Read More


Gospel in Art: I am the door of the sheep

Flock of Sheep overtaken by a Storm,   by Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven,  1870 © Lempertz Cologne, sold 16 November 2024

Gospel of 26 April 2026 John 10:1-10 At that time: Jesus said, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out al... Read More


Gospel in Art: Saint Mark, Evangelist

Interior St Mark's Basilica, Venice, modelled after Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople, mosaics dating from 1070 © Alamy

Gospel of 25 April 2026 Mark 16:15-20 At that time: Jesus appeared to the Eleven and he said to them, 'Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptised will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pi... Read More


Gospel in Art: Saints Erkenwald and Mellitus, Bishops of London

Gospels of Saint Augustine, Tradition states that this book was the personal property of St Mellitus © Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Gospel of 24 April 2026 Matthew 23:8-12 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'You are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers and sisters. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himsel... Read More


Gospel in Art: Saint George, Martyr

Interior of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle,  from 'Royal Residences', by Thomas Sutherland, published by William Henry Pyne, 1819 © Alamy / © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2026

Gospel of 23 April 2026 John 15:18-21 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: "A servant is not greater than his master."... Read More


Gospel in Art: Whoever comes to me I will never cast out

The Conversion of Saint Paul by Caravaggio © Private Collection, Palazzo Odescalchi Balbi, Rome

Gospel of 22 April 2026 John 6:35-40 At that time: Jesus said to the crowd, 'I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, ... Read More


Gospel in Art: Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Bishop, Doctor

The Life of St Anselm of Canterbury, St Corentin Cathedral,  Quimper, Finistère, Brittany 19th C © Wikimedia

Gospel of 21 April 2026 John 6:30-35 At that time: The crowd said to Jesus, 'Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."' Jesus then said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you th... Read More


Gospel in Art: Do not work for the food that perishes

Still Life with Fruit, Nuts and Cheese by Floris van Dyck  1613  © National Gallery London

Gospel of 20 April 2026 John 6:22-29 After Jesus had fed the five thousand, the disciples saw him walking on the lake. On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had e... Read More


Gospel in Art: Two of the disciples were going to a village named Emmaus

The Road to Emmaus, 2018 © Liz Lemon Swindle, all rights reserved

Gospel of 19 April 2026 Luke 24:13-35 On the first day of the week, two of the disciples of Jesus were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognising him. And he sai... Read More


Gospel in Art: They saw Jesus walking on the lake

Jesus Walks on Water, by Gustave Doré . Engraved 1866-1870. Hand-coloured print  © Alamy

Gospel of 18 April 2026 John 6:16-21 When evening came, the disciples of Jesus went down to the lake, got into a boat, and started across the lake to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The lake became rough because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the lake and coming near the boat, and they were frighte... Read More


Gospel in Art: There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish

The Multiplication of Loaves and Fishes by Ambrosius Francken I, 1598 © Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Gospel of 17 April 2026 John 6:1-15 At that time: Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing for the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing th... Read More


Gospel in Art: He who comes from heaven is above all

Saint John the Baptist  by Leonardo da Vinci © Musée du Louvre, Paris

Gospel of 16 April 2026 John 3:31-36 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all. He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony. Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he ... Read More

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