While speaking of important matters of eternal consequence, Jesus is interrupted by a man who asks for his help in resolving an inheritance issue. Jesus has no interest in addressing […]
Having finished lunch with some Pharisees and lawyers, Jesus is back among the crowd, teaching that we should not fear anyone, except God and that everyone can be forgiven, except […]
Jesus laments the situation of the lawyers (scribes). They know the laws of Moses and the words of the prophets better than anyone. They might have found there the keys […]
While Jesus was teaching he was invited to lunch by a Pharisee, who was surprised that Jesus did not participate in the ritual hand-washing that the Pharisees considered to be […]
As the crowds around Jesus were growing, increasingly they demand a sign from heaven, in addition to all that Jesus said and did. No such sign would be given, Jesus […]
With the arrival of Jesus, the Kingdom of God had come on earth. Evil spirits were in trouble — easily cast out by Jesus and his disciples. Sadly, some saw […]
Having given examples of Jesus’ teaching regarding love of neighbor (The Parable of the Good Samaritan) and of God (Martha and Mary), Luke now presents Jesus’ teaching on prayer.
Here Luke tells the story of Mary and Martha, which the church has read in various ways down through the centuries. Jesus does not approve Martha’s criticism of Mary, but […]
This reading includes the well known Parable of the Good Samaritan, which begins in Verse 30. It is Jesus’ way of answering the question put to him by a lawyer […]
The 72 disciples return rejoicing that even demons submitted to them in Jesus’ name. Jesus told them them to rejoice instead that their names were written in heaven. He then […]
In recounting Jesus’ Galilean ministry. Luke began with the story of Jesus rejection in Nazareth. Here at the beginning of Jesus’ journey from Galilee to Jerusalem, Luke recalls Jesus rejection […]
This is the last reading from Luke’s account of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee. Jesus disciples demonstrate that they do not yet understand much of what Jesus has said to them, […]
Following the transfiguration, Jesus, Peter, John, and James came down the mountain and were met by a crowd, from out of which a man cried out begging Jesus to heal […]
