"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 ...

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 ...

I’m thinking about the parable of the rich man and the poor man, in Luke 16:19-31. It’s the story where a rich man wears luxurious purple garments and dines “sumptuously” ...

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

The scriptures this Sunday are collectively a cry against indifference -- "Woe to the complacent!," as the first reading puts it. A little examination of conscience is called for. We need to shake off ...

Father Joshua Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 21, 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 ...