This parable is one of six known as prayer parables: The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, The Lost Son, The Pharisee and Tax Collector, The Friend at Midnight, and the Persistent Widow. When the parables ...

Themes: Christianity; parables; perseverance; success. Summary: This assembly, which is suitable for an act of collective worship, focuses on a well-known story from the New Testament part of the ...

It’s the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time and we have a very long gospel reading today, which brings to Christians the message of our Lord with his parables of mercy and compassion. There are three ...

Jesus tells the parable of the lost sheep to show that the Kingdom of God is accessible to all, even those who were sinners or strayed from God’s path. He uses the example of a shepherd (God) who has ...