Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Luke (14:1-11) Parable of the Wedding Feast (Fresco) At that time, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chiefs of the Pharisees on the sabbath day to eat bread, they watched Him. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had the dropsy: and Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and the Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? [...]