The Prodigal Son
Third Sunday of Great Lent
All the tax collectors and the sinners approached to listen to Him. So He talked to them using this parable. With this proverb, He opened the heavenly gates before the sinners. He revealed the Father’s overwhelming love for our return to Him. He is not pleased by the death of a sinner, but to his return and to live. It is known that our Lord Jesus came to inform us about the Father. Here our blessed Jesus announced the secret of the Father’s thoughts with respect to our return to Him. Here is the rejoicing of the returning from a long trip, from far away countries, and the darkness of death. In the whole Bible, there was no approach towards us sinners, as much as what Jesus revealed in this parable… For Jesus talks like God’s only begotten Son and reveals the acceptance into Himself within the Father. Therefore, without the Son-ship, there is no repentance, no hope, no life, and no return to enjoy the bosom of the Father.
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