Have you completed the book you started months ago? How’s that DIY project coming along? How about the commitment you made to going back to the gym? You bought new shoes, shorts and even a fancy water ...

This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Zacchaeus in a sycamore-fig tree awaiting Jesus’ arrival. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) Zacchaeus was a very short man who became ...

On Nov. 4 at 11:30am at the Altar of the Chair, Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate Mass for cardinals and bishops who died over the course of the year. Oct. 31: Halloween on a Sunday can be an excellent ...

Find today’s readings here. “At that time Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was ...

No matter how it started, Zacchaeus got the word that Jesus was coming through and he made ready on his own terms. Zacchaeus planned to see without being seen. Something must have been going on inside ...

In one way of reading it, the story of Zacchaeus the tax collector in Luke 19:1-10 seems to me to be a story of desire. It is a beautiful one. Here is a man living on the fringes of the society he ...