In our parable today (Luke 16:19-31), a rich man dies and is engulfed in flames while a poor man dies and is carried away by ...

Today's readings are meant to provoke us to sharpen our senses and sensitivity. Jesus' parable asks us to judge where we ...

This Sunday’s Gospel compares the heavy load that Lazarus lived because of his poverty with the supposed lightness of a rich ...

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” ...

Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness to those living in the Gaza Strip during his weekly Angelus message on Sept. 21.

This is the text of Pope Leo XIV’s Sept. 21, 2025, Angelus message given in St. Peter’s Square Dear brothers and sisters, ...

If you know, you know.” See this as a wink that says, “I don’t have to tell you anything more; the message is already obvious.” In our readings today, I feel that God is poking us with IYKYKs. Our ...

Father Joshua Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sept. 21, 2025 ...

He sits with tax collectors and sinners." This is a common attack Jesus receives in the New Testament. For instance, in Luke 15, a crowd gathers to hear Jesus teach. The crowd is divided. On one side, ...

Jesus seems to praise a dishonest person in this Sunday's Gospel. Msgr. Joseph Prior explores the teaching, which prioritizes attaining good things cleverly over mere money.

That happens for me in today’s passage from Luke, which doesn’t feature a parable or a healing or really much of a story at ...