In this Sunday’s Gospel the younger son insults his father: his inheritance is all he thinks about. To make matters worse, his reason for returning is not love or consideration for his father, but simply his own desperate hunger. The father doesn’t even question his son’s motives. He welcomes his son back with the open heart and the open arms of forgiveness.
The message for us is that, whatever we may have done wrong, if we are truly sorry, we can still count on the loving forgiveness of God, who is our Father, and on the freedom that his forgiveness brings.
