Remember the Parable of the Barren Fig Tree? True Story.

Honestly, I’ve lived it. Metaphorically, to be sure. But that is the subject of innumerable future blog posts. In this particular instance though, I mean literally too. And it was almost exactly like the parable that St. Luke recounts for us in his gospel.

Need a refresher? I’ll supply the pictures and a little back story, and St. Luke will hit the high points. Interestingly, this particular parable is found only in the Good Doctor’s gospel, in chapter 13, verses 6-9. In the Douay-Rheims translation, it goes like this. [Read more...]