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by bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | Featured, News, parable, parables of Christ, Pharisees, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
Readings for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, Jesus tells a story about two men praying in the Temple; one is seriously religious, the other a serious sinner. What can they teach us? Gospel (Read Lk 18:9-14) St. Luke, in reporting one of Jesus’ parables, explains its meaning before we actually read it: “Jesus addressed […]
by bcadmin | Oct 14, 2022 | Featured, Gospel, News, parable, parables of Christ, Scripture Speaks, Second Coming | 0 |
Readings for the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, after Jesus tells His disciples a parable about prayer, He asks one of the most haunting questions ever to leave His lips. What was it? Gospel (Read Lk 18:1-8) As Jesus continued His journey toward Jerusalem and the fulfillment of His earthly mission, St. Luke tells us […]
by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2022 | Featured, News, parables of Christ, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
Readings for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, we meet a Samaritan leper—an outsider among outsiders. What can he teach us? Gospel (Read Lk 17:11-19) St. Luke tells us that as Jesus continued “His journey to Jerusalem, He traveled through Samaria and Galilee.” He was apparently well-known in this region, because “as He was entering a […]
by bcadmin | Sep 16, 2022 | care for the poor, Featured, News, parables, parables of Christ, Scripture Speaks, wealth | 0 |
Readings for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time In speaking to a large crowd gathered to hear Him, Jesus starts talking about money. How uncomfortable! Gospel (Read Lk 16:1-13) In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells a parable in which a slightly sleazy steward becomes the hero of the story. Very odd! We must place this parable in its context […]
by bcadmin | Aug 3, 2022 | Featured, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, News, parables of Christ, Virtue | 0 |
The Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16, 1-13) presents us with some rather unedifying characters. In summary, the parable is about a rich man calling upon his steward to release him for mismanagement. Since a steward is someone who manages another’s resources, this is a very serious accusation, even if it is not necessarily […]
by bcadmin | Nov 29, 2021 | 2021, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Columns, early Church Fathers, Matthew 25, Michael Pakaluk, News, Parable of the Sheep and the Goats, Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, parables of Christ, Return on Investment, The Catholic Thing, The Parable of the Talents | 0 |
Michael Pakaluk: We think of the word “talent” as meaning an inborn gift, endowment, skill, or propensity. In the Bible, it means much more.
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