“Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found.” (Luke 15:32)
Last week we thought about how the father in the prodigal son’s parable seemed to be very permissive and was waiting for his son’s return as well as how he allowed his older son to complain and vent his frustrations without a word against such a behaviour. Today as we get ready for Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter, we focus on the father’s joy. Towards the end of the parable, we hear the father saying in response to the older son’s complaint, “we had to celebrate and rejoice.”
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