In Matthew 13, a chapter full of parables, Jesus tells the parable of the Sower of the seed. It is a story of a farmer, scattering seed which fell upon four different types of soil; but only one ...

One of the most awesome aspects of Jesus’ preaching is His common use of parables — simple, everyday stories that carried ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first General Audience on Wednesday was a meditation on Matthew’s Parable of the Sower (13:1-23). It’s the first of five parables or analogies that Jesus makes about the ...

When people see how God loves and trusts them, the pope said, it should encourage them to be “better soil.” Pope Leo urged people to ask God for the grace to welcome his word in their lives, “and if ...

This is the text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV's first general audience, given May 21, in the Paul VI Hall.

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Vincent van Gogh made a surprise appearance at the first address by Pope Leo XIV-in spirit, at least. On Wednesday, the Chicago native's speech pondered the Post-Impressionist's 1888 painting, The ...

Three is the sweet spot. It took me three tries to get what Octavia Butler was trying to do with Parable of the Sower and ...