Sunday Readings: Joshua 5.9, 10-12; 2 Corinthians 5.17-21; Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 “Your younger brother came, and your father killed the fatted calf because he has him back in good health. The older son was angry and would not go in, so his father came out and begged him.” – Luke 15.27-28 For the younger, prodigal sonContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for March 31, 2019, 4th Sunday of Lent”
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Gospel Reflection for March 6, 2016, 4th Sunday of Lent
Sunday Readings: Joshua 5.9,10-12; 2 Corinthians 5.17-21; Luke 15.1-3,11-32 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger said to the father, ‘Father, give me the share of your property that will fall to me.’ So the father divided up the property. After a few days the younger son, having gatheredContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for March 6, 2016, 4th Sunday of Lent”
Which son are you?
The topic of siblings usually provokes conversation. Siblings may consider some of us oldest children bossy even though parents might use the words dependable and responsible. Many of us have the wild or special-needs brother or sister who absorbs more attention than the rest. This is the one who wrecks the car or who getsContinue reading “Which son are you?”
Gospel Reflection for March 10, 2013, 4th Sunday of Lent
My son, you are with me always, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice! This brother of yours was dead and lives again. He was lost and is found. Luke 15.31-32 In Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son, Luke holds up not only a model of conversion inContinue reading “Gospel Reflection for March 10, 2013, 4th Sunday of Lent”