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.

The Lord Jesus taught His 12 disciples and others the parable of the sower. They asked for the exposition, interpretation and application ...

The parable of Jesus found in Matthew 13:1–23, Mark 4:1–20 and Luke 8:4–15 is the parable of the sower.

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.

J. D. Vance, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and the parable of the Good Samaritan The vice president’s mangling of the Christian ordo amoris is just a smokescreen for the largest deportation operation in ...

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.