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For the next few weeks, the Gospel passages have a parable to help us. So, it is good to remember that parables are a special kind of teaching that is not common in our culture. The method of parables is to evoke a personal response to the story and be aware of what happens when […]

The two parables (Luke 15.1-10) are complementary in that the seeker is male in the first parable and female in the second. Both are wonderfully portrayed as well-rounded persons, however, no stereotyping here. The shepherd is very tender, the woman is efficient and business-like. Both parables stress that the joy is not private but poured […]

The language is startling at first reading, harsh even, for example its stress on ‘hating’ and the need to give up all possessions. The secret is to let the passage speak in our experience of Jesus alive in the world today, and in each of us too, to the extent that we are his presence […]

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled and the man who humbles himself will be exalted. Gospel of Today (Luke 14.1,7-14) You can also read the saying (above) as a paradoxical law of spiritual growth. There is a strong tendency in our culture to be self-centred in our desire to grow spiritually. Jesus is […]

Lord, as we contemplate Mary, the lowly virgin of Nazareth now assumed in heaven, we celebrate all the lowly people of the world who are lifted up before our eyes. We think of those who face difficult situations with courage, who do not let themselves be overwhelmed by the evils they experience, who find time […]