The parable of the ten virgins, who await the coming bridegroom and go out to meet him, is found only in the Gospel according to Matthew. However, certain details have parallels in the Gospel ...

We are now headed towards the end of this year's Liturgical calendar as it is already the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, and today's gospel reading tells us about the Parable of the Ten Virgins ...

And the Parable of the Ten Virgins is among the most memorable (see Matthew 25:1-13). The cultural setting for this parable is a first-century Jewish wedding, and it points to the need to be ...

The “wise virgins” in the title is a biblical allusion. It refers to Jesus’ parable of the ten virgins (Matthew 25:1-12). I gave illustrations of the present-day relevance of this parable in ...