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by bcadmin | Nov 18, 2022 | Apologetics & Education, christ the king, Featured, News, Sacred Scripture, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
At Jesus’ Nativity, wise men asked, “Where is He Who has been born King of the Jews?” Herod wanted to kill Him. Thirty-three years later, the Jews finally acknowledged their King. How? Gospel (Read Lk 23:35-43) Today, on the Feast of Christ the King, St. Luke describes a scene from Christ’s Crucifixion. As Jesus moved through His earthly ministry, […]
by bcadmin | Nov 11, 2022 | Featured, News, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
Readings for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Jesus once overheard a conversation about the glory of the Temple in Jerusalem. He then made a startling prediction. What was it? Gospel (Read Lk 21:5-19) St. Luke tells us Jesus had a conversation with His disciples about the Temple in Jerusalem. It began when “some people were speaking about […]
by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | eternal soul, Featured, Gospels, Moses, News, Sadducees, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
Readings for the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, Jesus meets some Sadducees who try to trip Him up with a Bible question. Does it work? Gospel (Read Lk 20:27-38) St. Luke describes for us an encounter Jesus had with a group of Sadducees, and we need to understand who they were in order to best […]
by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | eternal soul, Featured, Gospels, Moses, News, Sadducees, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
Readings for the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, Jesus meets some Sadducees who try to trip Him up with a Bible question. Does it work? Gospel (Read Lk 20:27-38) St. Luke describes for us an encounter Jesus had with a group of Sadducees, and we need to understand who they were in order to best […]
by bcadmin | Nov 4, 2022 | eternal soul, Featured, Gospels, Moses, News, Sadducees, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
Readings for the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, Jesus meets some Sadducees who try to trip Him up with a Bible question. Does it work? Gospel (Read Lk 20:27-38) St. Luke describes for us an encounter Jesus had with a group of Sadducees, and we need to understand who they were in order to best […]
Readings for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time In Jericho, a man climbs a tree seeking Jesus, but who is seeking whom? Gospel (Read Lk 19:1-10) St. Luke tells us that as Jesus was passing through Jericho, He encountered a man, Zaccheus, who was a “chief tax collector and also a wealthy man.” We know that […]
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 30, 2022 | Featured, News, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
Readings for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Today, the apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith. More faith sounds like a reasonable request. Jesus doesn’t think so. Why? Gospel (Read Lk 17:5-10) What prompted the apostles to ask Jesus to increase their faith in today’s reading? In the verses preceding ours, Jesus had been talking about forgiveness: “Take heed […]
by bcadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Featured, News, Scripture Speaks | 0 |
Readings for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Last Sunday’s Gospel ended with a warning from Jesus: “You cannot serve both God and mammon.” Today we read about a man who thought he could. Gospel (Read Lk 16:19-31) St. Luke told us in last Sunday’s reading that Jesus had some bracing words to say about money to […]
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 […]
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