It's the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time and today's gospel reading comes from St. Luke 17:11-19. It is a very short reading with great lessons of gratitude to learn from. Most of us rely upon the favors ...

Today is the Twenty-ninth Sunday after Pentecost. The main reading today is about the Healing of the Ten Lepers (Lk. 17:12-19). In this miracle, like most of the miracles in the Gospel, is presented ...

Today’s Gospel is a lesson in gratitude, especially in gratitude to God, which is its own separate category. Ten lepers approach Jesus. “Approach” is used advisedly, since Old Testament Law restricted ...

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Read and meditate on Luke 17:11–19 — Give thanks to the LORD for he is good; his love endures forever. — 1 Chronicles 16:34 NIV Tucked away in the Gospel of Luke is the account of Jesus healing 10 ...

Just as real estate agents insist on the importance of “location, location, location,” so exegetes pay close attention to the context in which biblical passages are set. The gospel reading for Sunday ...

Last February, my church did a series on the book, “What’s the Least I Can Believe and Still Be a Christian?” Half of the book is about “things you don’t need to believe to be a Christian.” (Some of ...