![]() ![]() He would gladly have filled himself with the pods that the pigs were eating and no one gave him anything. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that country, and he began to be in need. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them. And the Pharisees and the scribes were grumbling and saying, “This fellow welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: … “There was a man who had two sons. Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to him. ![]() ![]() Pope Francis at audience reflects on prodigal son: full English text or Loyola Press Zenit: Father Cantalamessa on the Prodigal Son.This passage will be the Gospel in the Eucharistic Liturgy on 2018 on March 3, 2018.Other artistic representations of the story are found at Wikimedia Commons.David Brooks, The Prodigal Sons, applies the story to political analysis.An interesting analysis of the parable can be found at CARM. ![]()
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