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Gospel in Art

Today's Gospel in Art.


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


Gospel in Art: How often do I forgive my brother? Seven times?

The Confessional, by Sir David Wilkie, 1827,  Oil on canvas  © National Galleries of Scotland

Gospel of 10 March 2026 Matthew 18:21-35 At that time: Peter came up and said to Jesus, 'Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?' Jesus said to him, 'I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven. 'Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began to settle, one was ... Read More


Gospel in Art: All in the synagogue were filled with wrath

The face of a bearded man expressing Anger (la Colère), Print of a drawing after Charles le Brun, Original drawing circa 1670 © Wellcome Collection, London

Gospel of 9 March 2026 Luke 4:24-30 When Jesus came to Nazareth, he said to the people in the synagogue: 'Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his home town. But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land, and Elijah was sent to none of them but only to... Read More


Gospel in Art: A woman from Samaria came to draw water

Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well,  by Il Guercino, 1640 - 1641  © Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid

Gospel of 8 March 2026 John 4:5-42 At that time: Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour. A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, 'Give me a drink.' (For his disciples had gone away into the... Read More


Gospel in Art: Optional Memorial of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs

Perpetua and Felicitas,  6thC mosaic, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna  © Photo by Fr Lawrence Lew OP, Flikr

Gospel of 7 March 2026 Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 At that time: The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear Jesus. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, 'This man receives sinners and eats with them.' So he told them this parable: 'There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, "Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me." And h... Read More


Gospel in Art: This is the heir. Come, let us kill him

The Third of May 1808 by Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes,   1814 © Museo del Prado, Madrid

Gospel of 6 March 2026 Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 At that time: Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people, 'Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence round it and dug a wine press in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country. When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants t... Read More


Gospel in Art: And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus

Lazarus and the Rich Man or "In Luxury Beware" by Jan Steen,1677, oil on canvas © The Leiden Collection

Gospel of 5 March 2026 Luke 16:19-31 At that time: Jesus said to the Pharisees, 'There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man's table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carrie... Read More


Gospel in Art: Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?

The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew by Caravaggio © Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome

Gospel of 4 March 2026 Matthew 20:17-28 At that time: As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them, 'See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be rai... Read More


Gospel in Art: Whoever exalts himself will be humbled

Pilgrims at the Moor, by Frans Van Leemputten, 1903-1905 © Koninklijk Museum voor Schoone Kunsten, Antwerp

Gospel of 3 March 2026 Matthew 23:1-12 At that time: Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 'The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practise. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finge... Read More


Gospel in Art: Judge not, and you will not be judged

The Gossip Mural with Demons, All Saints Church, Little Melton, Norfolk14th C © Wikimedia

Gospel of 2 March 2026 Luke 6:36-38 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it wil... Read More


Gospel in Art: Jesus took Peter, James and John up a high mountain

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives by David Roberts 1839 © Cleveland Museum of Art

Gospel of 1 March 2026 Matthew 17:1-9 At that time: Jesus took with him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter said to Jesus, 'Lord, it is good that we are here. I... Read More


Gospel in Art: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you

The Stoning of Saint Stephen by Rembrandt , 1625 © Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon

Gospel of 28 February 2026 Matthew 5:43-48 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy." But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unj... Read More


Gospel in Art: You shall not murder

Study of Tree Roots by Johann Christian Reinhart, 1819 © British Museum, London

Gospel of 27 February 2026 Matthew 5:20-26 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to those of old, "You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgement." But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will ... Read More


Gospel in Art: Build your house on rock

City of London Skyline, The Square Mile, UK, Including the Leadenhall building and the Walkie Talkie building © Alamy Images

Gospel of 26 February 2026 Matthew 7:7-12, 24-27 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, wil... Read More

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