![]() ![]() He had stayed home, didn’t ask for anything, and felt overlooked. The older son was angry that his father was celebrating his brother’s return. Other things, such as my faith and my family became all important. In that renewed relationship, I found that I needed less of the exciting things. ![]() After years of searching, I found that when I was ready, God still waited for me. In the beginning, I was not as successful as I had hoped. I saw in myself, much like the younger son, the need to leave my home and find all the exciting things that really didn’t matter. His love is for us, the person we are, not what we accomplish. The world wants us to be good looking, smart, accomplished, popular, etc. When thinking about the younger son, I saw his need to leave his home seeking conditional acceptance. It is all that, but it can also be seen as much more. To me, it was a story of God welcoming us back home after we have sinned and asked for forgiveness. Who Is This Parable About?įor a very long time, I believed this this was the story of a forgiving father who loves his son. My thoughts about myself are included below. I thought it might be a good Lenten exercise to think about who in the parable each of us believes we are. Henri Nouwen studied each character and put himself in their place. Father Nouwen calls this experience – in which he is incredibly vulnerable and led by the Holy Spirit – a long spiritual adventure that brought him to a new understanding of his vocation and offered him new strength to live it. The book is based on Father Nouwen’s perception of Rembrandt’s painting, The Return of the Prodigal Son.More than the story of the Prodigal Son, this is a story of Father Nouwen and the realizations he has about himself as he studies the painting. Click the image to see it larger in a new tab. Rembrandt’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son”. I have always admired Henri Nouwen, and I love the parable, so I jumped right into this book. Recently I read The Return of the Prodigal Son by Father Henri J.M. Reflection for Sunday, Maby Mary Lou Edgar for the 4th Sunday in Lent. Our Approach to Music and Liturgical Design at SsAM. ![]()
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