Last Gospel

noun

, Roman Catholic Church.

1. in the order of service for the Mass, the final reading of a Gospel lesson.

Example Sentences

"The earliest monks in Upper Egypt in the earliest Christian monastery were using this very book to celebrate the earliest Easter celebrations, only a few hundred years after Christ and only a hundred or so years after the last Gospel was written."

From BBC

Then amid universal emotion the concluding prayer was sung, and Mass was ended; but the priest, when he had placed the sacrament in the tabernacle, turned, after the last Gospel, to the people, in sign that he wished to say something.

From Project Gutenberg

It happened that as the last Gospel was being read a slight confusion arose in the procession, and some people who had been behind were now walking before her.

From Project Gutenberg

This last Gospel fragment was previously thought to be our earliest evidence of the New Testament, but now is judged to be the most recent of these four Gospel fragments in terms of age.

From Time Magazine Archive

Uncle Piero crossed himself devoutly, and lingered to hear the last gospel.

From Project Gutenberg