Sunday, Oct. 30, is the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10. The Gospel today features the ...

As we meditate on the Gospels, it’s only natural that we would try to imagine what the various biblical figures looked like. One character I find especially intriguing is Zacchaeus, whose encounter ...

It is the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time and today’s gospel reading is about Zacchaeus, the tax collector, written in Luke 19:1-10. As we learned from this story, Zacchaeus was not just a simple tax ...

Zacchaeus, understandably, is a bit embarrassed, but like anyone who admits to a long-hidden wrongdoing he is also relieved. He happily welcomes Jesus into his house, which might well have been as ...

A Reflection for the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading: Wisdom 11:22-12: 2 2nd Thessalonians 1:11-2: 2 Luke 19:1-10 In 1926, William Faulkner published his first novel, Soldiers’ Pay. The ...

Zacchaeus Sunday signfies the approach of Great Lent. So, it's coming. We heard today from the Gospel of St. Luke the story of Zacchaeus—the little, short guy. He was so short he couldn't see above ...

In one way of reading it, the story of Zacchaeus the tax collector in Luke 19:1-10 seems to me to be a story of desire. It is a beautiful one. Here is a man living on the fringes of the society he ...

Our gospel reading today is on the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time and it is a story that has been repeated and repeated many times over by the Catholic Church in order to let the faithful know its ...