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Gospel in Art

Today's Gospel in Art.


Gospel in Art: Solemnity of Saint Joseph

St Joseph and the Christ Child by Guido Reni © Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Gospel of 19 March 2024 Luke 2:41-51a Every year the parents of Jesus used to go to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up for the feast as usual. When they were on their way home after the feast, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem without his parents knowing it. They assumed he was with the caravan, and it was only after a day's journey that they... Read More


Gospel in Art: Let the one among you who has not sinned be the first to throw a stone

Party of Life, by Keith Haring (1958-1990), Drawn in 1986 © Keith Haring Foundation

Gospel of 18 March 2024 John 8:1-11 Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. At daybreak he appeared in the Temple again; and as all the people came to him, he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and Pharisees brought a woman along who had been caught committing adultery; and making her stand there in full view of everybody, they said to Jesus, 'Master, this woman was caught in the very act of... Read More


Gospel in Art: Happy Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Patrick,  Saint Patrick Catholic Church, Junction City, Ohio, © Christian Art

Gospel of 17 March 2024 John 12:20-33 Among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. These approached Philip, who came from Bethsaida in Galilee, and put this request to him, 'Sir, we should like to see Jesus.' Philip went to tell Andrew, and Andrew and Philip together went to tell Jesus. Jesus replied to them: 'Now the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell... Read More


Gospel in Art: Nicodemus challenged his fellow pharisees

Nicodemus Visiting Jesus, by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1899 © Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Gospel of 16 March 2024 John 7:40-52 Several people who had been listening to Jesus said, 'Surely he must be the prophet', and some said, 'He is the Christ', but others said, 'Would the Christ be from Galilee? Does not scripture say that the Christ must be descended from David and come from the town of Bethlehem?' So the people could not agree about him. Some would have liked to arrest him, but no... Read More


Gospel in Art: As the Jewish feast of Tabernacles drew near...

The Four Species of Sukkot (Akin to the High Priest), by Isidor Kaufmann, 1893 © Jewish Museum, London

Gospel of 15 March 2024 John 7:1-2,10,25-30 Jesus stayed in Galilee; he could not stay in Judaea, because the Jews were out to kill him. As the Jewish feast of Tabernacles drew near, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went up as well, but quite privately, without drawing attention to himself. Meanwhile some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, 'Isn't this the man they want to kill... Read More


Gospel in Art: You place your hopes on Moses but Moses will be your accuser

The Children of Israel Crossing the Red Sea, by Frédéric Schopin, 1855 © Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Gospel of 14 March 2024 John 5:31-47 'If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. 'You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice fo... Read More


Gospel in Art: The Son can do nothing on his own

Holy Trinity Column, Budapest,  by Fülöp Ungleich,  Inaugurated 11th June 1713 © Alamy / Christian Art

Gospel of 13 March 2024 John 5:17-30 But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is still working, and I also am working.' For this reason the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he was not only breaking the sabbath, but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God. Jesus said to them, 'Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he ... Read More


Gospel in Art: The healing at the pool of Bethesda

Christ healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo  © National Gallery, London

Gospel of 12 March 2024 John 5:1-3,5-16 There was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now at the Sheep Pool in Jerusalem there is a building, called Bethzatha in Hebrew, consisting of five porticos; and under these were crowds of sick people - blind, lame, paralysed - waiting for the water to move. One man there had an illness which had lasted thirty-eight years, and when Jesus saw ... Read More


Gospel in Art: Jesus said, 'So you will not believe unless you see signs!'

Roads Signs on Brick-JP3957, by Jean Plout, oil on canvas, 2012,  © Plout Gallery

Gospel of 11 March 2024 John 4:43-54 Jesus left Samaria for Galilee. He himself had declared that there is no respect for a prophet in his own country, but on his arrival the Galileans received him well, having seen all that he had done at Jerusalem during the festival which they too had attended. He went again to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. Now there was a court off... Read More


Competition: The Laudamus Award 2024 for Sacred Art

Christian Art presents the 2024 Laudamus Award 2024 for Sacred Art, supported by John J Studzinski CBE. (The First Prize Winner will receive £25,000.) This prestigious award is a testament to the profound impact of sacred art as a means of praising God in the modern world. In a landscape where contemporary expression meets timeless spirituality, the Laudamus Award seeks to honour artists who ski... Read More


Gospel in Art: Laetare Sunday

Rose Coloured Chasuble by Henri Matisse, 1951.  Embroidered and patchwork silk © Collection Chapelle Matisse, Dominicaines, Vence, France

Gospel of 10 March 2024 John 3:14-21 Jesus said to Nicodemus: 'The Son of Man must be lifted up as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life. For God sent his Son into the world not to condemn the wor... Read More


Gospel in Art: The tax collector, not the Pharisee, went home justified

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector by James Tissot © Brooklyn Museum, New York

Gospel of 9 March 2024 Luke 18:9-14 Jesus spoke the following parable to some people who prided themselves on being virtuous and despised everyone else: 'Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood there and said this prayer to himself, "I thank you, God, that I am not grasping, unjust, adulterous like the rest of mankind, and particularly t... Read More


Gospel in Art: The greatest commandment is to love

Love and the Maiden, by John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope © Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

Gospel of 8 March 2024 Mark 12:28-34 One of the scribes came up to Jesus and put a question to him, 'Which is the first of all the commandments?' Jesus replied, 'This is the first: Listen, Israel, the Lord our God is the one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: You must love your neighb... Read More


Gospel in Art: Feast of Saints Perpetua and Felicity

Sacra Conversazione with Mary & Child, St Felicity and St Perpetua,  Anon. 1520 © National Museum, Warsaw

Gospel of 7 March 2024 Luke 11:14-23 Jesus was casting out a devil and it was dumb; but when the devil had gone out the dumb man spoke, and the people were amazed. But some of them said, 'It is through Beelzebul, the prince of devils, that he casts out devils.' Others asked him, as a test, for a sign from heaven; but, knowing what they were thinking, he said to them, 'Every kingdom divided against... Read More

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