A Reflection for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading: Wisdom 11:22-12: 2 2nd Thessalonians 1:11-2: 2 Luke 19:1-10 In 1926, William Faulkner published his first novel, Soldiers’ Pay. The ...

This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Zacchaeus in a sycamore-fig tree awaiting Jesus’ arrival. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) Zacchaeus was a very short man who became ...

“What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that Thou visitest him? Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels; with glory and honor hast Thou crowned him, and Thou hast set ...

Last week, Jesus taught us the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. As a result of how they prayed, the latter left the Temple justified, the former not. In last week’s essay, I suggested that ...