The parable we heard this Fourth Sunday of Lent is one of Jesus’ best. It can be interpreted from the perspective of each of the three main characters. Traditionally it is known as the parable “of the prodigal son or wasteful son”, but it can also be...
Today’s Gospel passage seems strange for a Lenten Sunday, for it does not seem to focus our attention on Jesus. Its first part is found only in St. Luke; the parable of the second part is found in some form in the other Gospels. In the first part, we are told...
On the second Sunday of Lent, every year, the Church invites us to contemplate the scene of the transfiguration of Jesus. It is an episode that occurs during the time of his mortal life before his passion and death, but in which he manifests himself with the glory...
Jesus Christ, besides being our Savior, was also our teacher of ethics and morals. The salvation that Christ gives us consists in the forgiveness of sins, in regeneration as children of God and in the promise of eternal life; these are gifts of God that we receive...
If I ask: What is the most important teaching of Jesus, many answer that the main teaching of Jesus is the one commandment to love God and neighbor. Jesus said, and the Church teaches, that all the other commandments are summed up in those two. Furthermore, in his...
