Tag: parable

The Pharisee and the Publican

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 24, 2025
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Reflection for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Sirach 35: 12-14, 16-18 (RM) or 35: 12-17 (RCL); Psalm 34 or 84; 2 Timothy…

What’s in Your Wallet? A Parable Reflection

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 26, 2025
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Reflection for the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Amos 6: 1a, 4-7; Psalm 146; 1 Timothy 6: 11-16 (RM) or 6-19 (RCL); Luke 16:…

Friends in Low Places

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 19, 2025
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Reflection for the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Readings: Amos 8: 4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2: 1-8 (RM) or 1-7 (RCL); Luke 16: 1-13…

The Sheep and the Coin

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 12, 2025
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Reflection for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Exodus 32: 7-11, 13-14 (RM) or 7-14 (RCL); Psalm 51; 1 Timothy 1: 12-17; Luke…

Who Gets a Seat at the Table?

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:August 29, 2025
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Reflection for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Sirach 3: 17-18, 20, 28-29 (RM) or Sirach 10: 12-18 (RCL); Psalm 68 or 112;…

You Can’t Take It With You

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:August 1, 2025
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Reflection for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Eighth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2: 21-23 (RM) or 1:2, 12-14; 218-23; Psalm 90(RM) or 49 (RCL); Colossians…

The Good Samaritan Revisited

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:July 11, 2025
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Reflection for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Fifth Sunday after Pentecost C Readings: Deuteronomy 30: 10-14; Psalm 69 (RM) or 25 (RCL); Colossians 1: 15-20 (RM) or 1-14…

Even the Dogs Eat the Children’s Crumbs

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:September 6, 2024
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Isaiah 35: 4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2: 1-5 (RM) or 1-10, 14-17 (RCL); Mark 7: 31-37 (RM) or 24-37 (RCL.) Why tell a good story when you can tell a…

Allegories and Interpretations

Post author:Susan K. Roll
Post published:October 6, 2023
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Isaiah 5: 1-7; Psalm 80; Philippians 4: 6-9 (RM) or 3:4b-14 (RCL); Matthew 21: 33-43 (RM) or 33-46 (RCL). Allegory: an exercise in interpretation that may well leave you wondering,…

The Rabbit and the Squirrel – A Story

Post author:Veronica Dunne
Post published:October 4, 2023
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This is the story Fr. Stan Fontaine told at the special Eucharistic gathering for Reconciliation at St. Kateri Tekakwitha parish in Winnipeg on October 1, 2023. At that time, two…