The Prodigal Father
Second week in Lent: Saturday, 7th Mar, 2015.
Mic 7: 14-15, 18-20; Lk 15: 11-32
I have always loved this version of the interpretation which says it was not as much the Son who was prodigal with his money as the Father who was prodigal with his mercy. I love it not merely because it sounds rather novel, but because that seems more likely the point that Jesus wanted to draw-the unconditional and limitless mercy of God.
God offers to cast our sins deep in the ocean, the ocean of God's love and mercy. The Word invites us to focus on the right perspective of Christian living... an optimism of continual renewal and unconditional acceptance. Oh how blessed and loved we are!