Advertisement All Kinds of CatholicAll Kinds of Catholic Would you like to advertise on ICN? Click to learn more.

Gospel in Art

Today's Gospel in Art.


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


Gospel in Art: Ash Wednesday

Vanitas Still Life, by Herman Henstenburgh, 1700  © Metropolitan Museum, New York. Watercolour, gouache on parchment

Gospel of 18 February 2026 Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 At that time: Jesus said to his disciples: 'Beware of practising your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 'Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by ... Read More


Gospel in Art: Do you not yet understand?

The New Pupil, by Thomas Brooks, 1854  © Dorotheum Auctions, Vienna

Gospel of 17 February 2026 Mark 8:14-21 At that time: The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. And he cautioned them, saying, 'Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.' And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, 'Why are you discussing the f... Read More


Gospel in Art: And Jesus sighed deeply

Untitled, by Karl-Henning Seemann, 2020 © Wikimedia commons, courtesy of Mathias Hoffmann

Gospel of 16 February 2026 Mark 8:11-13 At that time: The Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, 'Why does this generation seek a sign? Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.' And he left them, got into the boat again, and went to the other side. Reflection on the public s... Read More


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

Resurrection by Ivanka Demchuk. Ukrainian, 2018 © Design for Church of St Nicholas, Granada, Spain

Gospel of 15 February 2026 Matthew 5:17-37 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 commandmen... Read More


Gospel in Art: The Installation of Richard Moth, 12th Archbishop of Westminster

King Egfrid and Bishop Trumwine persuade Cuthbert to be made Bishop by William Bell Scott © Wallington Collection, National Trust

Gospel of 14 February 2026 Luke 10:1-9 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 you o... Read More

Mobile Menu Toggle Icon