Teachings & Parables

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (722+ words) The Living Church In Praise of Ordinary Time Please email comments to email protected. The liturgical year might be understood as having two phases, one active—sometimes even frenetic—and the other placid, with an occasional punctuation mark that gets…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (249+ words) Jesus spent thirty hidden years in Nazareth before His public ministry began, revealing a lesson many of us overlook entirely....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (256+ words) Find a Parish to Call Home Every Sunday, Bishop Edward Malesic writes a Scripture reflection for the faithful. Follow the bishop on Facebook and Instagram. Today's Gospel can be unsettling. Jesus rebukes Peter because Peter cannot accept that the Messiah…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (692+ words) In Sunday’s Gospel the Lord firmly sets before us the need for the cross, not as an end in itself, but as the way to glory. Let’s consider the Gospel in three stages. I. The Pattern that is Announced – The…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (404+ words) NILS VON KALM listens to US pastor Dr Matthew Hester’s podcast, ‘The Kingdom Is For Everyone’… Dr Matthew Hester The Kingdom Is For Everyone Every now and then, you come across someone who you feel like is a kindred spirit....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (64+ words) By Rev. Anders Nelson Mabel-Henrytown Tri-Point Parish – Mabel First Lutheran Church, Scheie Lutheran Church and Henrytown Lutheran Church There’s something really beautiful and interesting in the way Jesus teaches his disciples and, through the beauty of the Living Word, us…...

3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (494+ words) by Stephanie Ann Puen Welcome to Theologians' Corner, where each week a different woman theologian from around the world offers a fresh reflection on the Sunday readings. For today's reflection, I would like to raise three invitations for us to…...

4+ week, 4+ hour ago   (448+ words) It’s a tale of ceaseless surprises and twists and turns, after which the burnt emerge from ashes to become the blessed. Divorce, having served notice through beatings unleashed by James, is inevitable. When it arrives, Funke, an only child and…...

4+ week, 2+ hour ago   (598+ words) Bishop Vincent’s Homily for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time catholicoutlook.org Bishop Vincent’s Homily for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Most Reverend Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv DD STL, Bishop of Parramatta Homily for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (49+ words) You have crowned the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with a rich harvest; The untilled meadows overflow with it, and rejoicing clothes the hills....