Reader: Then, while [Jesus] was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who had come from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Jesus said to them, 'Have you never read in the Scriptures: "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; ...

The on-going conflict with the religious leaders leads to this point. Jesus’ enemies, the chief priests and the elders, met in secret in the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, to make plans to ...

As in all things, when we read a pas-sage presented to us in the Lectionary from the holy Gospel, we need to place it into the proper context. If we read this particular passage from the Gospel ...

Augustus appointed himself as the chief priest – or Pontifex Maximus – and used the appearance of Halley’s Comet to claim that he was, himself, the son of a god.

(Lk 18:1-8) The parable of the Two Sons is spoken in the temple to religious leaders, the chief priests and the elders (Mt 21:23). Jesus says to them: What do you think? A man had two sons ...

This is the Daily Gospel for today, March 21, 2025, which is the Friday of the Second Week of Lent. READ MORE: Daily Gospel, ...