Prodigal Son, JESUS parable, Rembrandt’s painting, Fathers Welcome, Forgiveness & Mercy Lk

The prodigal son demands his inheritance, leaves home, squanders his wealth in dissolute living, hungers from famine and is a slave until he comes to his senses and returns home to his father. Asking is father’s forgiveness, he repents of the sinful life against his father and heaven.
The father is merciful.The prodigal son receives a robe, sandals, a ring and is embraced by his father. For his son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!
The Prodigal Son Returns Luke 15:11-24
Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the wealth that will belong to me.’ So he divided his assets between them. 13 A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living. 14 When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that region, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that region, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. 16 He would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, and no one gave him anything. 17 But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands.” ’ 20 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. 21 Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’22 But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe-the best one-and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. 23 And get the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate, 24 for this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found!’ And they began to celebrate.
“It is a characteristic of any decaying civilization that the great masses of the people are unaware of the tragedy.
Men do not want to believe their own times are wicked, partly because they have no standard out side of themselves by which to measure their times. If there is no fixed concept of justice, how shall men know it is violated?
Only those who live by faith really know what is happening in the world; the great masses without faith are unconscious of the destructive process going on, because they have lost the vision of the heights from which they have fallen.” Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
To Live your faith, To Learn your faith, To Share your faith! TEACH Like St. Thomas, DEFEND Like St. Michael, REPENT Like St. Augustine!
“Woe to me if I do not evangelize” 1 Corinthians 9:16. It is not you who chose Me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain. John 15:16 If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
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