There are certain Biblical stories that have been accepted and absorbed into popular culture. Even if someone knows nothing else about the Bible, or is completely disinterested in all things Biblical, ...

David Brooks reflects on the parable of the Prodigal Son. You know it, right? Jesus told it to illustrate what the Kingdom of Heaven is like, and tells the story about a young man who asks his father ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.-- Theologian Paul Lakeland, addressing several hundred Catholic theologians here today, called for a good dose of additional humility as our church looks out at the world. His talk ...

Today we consider the second part of Jesus second instruction about prayer in Luke 18. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector reminds us that God hears the prayers of some surprising ...

Obviously, in our lessons today -- God’s Word that we are listening to carefully -- we are being instructed about humility. This is a virtue that I think many of us have some trouble with -- even ...

I came to that conclusion during a Bible study the other night. Please let me explain. We were having lesson about humility when Christ's parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector was mentioned.

Pope Francis continued his catechesis for the Jubilee Year of Mercy today, stressing that true prayer is born of “a heart which repents of its faults and failings, yet pleads for the grace to live the ...

(CNN) — Father Dennis Zehren struggled to hold back tears as he addressed his Minneapolis congregation, drawing on Jesus’ parable of humility to reflect the community’s grief after last week’s deadly ...

To get the point of this powerful and perplexing, but also, if read aright, humorous parable, you have to remember that dining protocol in the ancient world for the upper strata of society was a ...

In the Gospel reading for the Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, from Luke 14:1, 7-14, Jesus speaks two parables. The first deals with honor, embarrassment, humility and exaltation. In the NRSV, ...