Zacchaeus lives in the Church, abiding as an image of us all. In some sense, everyone of us is Zacchaeus, for everyone of us is a sinner at heart.
St. Justin Popovic
Rating: 9,1|Votes: 14
St. Justin Popovic survived two world wars in Serbia, and in this treatise on European culture he discerns the problems with the European worldview that led to such a human disaster, and touches upon the probable future.
St. Theophylact of Ochrid
For the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. The Lord seizes the mightiest of the devil’s vessels and destroys his cities. See how the Lord not only makes publicans His disciples, but He even takes prisoner—in order to save him—the chief of publicans, Zacchaeus.
Rating: 8,5|Votes: 32
“What would you choose? Someone who is educated but can make your mind dizzy or someone that can wake you and who is a saint ?” “I'd like someone educated because I fear Saints”
Fr. Stephen Freeman
Rating: 10|Votes: 9
The key in these surveys was to determine precisely what gifts and talents someone had, match them with the right ministry, and fit them all together. The end product would be more effective ministry for the parish and happier parishioners. What priest wouldn’t want such a thing?