A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church. Find today’s readings here.. In a story unique to the Gospel of Luke, the Parable of the Unjust Steward (also ...

There are times when the words of Jesus make me laugh. Other times, his words make me cry. Still other times, his words evoke wonder, or a sense of welcome. But just a few times, I wince at his ...

Illustration: The Parable of the Un Just Steward (Public Domain). In his book: “The Mark”, Maurice Nicoll points out that the name usually attributed to this parable is incorrect.

This Sunday we have another parable that our Lord Jesus Christ taught to his disciples, it is the Parable of the Dishonest Steward and somehow, 2,000 years later, this story is still very relevant ...

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Martinus van Reymerswaele, Parable of the Unjust Steward (c. 1540), Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Van Reymerswaele’s “Parable of the Unjust Steward” is owned by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria, though not currently on exhibit. Compare it to a similar treatment in Warsaw .

Art: John Everett Millais' "The Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow" is almost as intriguing as Jesus' parable on which the image is based: A persistent widow unrelentingly demands justice ...

These parables, listed in the order in which they appear, are: the parable of the talents (Matt. 25:14–30), the parable of the unjust steward (Luke 16:1–2), and the parable of the pounds (Luke ...

James T. Keane. James T. Keane is an editor at Orbis Books in Ossining, N.Y., and a former associate editor of America. Twitter: @jamestkeane.