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 ...
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 lives in the Church, abiding as an image of us all. In some sense, everyone of us is Zacchaeus, for everyone of us is a sinner at heart. That is why Zacchaeus is invoked and his example ...
“He ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way” (Luke 19:3). Rev 3:1-6, 14-22; Luke 19:1-10 The story of Zacchaeus is a favorite Gospel story, especially for ...
IF last Sunday we saw a tax collector pleasing in the sight of God because of his truthfulness and humility, now we encounter a chief of tax-collectors doing the right thing and receiving salvation as ...
Alf Clark walks the city streets looking for Zacchaeus. Well, not the actual one in the Bible — Jesus already found him. Alf and some friends who serve with an urban ministry do what Jesus did in Luke ...