After Our Lord tells his disciples about the calamities, persecutions and sufferings they will have to endure before the end, he concludes today’s Gospel passage by saying, “By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”
No one is comfortable with death. This unease transcends all cultures and religions as they grapple with the inevitability, powerlessness, and the finality which death makes real.
In a deeply insightful moment, the titular hero of G.K. Chesterton’s “Father Brown” mystery series reveals the secret of his powers of deduction to his friend, the former thief Flambeau.
On his way to Jerusalem, Jesus encounters 10 lepers. Leprosy was one of the most-dreaded realities of his day. It resulted in tremendous pain, had no cure, led to a long, drawn-out death and caused religious and social isolation.
Do we deserve heaven? Or better yet, does God owe us eternal life?
The Lord gives us a parable today about a steward about to be fired for squandering his master’s property.
Sept. 14 — Jn 3:13-17
True love by its very nature greatly desires the good of the other.
Sept. 7 — Lk 14:25-33
One of my friends at the University of Mary Washington is the local rabbi who serves as the Jewish campus minister right down the street.
Aug. 24 — Lk 13:22–30
Someone asks Jesus a question in today’s Gospel, and we could wonder about his motivations.
