24th Sunday of Year C – 2022

A gospel text – THE gospel text so well known! (Luke 15:11-32). Too well known, perhaps… to the point that we fail to recognize the real identity of the people – those presented in Jesus’ parable. A son like… many other… Cherished by a loving father… Unaware of all that […]

4th Sunday of Lent, Year C – 2019

“When he came do his senses…”  (Lk.15:11-32) Herding pigs, for a Jew, was a shameful occupation. To a Jew faithful to the prescriptions of the Law, these animals were considered ‘impure’. And there he was, minding pigs for the owner who did not even give him a share of the […]