Z pour Zacchaeus He was small of stature but determined as no one else. He knew what he wanted and… what he did not want! He wanted to see the Man of Nazareth, and he did not want anything, or anyone, to prevent him from doing so! He used a […]
Short, surprised, saved…
Yes, he was short, too short! He climbed a tree but was told to come down. A guest invited himself to his house, yes, « the house of a sinner » to whom salvation had come that day.
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He was well-known, yes, he had a reputation, but not one to be envied. He was despised by his people for being a publican. As such, he was collecting the taxes from his fellow-Jews to the benefit of the hated power of occupation – the Romans. He was clever and […]
He has known something of God’s mercy…
In the prayer he wrote for the Jubilee Year of Mercy, Pope Francis mentions a number of people who have had a first-hand experience of God’s mercy in Jesus. Zacchaeus is one of them, as the text says: « Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus… » In the following video, he tells us […]