The following parable - of the publican and the Pharisee - is recorded in the eighteenth chapter of the Gospel according the Luke: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the ...

For Christ said, "I say to you that the Publican went down to his house justified rather than the Pharisee." This parable reveals that no one should exalt himself, even though he has done good deeds, ...

This week, he speaks of our attitudes in prayer in the parable of the Pharisee and the publican. Two men decide to go to Temple to pray. One is a Pharisee, one a publican, i.e., a tax-collector.

“Two people went up to the temple to pray”” (Luke 18:9 ... we pass judgment on the haughty Pharisee and side with the humble publican. The lesson is reduced to a simple either-or contrast ...

Recalling Christ's parable of the Pharisee and the publican praying in the temple, the pope said it serves as a reminder that "we are not better than anyone" and that as sinners, all share a ...

while good prayer always seeks mercy. He was speaking about the Parable of the Pharisee and Publican, a story told to expose hypocrisy and self-righteousness. Two men went to the temple to pray.