Coming to his senses he thought, 'How many of my father's hired workers have more than enough food to eat, but here am I, dying from hunger. I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I no longer deserve to be called your son; treat me as you would treat one of your hired workers."' (Lk 15:1-3, 11-32)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032225.cfm
The younger son doesn’t understand anything. He thinks he can simply earn his own keep. But the father will hear none of that and has to gently remind him, “You are and always will be my son.” As Pope Francis reminds us, "God loves us with a father’s love" https://youtu.be/gOcBNnNbMyo?si=qgVD4MvBb5yKNX2c.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saturday II, Lent
