The parable of the Good Samaritan (cf. Luke 10:25-37) could be called a story of one ordinary person speaking to another. Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti not surprisingly recalls it within the ...

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Like his predecessors Benedict XVI and John Paul II, Pope Francis often introduces the theme of his writings by way of a spiritual exegesis of an event in the ministry of Jesus or a biblical text.

Who Was the Good Samaritan? Jesus tells the parable, or story, of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10 of the New Testament. In that Bible chapter, he says, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho ...

The Bible is comprised of many stories that recount historical occurrences in order to teach a spiritual lesson. Included in the array of stories are stories themselves of Jesus delivering parables.

Setting the right boundaries to help others. In Luke 10:25-37, Jesus was challenged with the question, “Who is my neighbor?” As was typical of Jesus, he responded to this question with a parable, ...

Your browser does not support the HTML5 Audio element. One of the most influential stories told by Jesus is the parable of the Good Samaritan. As a result of this ...

Who among us hasn’t heard the parable of the Good Samaritan, the focus of today’s Gospel? It’s often called Jesus’ “most famous” parable, which always amuses me. As if there is some sort of ...

I have the joy of celebrating this Eucharist with you. I greet all those present, the parish community, the priests, and His Eminence, the Bishop of the Diocese, and the civil and military authorities ...

Carla Hinton’s recent story in The Oklahoman about an Oklahoma City immigration forum got me thinking about perhaps the best-known parable in the Bible. More than 250 people gathered at Wesley United ...