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4 days ago · The Prodigal Son is a well-known character in the Bible, specifically in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15, verses 11-32. In this parable, Jesus tells the story of a young man who asks his father for his share of the inheritance, leaves home, squanders all the money in reckless living, and ultimately returns home in a state of humility and ...
Aug 26, 2024 · The father had been waiting and praying for his son to return, scanning the horizon day after day. And if that’s not shocking enough he runs, which was considered undignified for a man to run in Jewish culture. The son immediately starts his speech he had been rehearsing on his trip home.
5 days ago · Speaking of the return of the prodigal son, Saint Ambrose writes: “He rightly returns to himself, because he departed from himself. For he who returns to God restores himself to himself, and he who departs from Christ rejects himself from himself.”
Aug 20, 2024 · “The Prodigal Son means not just the return but the deep journey of finding oneself and reconciliation after mistakes.” Wayward behavior: Doing things against the norm, often with bad results. Prodigal return: Coming back to where you belong, seen as good and representing a fresh start.
Aug 28, 2024 · No matter what he did, the Prodigal never stopped being a son. The most important lesson from the parable comes from what isn’t said. In welcoming his errant son home and restoring his privileges, the father didn’t say, “My son who was bad has become good” but rather “My son who was lost is found.”
Aug 18, 2024 · Imported from Scriblio MARC record. The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri J. M. Nouwen, 1993, Image edition, in English.
2 days ago · In November 1655, amid a year overshadowed by plague and the drafting of wills, Rembrandt's 14-year-old son Titus took a significant step by drafting a will that designated his father as the sole heir, effectively sidelining his mother's family.
