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Gospel in Art

Today's Gospel in Art.


Gospel in Art: Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

The Ascension by Juan des Flandres © Prado Museum, Madrid

Gospel of 14 May 2026 Matthew 28:16-20 At that time: The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshipped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son... Read More


Gospel in Art: Feast of Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fatima,  Azulejo, painted ceramic tiles,  Portugal, 20thC © Alamy

Gospel of 13 May 2026 John 16:12-15 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what i... Read More


Gospel in Art: Saint Pancras, Martyr

The Midland Railways Station, St  Pancras, 1880,  chromolithograph on paper  © Alamy

Gospel of 12 May 2026 John 16:5-11 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, "Where are you going?" But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him ... Read More


Faith Art Prize

Christian Art has announced the launch of the Faith Art Prize - a major international award celebrating contemporary art in dialogue with faith, prayer and the sacred. Previously known as the Laudamus Award, the newly rebranded Prize marks an exciting new chapter for Christian Art. With a total prize fund of £30,000, including a £25,000 First Prize generously donated by John J Studzinski CBE, th... Read More


Gospel in Art: I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away

The Temptation of Saint Anthony,  by Salvador Dali © Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Gospel of 11 May 2026 John 15:26-16:4a At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. 'I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you... Read More


Gospel in Art: If you love me, you will keep my commandments

The Peasant Lawyer, by Pieter Breughel the Younger,  1620  © Grohmann Museum at Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee

Gospel of 10 May 2026 John 14:15-21 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 'I will not leave you as or... Read More


Gospel in Art: If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you

Joan of Arc,  by John Everett Millais, 1865 © Wikimedia Commons

Gospel of 9 May 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." If... Read More


Gospel in Art: You are my friends

Friendship Quilt, Painting by Florence Truelson, 1937, © National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Gospel of 8 May 2026 John 15:12-17 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. 'No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you frien... Read More


Gospel in Art: That my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full

Children's Games,  by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1560 © Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Gospel of 7 May 2026 John 15:9-11 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.' Reflection on this painting In these ... Read More


Gospel in Art: I am the vine; you are the branches

Still Life with four Bunches of Grapes, by Juan Fernández, (El Labrador) © Prado Museum, Madrid

Gospel of 6 May 2026 John 15:1-8 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine dresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by ... Read More


Gospel in Art: Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.

CND Soldiers, Created by BANKSY, Sprayed and painted in 2003

Gospel of 5 May 2026 John 14:27-31a At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, "I am going away, and I will come to you." If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater ... Read More


Gospel in Art: Feast of The English Martyrs

The Martyr's Picture,  by Durante Alberti,  1581  © The Venerable English College, Rome

Gospel of 4 May 2026 Matthew 10:17-22 At that time: Jesus instructed his Apostles: 'Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say... Read More


Gospel in Art: I am the way, and the truth, and the life

Saint Thomas by Georges De la Tour,  1634-1638 © Louvre Museum, Paris

Gospel of 3 May 2026 John 14:1-12 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the... Read More


Gospel in Art: Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor

Saint Athanasius, Icon by Michail Damaskenos,  late 16th C © Archive of the Hellenic Institute of Venice

Gospel of 2 May 2026 Matthew 10:22-25a At that time: Jesus instructed his Apostles: 'You will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 'A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant abov... Read More

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