"And some fell into good soil and grew, and yielded a hundredfold. As he said this, he called out, ‘He who has ears to hear, let him hear’" (Luke 8:8). This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke, one ...

The secret is the value of one little sheep. Jesus came to seek and to save. He paid the price on Calvary for the sin debt of ...

There’s a well-known parable in Luke 15 that records the story of a prodigal son and his prodigal brother. This portion of Scripture not only teaches us a lot from the actions of those two boys, but ...

Such attention to the story allows the parables to become genuinely subversive. “Perhaps,” Bodner notes, “we’re all ...

Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 28, 2025.

We’re in Year C of the liturgical cycle, and that means the Gospel of Luke is the one we’ll hear most often at Sunday Masses this year. Luke’s vision of Jesus is deeply attuned to God’s compassion, ...

The chances are quite slim that any of you reading these words has never heard of the prodigal son. Some of you could locate the famous parable in Luke 15 or may know that it is the last of three lost ...