Saturday, May 28, 2022

WELCOME HOME PRODIGAL SON

 

May 28th

 

“Welcome Home Prodigal Son”

 

In the 15th chapter

Of Saint Luke’s Gospel

Jesus tells the story

Of the lost son

And his loving Father

 

We call it

The story of the Prodigal Son

What is interesting

Is never once in the story

Does Luke use the word “prodigal”

 

The young son

Sets off for a distant land

And squanders all his wealth

On wild living

 

How many of us

Haven’t made a mistake or two

When we were young

 

When famine hits

And after he has

Squandered everything he has

He decides to go home

And throw himself at the mercy

Of his Father

 

But to his surprise

Instead of being mad

His Father throws a party for him

 

To the Father’s surprise

The older brother

Refuses to join the party

He feels he has been slighted

Because he has been loyal and dependable

 

Which brings us to the point

Which of us isn’t guilty of something

Something done or something left undone

 

For every sin committed

There are 100 good deeds

Left undone

For every violent act

There are 100 acts of

Coldness, indifference, and condescending attitudes

We all deserve

A second chance

 

As Dickens wrote,

“There is so much bad in the best of us

And so much good in the worst of us

It ill becomes any of us

To speak badly of the rest of us”

 

WELCOME HOME “PRODIGAL” SON

 

Robert P. Wallman

5/19/10

 

·          This writing was inspired by the teaching of Father Leo Clifford.

 

 

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