read moreJesus said to his disciples: ‘You are to hear the parable of the sower. When anyone hears the word of the kingdom without understanding, the evil one comes and carries off what was sown in his heart: this is the man who received the seed on the …
read moreJesus took a walk one sabbath day through the cornfields. His disciples were hungry and began to pick ears of corn and eat them. The Pharisees noticed it and said to him, ‘Look, your disciples are doing something that is forbidden on the sabbath.’ But he said …
Today's gospel looks at the question who is Jesus?
To the authorities he is a threat - so he goes quietly to Jerusalem for the festival, not drawing attention to himself.
To some people he cannot be the messiah because they know him to be a …
read moreThis is the last of a series of question the religious authorities ask Jesus. All of them he answers with authority.
This question is much less combative than the others, the scribe seems toibe genuinely seeking an answer tather than trying to trick Jesus.
Jesus responds positively …
read moreThe gospel passage has many layers of meaning to it, I'm really only going to scratch the surface.
It is very clearly a condemnation of the religious leaders who were rejecting Jesus and would ultimately have him killed.
The church has long identified the vineyard as …
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