Why don't the two men meet together, and have a heart-to-heart talk? There is a danger in relying on flunkies, who are likely ...

The parable in today's Gospel is no exception. We often hear it as a call to imitate the so-called Good Samaritan: to show compassion, to cross boundaries, to love our neighbour. Yet the story also ...

The chances are quite slim that any of you reading these words has never heard of the prodigal son. Some of you could locate ...

Msgr. Joseph Prior unpacks the classic story of the Good Samaritan that Jesus tells in this Sunday’s Gospel. We hear the Lord speaking to our hearts and inviting us to open our minds to our neighbors, ...

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Trinity 4 in Year C is Luke 10.25-37, most commonly known as the Parable of the Good ...

The sower originally was Jesus, who came teaching the word of God (the seed) and seeking a harvest. Today, anyone who shares ...

In the parable of the Good Samaritan, found in Luke 10:25-37, a Jewish man is traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho and is robbed of everything he had and is beaten to within an inch of his life.

Like many of his contemporaries - including Jesus - the gospel author Luke was deeply familiar with narratives in the Hebrew Bible about the founding of Israel, according to biblical scholar Calum ...

Timeless and enduring, the parables of Jesus, especially in the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke), can be challenging and inspiring.

The parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31 is unique and problematic. It is the only canonical parable referring to a character by a proper name and portraying a scene in the afterlife.

Luke's Jesus is the master storyteller and his parables are skilfully woven stories with real human interest.

Meanwhile, as we look at the beginning of the Luke parable, we also find the invited guests not showing up for the banquet they had been invited to. In this parable, bloodshed is not recorded; instead ...