Scripture: Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32
How many times have we heard Jesus’s parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15?
While the focus is usually on the son who leaves with his share of the inheritance and squanders it away, Melissa brings us a fresh perspective on the father and the eldest son. Not only was the younger son lost, but so was the older son, who stayed at home and continued to work with his father. When this son refuses to join the festive party welcoming his kid brother back home, his father wants to know where he is.
For a second time in the parable, a father goes out to find his son.
In this Lenten season of reflection and penance, what have we come to believe about justice and mercy? Will we see that God has come out of the house, away from the party, for each of us?
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