The Merciful Father
“Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven” (Matthew 23:9).
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by bcadmin | Sep 11, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, Catholic, Into the Deep, Mercy, News, perfection, prodigal son, surrender | 0 |
“Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven” (Matthew 23:9).
The post The Merciful Father appeared first on Integrated Catholic Life™.
by bcadmin | Sep 10, 2022 | Golden Calf, News, prodigal son, Sunday Reflections | 0 |
Jesus’ parable of the Prodigal Son and Israel’s worship of the Golden Calf are some of the best known of all Bible stories. The connection? Maybe they both reveal much about the nature of sin, idolatry, grace . . . and of the Father’s merci…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 9, 2022 | Featured, News, prodigal son, Scripture Speaks, sinners | 0 |
Readings for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time The religious elites of Jesus’ day complained because He ate with sinners. He is still doing that in the Mass. Why? Gospel (Read Lk 15:1-32) St. Luke tells us “tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus.” In Jewish society, these people were outcasts. The tax collectors […]
by bcadmin | Sep 9, 2022 | A Lamp Unto My Feet, Between the Sundays, Featured, forgiveness, Justice, Mercy, News, parable, prodigal son | 0 |
This Sunday’s Gospel continues some of the themes we saw in last week’s second reading: true freedom, justice, and forgiveness. The long form choice of the Gospel includes what is perhaps one of Jesus’ most famous parables, the father and his two sons….
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 3, 2022 | Essay, Exodus, Features, Jesus Christ, merciful father, Moses, News, parables, Pharisees, prodigal son | 0 |
It is vital to grasp the twofold context in which St. Luke situates his account of the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The first is the immediate context, which shows that the parable, preceded by […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 28, 2022 | Ambulance, Cardinal Krajewski, Featured, From the Pope, Lviv, News, prodigal son, Ukraine | 0 |
God always forgives and joyously welcomes back everyone who returns to him, even after a life of mistakes and sin, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 27, 2022 | Into the Deep, News, prodigal son, Scripture, Sunday Reflections | 0 |
The gospel passage for the Fourth Sunday of Lent (Year C) is taken from Chapter 15 of Luke’s Gospel where Jesus tells us three parables of God’s rich mercy: The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, and The Prodigal Son. The story of the prodigal son is som…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, News, Prayer, prodigal son, Sophia Excerpts, theodicy | 0 |
Most people lament the world-wide suffering caused by COVID-19: the loss of lives and livelihoods, the curtailing of freedom and the periodic shortages of necessities like toilet paper. They mourn the loss of access to their loved ones now forcibly held in nursing homes and assisted living apartments across America and the world and they […]
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