Preface

The object of this book is best explained by its title. It consists of 'practical studies on the Parables.' There is no attempt made at a careful exegesis, or at a detailed commentary on the text I have merely tried to draw out the leading practical thought, as I conceived it, in each of the Parables, and to apply it. If what has been written should prove of any practical help to those who read it, I shall be more than satisfied.

- Father Basil William Maturin
Cowley Saint John
Feast of the Purification, 1897

- text taken from Practical Studies on The Parables of Our Lord, by Father Basil William Maturin