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 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 Parable of the Sower from the Gospel of Luke in the Bible shows that while not everyone may accept faith messages, sometimes the "seed" will land on good soil and produce fruit.

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, ...

Fourth Sunday of Lent: The parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32) On the fourth Sunday of Lent, we have another parable. This is the parable of the prodigal son.

The most famous of Jesus' parables, the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), has the same underlying subversion of expectations, where a half-dead man in the road is not rescued by the priest and the ...

The Parables Madeleine Boucher discusses the different types of parables used by Jesus and their role in his teaching. From The Parables By Madeleine I. Boucher Michael Glazier, Inc. Wilmington, DE ...

Some of the most impactful short stories come to us in the form of parables. Pithy, challenging, durable, and relentless, they encourage us to consider different ways of living and loving and being… ...

The Parables Madeleine Boucher ... Jesus tells this story, according to Luke, in response to the lawyer's question, "Who is my neighbor?' A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, ...