Tenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
The Pharisee and the Publican,Barent Fabritius, 1661 Translation of the Gospel According to Luke 18:9-14 At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others. Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one was a pharisee, and the other a publican. The pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give Thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, [...]