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Gospel in Art

Today's Gospel in Art.


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


Gospel in Art: No sign will be given, except the sign of Jonah

Jonah being Devoured by the Whale, Illustration from Bible of St John XXII,14th C, Manuscript from Palace of the Popes of Avignon© Musée Atger, Montpellier, France

Gospel of 25 February 2026 Luke 11:29-32 At that time: When the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, 'This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. The Queen of the South will rise up at the judgement with the men of this... Read More


Gospel in Art: Pray then, like this

Hermit Praying in the Wilderness, by Willem van Mieris,  1707. Oil on panel  © The Leiden Collection

Gospel of 24 February 2026 Matthew 6:7-15 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'When you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Pray then, like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on eart... Read More


Gospel in Art: Commemoration of Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr

Five Early Saints.  St Polycarp (second from left). Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy (AD 493-526), with later Byzantine modifications.  ©Christian Art

Gospel of 23 February 2026 Matthew 25:31-46 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples, 'When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the... Read More


Gospel in Art: Jesus fasts for forty days and is tempted

The Temptations of Christ,  © Eric Armusik 2011, all rights reserved

Gospel of 22 February 2026 Matthew 4:1-11 At that time: Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, 'If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.' But he answered, 'It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word t... Read More


Gospel in Art: Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?

Mankind's Eternal Dilemma - The Choice Between Virtue and Sin,  by Frans Francken the Younger, 1633,  oil on panel  © Dorotheum Vienna

Gospel of 21 February 2026 Luke 5:27-32 At that time: Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, 'Follow me.' And leaving everything, he rose and followed him. And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, s... Read More


Gospel in Art: Why do your disciples not fast?

Giant Pumpkin,  by Yayoi Kusama, (born 1929)  2016,  Naoshima Art island, Japan  © Alamy images

Gospel of 20 February 2026 Matthew 9:14-15 At that time: The disciples of John came to Jesus, saying, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?' And Jesus said to them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.' Reflection on the Contemporary Sculpture The g... Read More


Gospel in Art: Take up your cross daily and follow me

A man walking with his shadow carrying the cross.  Digitally mastered photo by Kevin Carden,  2014   ©Kevin Carden / GoodSalt

Gospel of 19 February 2026 Luke 9:22-25 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.' And he said to all, 'If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but wh... Read More

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