If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He is the kingdom of God in our midst. Read chapter 17 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. What is the kingdom of God? Let’s start with what it’s not: an earthly kingdom, a worldly power. Most
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He is just. Read chapter 16 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is in many ways a reverse image of the parable of the prodigal son and the parable
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know His mercy. Read Chapter 15 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. Jesus tells the story of the prodigal son to illustrate the great mercy of God. The story first illuminates the gravity of our sins. It might be
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He wants to be your center. Read chapter 14 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. Jesus is preparing a great banquet for us. He is preparing a place for us in Heaven, where every tear will be
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He is patient with us. Read chapter 13 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. The patience of Jesus is illustrated in the parable of the fig tree. For three years the fig tree has failed to produce
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He commands us not to worry. Read chapter 12 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. Jesus wants us to share in His divine love. He knows that worldly anxiety can prevent us from doing this. He invites
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He teaches us how to pray. Read chapter 11 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. The gospels record only the essential details of Jesus’ life. Yet Luke and his fellow evangelists often note that Jesus would withdraw
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He is the Good Samaritan. Read chapter 10 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. The Good Samaritan may be the most famous of Jesus’ parables. It begins with the lawyer asking Jesus what one must do to
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He is the Messiah of God, and the Son of Man. Read chapter 9 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. Jesus asks His disciples who the crowds say He is. The disciples respond that the crowds liken
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He is unsettling. Read chapter 8 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. One of the strangest stories in the gospel of Luke is the visit of Jesus to the territory of the Gerasenes. Gerasa was a prosperous city east
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He is a man with authority, and a man of compassion. Read chapter 7 of the gospel according to Saint Luke here. The centurion understands authority. He commands soldiers and slaves, and he in turn reports to a superior
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He turns everything upside down. Read Chapter 6 of the Gospel according to Saint Luke here. Jesus says blessed are the poor, the hungry, those who are weeping, and those who are hated on His account. He proclaims woe
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know He is calling you. Read Chapter 5 of the Gospel according to Saint Luke here. In chapter five, we see three principal elements of Jesus’ earthly ministry. He calls people, he heals people, he forgives sins. These three are intimately
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know that He was tempted by the devil. Read Chapter 4 of the Gospel according to Saint Luke here. What brings two people close together? One of the best things to bring people close together are shared experiences, especially if those
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know His family. Read Chapter 3 of the Gospel according to Saint Luke here. Luke and Matthew include a genealogy of Jesus in their gospel narratives. Why did they do this? In these short accounts of Jesus’ life, why was this
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know Him as an infant. Read Chapter 2 of the Gospel according to Saint Luke here. The incarnation of Jesus is an awesome mystery. The angel Gabriel tells Mary that Jesus is the Son of the Most High God. Saint John
If you want to know Jesus, you need to know Mary. If you want to know the Son, you need to know His mother. Read chapter 1 of the Gospel according to Saint Luke here. Luke (like all of the evangelists) gives us only the essential information we need about
Our guest blogger today is Blaise Pascal, the 17th Century French Catholic, philosopher, mathematician, scientist and all-around genius. He will be speaking on the subject of Why God Hides, or put another way, why He doesn’t reveal Himself plainly to all people so that no one could doubt His being.
We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves; let each of us please our neighbor for the good, for building up. For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you fall upon me.” For
Chapter 14 of Paul’s epistle to the Romans isn’t easy to understand. It’s not a passage that comes up frequently in the cycle of Church readings. What is Paul saying to his audience? And what is the Holy Spirit telling us today? Welcome anyone who is weak in faith, but not