Who is Jesus? Who is this man who portrays himself in such starkly contrasting ways? He is more terrible, more awe-inspiring than King Ahasuerus in the book of Esther. Yet also he is more wretched...
Homily for Sunday 32A, 12 November 2017, on Matthew 25:1-13
Apparently, in the Palestine of New Testament times, it was customary for a wedding banquet to take place at night. After an official and rather lengthy betrothal (cf. Mt 1:18), the Bridegroom would come, at a pre-arranged time, to the parental home of the Bride. She would come out, surrounded by...