Glory be to Jesus Christ! Imagine if you were a Gentile living in the time of our Lord and didn’t know much about the God of the Jewish people, and so wanting to know more, you went to the Temple to check it out. You were allowed into the “Court of the Gentiles,” a section […]
Tag: Greed
Mark 10:23-31- Shed Those Chains
Glory be to Jesus Christ! One of the most terrifying characters of any story, but especially a story which is pertinent to us this time of year, is the Ghost of Marley, Scrooge’s business partner in “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Marley appears to Scrooge to warn him of the arrival of three ghosts […]
Luke 16:1-9: Hurry Up and Spend that Cash…on the Poor!
Glory be to Jesus Christ! At first glance this is a very confusing reading in that it looks as though Jesus is commending theft and dishonesty! It looks as though our Lord encourages us to rip off our employer. This is an easy mistake to fall into for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it is […]