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Gospel in Art

Today's Gospel in Art.


Gospel in Art: Let him who is without sin be the first to throw a stone

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery, by Rembrandt, 1644  © National Gallery,  London

Gospel of 23 March 2026 John 8:1-11 At that time: Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, 'Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in the Law, M... Read More


Gospel in Art: Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead

Jesus Christ raising Lazarus from the dead, Catacombs of Callistus, Rome © Christian Art

Gospel of 22 March 2026 John 11:1-45 At that time: The sisters of Lazarus sent to Jesus, saying, 'Lord, he whom you love is ill.' But when Jesus heard it he said, 'This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.' Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer i... Read More


Gospel in Art: Nicodemus said: Do we judge a man without first hearing him

The Descent from the Cross  by Peter Paul Rubens. Painted 1612 - 1614,  © The Cathedral of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal), Antwerp

21 March 2026 John 7:40-52 At that time: When the crowd heard these words of Jesus some of the people said, 'This really is the Prophet.' Others said, 'This is the Christ.' But some said, 'Is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?' So there was a division among the people ... Read More


Gospel in Art: We know where this man comes from

Haystacks, Morning, Eragny,  by Camille Pissarro, 1899  © Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gospel of 20 March 2026 John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 At that time: Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. After his brothers and sisters had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, 'Is not this the man whom they seek t... Read More


Gospel in Art: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint Joseph,  Foster Father of Christ, by François-Jean-Baptiste-Benjamin Constant © St Martin Church, Villers-sur-Mer, France

Gospel of 19 March 2026 Luke 2:41-51a The parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him to be in the group they went a day's journey, but then they began to s... Read More


Gospel in Art: Commemoration of Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor

Death of Saint Jerome in the Presence of His Disciples and His Appearance to Bishop Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, by Sano di Pietro  © Louvre, Paris

Gospel of 18 March 2026 John 5:17-30 At that time: Jesus answered the Jews, 'My Father is working even now, and I am working.' This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. So Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accor... Read More


Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint Patrick, Bishop, Missionary

The Book of Armagh or Codex Ardmachanus (Irish: Leabhar Ard Mhacha), Folio 32v with symbols of the Evangelists © Library of Trinity College Dublin (MS 52)

Gospel of 17 March 2026 Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 At that time: The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. And he said to them, 'The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending ... Read More


Gospel in Art: The Healing of the Officer's Son at Cana

The Healing of the Officer's Son. Painting by James Tissot, 1886-1894 © Brooklyn Museum, Purchased by public subscription

Gospel of 16 March 2026 John 4:43-54 At that time: Jesus departed Samaria for Galilee. (For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honour in his own hometown.) So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast. For they too had gone to the feast. So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at... Read More


Gospel in Art: As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth

Christ Healing the Blind,by El Greco, 1570 © Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gospel of 15 March 2026 John 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38 At that time: As Jesus passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. He spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud and said to him, 'Go, wash in the pool of Siloam' (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbours and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying... Read More


Sunday Reflection with Canon Robin Gibbons - 15 March 2026

Duccio di Buoninsegna: Healing of the Blind Man. Wiki image

Fourth Sunday of Lent For far too long disability was understood by many religious people as somehow connected to heavenly disfavour, in some cases a direct consequence of sinfulness, and so it at first seems with the story of the man born blind, we note the unfavourable comment of the disciples who ask Jesus;'"Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus' answer is u... Read More


Gospel in Art: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

The Pharisee and the publican by James Tissot, painted1886-94 © Brooklyn Museum, New York

Gospel of 14 March 2026 Luke 18:9-14 At that time: Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 'Two men went up into the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: "God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like ... Read More


Gospel in Art: One of the scribes came up to Jesus

Egyptian Relief of four scribes from tomb of Horemheb, Saqqara, 1350 BC © Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Florence

Gospel of 13 March 2026 Mark 12:28b-34 At that time: One of the scribes came up to Jesus and asked him, 'Which commandment is the most important of all?' Jesus answered, 'The most important is, "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength." The second is this:... Read More


Gospel in Art: Whoever is not with me is against me

Melancholy by Constance-Marie Charpentier,1801 © Musée de Picardie, Amiens

Gospel of 12 March 2026 Luke 11:14-23 At that time: Jesus was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the crowd marvelled. But some of them said, 'He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons', while others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against it... Read More


Gospel in Art: I have not come to abolish the Law or the Prophets

Moses Presenting the Tablets of the Law by Philippe de Champaigne, 1648   © Milwaukee Art Museum

Gospel of 11 March 2026 Matthew 5:17-19 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments ... Read More

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