As we meditate on the Gospels, it’s only natural that we would try to imagine what the various biblical figures looked like. One character I find especially intriguing is Zacchaeus, whose encounter ...

Q: During my glory days I accomplished many things through high ambition and keeping my focus on success. Now I am an old man with only a bank account to show for my accomplishments. My wife and ...

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 ...

Luke includes in his Gospel an account found nowhere else in the Gospel tradition, a story which fits well with many of the Lucan themes regarding the value and danger of wealth and possessions – not ...

One of the more familiar stories in the Bible is the account of Zacchaeus. Many of us remember it from the Sunday School song we learned: Zacchaeus was a wee little man, A wee little man was he; He ...

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 ...

The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, delivered a special sermon in Parliament during his concluding remarks on the 2026 Budget debate, drawing comparison between former Finance Minister ...

Our gospel reading today is on the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time and it is a story that has been repeated and repeated many times over by the Catholic Church in order to let the faithful know its ...