In the Gospel of Matthew, we are told of a man who finds a hidden treasure buried in a field. A reader asks, “What is this treasure, and where is the field?” In his latest ...
For the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Tim O’Malley describes what it takes to inherit the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven is God’s reign, the kingdom of peace and justice, of love and ...
Be prepared for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Tim O’Malley writes, while discussing the parable of the wheat and the weeds, there is a virus circulating not only in the world but also in ...
Be prepared for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time with this week’s Opening the Word. Jesus uses parables to form us to see beyond the visible to the invisible. Understanding the hidden nature of the ...
In Part 7 of his ongoing series, the Life of Christ, Russell Shaw explores the kingdom of God and looks at the parables of the good Samaritan and the prodigal son. These parables tell us ...
Jesus Christ offers a narrative about human life that is radically against the myth of self-reliance. Instead of relying on our own virtues, the Christian is the one who depends on God alone. In this ...
We don’t know a good deal about the rich man or Lazarus. The rich man and Lazarus die. Lazarus enters heaven, while the rich man is cast into the nether world. The rich man’s sin ...
Parables like that of the prodigal or lost son find a way to capture the imagination of even secular men and women. The image of a father who runs to his son, who embraces him ...
Question: Why did Jesus praise the dishonest steward in Luke 16:8? At first sight it seems that Jesus praised him for being dishonest, which cannot be not the case. But I cannot find the real ...
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