Sunday, Oct. 30, is the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Psalm 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10. The Gospel today features the ...

Last week, Jesus taught us the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. As a result of how they prayed, the latter left the Temple justified, the former not. In last week’s essay, I suggested that ...

It is the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time and today’s gospel reading is about Zacchaeus, the tax collector, written in Luke 19:1-10. As we learned from this story, Zacchaeus was not just a simple tax ...

Zacchaeus, understandably, is a bit embarrassed, but like anyone who admits to a long-hidden wrongdoing he is also relieved. He happily welcomes Jesus into his house, which might well have been as ...

Zacchaeus is a Jewish name which means "The Pure One." Zacchaeus was known as the chief among publicans. To finance their great world empire, the Romans levied heavy taxes on all nations under their ...

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost (Lk. 19:10) The Apostle Zacchaeus. Beloved brethren! These merciful words that we hear today in the Gospel are spoken by God become ...

As a chief tax collector he lived in up-market Jericho and illegally extorted money from his clients. One day Jesus was passing through Jericho but had to stop and preach to a large crowd that hemmed ...

This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Zacchaeus in a sycamore-fig tree awaiting Jesus’ arrival. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) Zacchaeus was a very short man who became ...