Christians need to admit that we’ve read many parts of the Bible as negative texts toward Jews. Since World War II, many of us have engaged in ongoing, serious discussions with Jewish folks to ...

In the Book of Luke, chapter 10, Jesus told the “Parable of the Good Samaritan.” Is it time for a rewrite? This was the story of a man who was robbed, beaten and left for dead. A priest and a Levite ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The parable of the Good Samaritan is a beautiful story superbly told by the master of story telling. One would be hard-pressed to mention story tellers comparable to Jesus Christ, ...

Find today’s readings here. Today’s Gospel reading is the parable of the Good Samaritan. Because the story and its message are so familiar, the word “Samaritan” has lost its sting for today’s audience ...

Like his predecessors Benedict XVI and John Paul II, Pope Francis often introduces the theme of his writings by way of a spiritual exegesis of an event in the ministry of Jesus or a biblical text.

“Who is my neighbor?” is the provocative question posed to Jesus in the Gospel of Luke that leads into the parable of the good Samaritan, a parable for our times. The questioner is a self-righteous ...

This story is used by Jesus to illustrate an answer to a question posed by a teacher of the law regarding “what must I do to inherent eternal life?” If you don’t recall this story, please refer to ...

There was a talk show host who obtained an exclusive interview with Jesus Christ. Wanting to boost his station’s ratings, he asked Jesus, “Teacher, what is the greatest commandment?” Jesus replied, ...

The parable of the Good Samaritan (cf. Luke 10:25-37) could be called a story of one ordinary person speaking to another. Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti not surprisingly recalls it within the ...