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Gospel in Art

Today's Gospel in Art.


Gospel in Art: If you know me, you know my Father too

The Heads and Hands of Two Apostles, by Raphael 1519 Courtesy ©Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Gospel of 27 April 2024 John 14:7-14 Jesus said to his disciples: 'If you know me, you know my Father too. From this moment you know him and have seen him.' Philip said, 'Lord, let us see the Father and then we shall be satisfied.' 'Have I been with you all this time, Philip,' said Jesus to him, 'and you still do not know me? 'To have seen me is to have seen the Father, so how can you say, "Let us... Read More


Gospel in Art: There are many rooms in my Father's house

Corbusier house Berlin, designed by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, 1953  © CorbusierHaus Berlin

Gospel of 26 April 2024 John 14:1-6 Jesus said to his disciples: 'Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house; if there were not, I should have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you, and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you with me; so that where I am you may be too. You know the ... Read More


Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist

Saint Mark the Evangelist, from Les Grandes Heures d'Anne de Bretagne, by Jean Bourdichon © La Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

Gospel of 25 April 2024 Mark 16:15-20 Jesus showed himself to the Eleven and said to them: 'Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News to all creation. He who believes and is baptised will be saved; he who does not believe will be condemned. These are the signs that will be associated with believers: in my name they will cast out devils; they will have the gift of tongues; they will pick up... Read More


Gospel in Art: I, the light, have come into the world

Voûtes Célestes, Digital light projection installation  by Miguel Chevalier, 2016 © Miguel Chevalier

Gospel of 24 April 2024 John 12:44-50 Jesus declared publicly: 'Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in the one who sent me, and whoever sees me, sees the one who sent me. I, the light, have come into the world, so that whoever believes in me need not stay in the dark any more. If anyone hears my words and does not keep them faithfully, it is not I who shall condemn him, since I have come... Read More


Gospel in Art: Solemnity of Saint George, Martyr

Saint George,  by Donatello, Sculpted between 1415-1417 © Bargello Museum, Florence

Gospel of 23 April 2024 John 15:18-21 Jesus said to his disciples: 'If the world hates you, remember that it hated me before you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world, because my choice withdrew you from the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the words I said to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If th... Read More


Gospel in Art: Jesus said: 'I am the gate of the sheepfold'

The Shepherdess with her flock, by Julien Dupré (1851-1910), Painted in 1897 © Christian Art

Gospel of 22 April 2024 John 10:1-10 Jesus said: 'I tell you most solemnly, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but gets in some other way is a thief and a brigand. The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. When he has brought out his flock, he g... Read More


Gospel in Art: Jesus said: 'I am the good shepherd'

The Good Shepherd, Catacombs of Priscilla, Rome Circa 200 AD.  Fresco painting © Christian Art

Gospel of 21 April 2024 John 10:11-18 Jesus said: 'I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd is one who lays down his life for his sheep. The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and the sheep do not belong to him, abandons the sheep and runs away as soon as he sees a wolf coming, and then the wolf attacks and scatters the sheep; this is because he is only a hired man and has no concern for the... Read More


Gospel in Art: Peter answered 'You have the message of eternal life, and we believe'

Christ handing the keys to Saint Peter, ceiling painted in 1869  © Church of San Silvestro al Quirinale in Rome, Italy

Gospel of 20 April 2024 John 6:60-69 After hearing his doctrine many of the followers of Jesus said, 'This is intolerable language. How could anyone accept it?' Jesus was aware that his followers were complaining about it and said, 'Does this upset you? What if you should see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before? 'It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh has nothing to offer. The words ... Read More


Gospel in Art: My blood is real drink

Spanish silver-gilt chalice, Burgos, Spain, 1549. Engraved 'SANGUIS MEUS VERE EST POTUS'  © V&A Museum

Gospel of 19 April 2024 John 6:52-59 The Jews started arguing with one another: 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?' they said. Jesus replied: 'I tell you most solemnly, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in you. Anyone who does eat my flesh and drink my blood has eternal life, and I shall raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is ... Read More


Gospel in Art: Whoever believes has eternal life

Hands forming a Cross, by Louis Louro, 2016  © Louis Louro Artist

Gospel of 18 April 2024 John 6:44-51 Jesus said, 'No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me; and I will raise that person up on the last day. It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Very truly, I... Read More


Gospel in Art: Whoever believes in the Son shall have eternal life

Orphans, by Thomas Benjamin Kennington, 1885 © Tate Britain, London

Gospel of 17 April 2024 John 6:35-40 Jesus said to the crowd: 'I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never thirst. But, as I have told you, you can see me and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I shall not turn him away; because I have come from heaven, not to do my own will, but to d... Read More


Gospel in Art: He gave them bread from heaven to eat

Manna from Heaven,  Illuminated illustration in The Crusader Bible, France, Paris, 1240 © The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Gospel of 16 April 2024 John 6:30-35 The people said to Jesus, 'What sign will you give to show us that we should believe in you? What work will you do? Our fathers had manna to eat in the desert; as scripture says: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' Jesus answered: 'I tell you most solemnly, it was not Moses who gave you bread from heaven, it is my Father who gives you the bread from heaven,... Read More


Gospel in Art: Work for food that endures to eternal life

Still Life with Bible, by Vincent Van Gogh,  October 1885 © Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Gospel of 15 April 2024 John 6:22-29 After Jesus had fed the five thousand, his disciples saw him walking on the water. Next day, the crowd that had stayed on the other side saw that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but that the disciples had set off by themselves. Other boats, however, had put in from Tiberias, near the place where the bre... Read More


Gospel in Art: Jesus said 'Peace be with you!'

In a Church, by Alexei Danilovich Kivshenko, 1881 © Sotheby's London, 2/06/2015

Gospel of 14 April 2024 Luke 24:35-48 The disciples told their story of what had happened on the road and how they had recognised Jesus at the breaking of bread. They were still talking about all this when Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, 'Peace be with you!' In a state of alarm and fright, they thought they were seeing a ghost. But he said, 'Why are you so agitated, and why are th... Read More

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