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The parable of the lost son

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REFLECTIONS TODAY First Reading • Jos 5:9a, 10-12 [or 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a]The Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have removed the reproach of Egypt from you.” While the Israelites were encamped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth of the month. On the day after the Passover, they ate of the produce of the land in the form of unleavened cakes and parched grain. On that same day after the…

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The Parable of the Merciful Father

Readings: • Jos 5:9a, 10-12 • Psa 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7 • 2 Cor 5:17-21 • Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 The parable of the prodigal son is, along with the parable of the good Samaritan, the best-known [...]

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The parable of the lost son

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Is the famous ‘Prodigal Son’ parable more about the ‘Prodigal Father’? - Catholic Canada

Why did the prodigal son, in Sunday’s Gospel, decide to come home? He had become restless in his father’s house but now he had found a new and worse monotony, feeding the pigs abroad. He was hungry physically, but he also had a hunger for something deeper, as revealed by the little phrase “entering into himself” which introduces his monologue about going home (Luke 15:17 – our lectionary is more metaphorical: “he came to himself”). By implicatio…

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Sean Major-Campbell | Dependable Christian or prodigal one?

THE PARABLE of the ‘Prodigal Son’ is the story of the Church. Who are you? How do you understand yourself? Are you the compliant, always at home older brother? Or are you the rebellious, irresponsible, younger brother in need of being saved? What...

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Laetare Sunday: The Penitent Prodigal and Giving God His Due - Catholic Insight

So he set off and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him (Lk. 15:20). ⧾ The parable of the Prodigal Son is perhaps one of the better known of Our Lord’s parables. His method of preaching was such that His parables are meant to lead gradually to the hidden reality that can be truly discovered only through discipleship (Pope Benedict X…

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