There’s a well-known parable in Luke 15 that records the story of a prodigal son and his prodigal brother. This portion of Scripture not only teaches us a lot from the actions of those two boys, but ...

Today’s chapter is Luke 15. Here we find the parable of the prodigal son, a story that’s likely familiar to most of us. Jesus gives three parables in response to the Pharisees’ criticism of how He ...

A counting book that retells Jesus’ parables and a Reformation-themed alphabet book are among my favorite new children’s books.

As noted last week, priests have two choices for the readings on the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent. They can always use the “Scrutiny Readings,” i.e., the readings for preparing catechumens ...

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