Prodigal Son: Welcoming like God
In the prodigal son the father welcomes the younger son, who's come back, with wide-open arms and many of us can relate with the older brother who has stuck by and seemingly slaved for his father as was expected of him. Now his younger brother returns after wasting money, time, and effort and is rewarded like a king with new shoes, jewels, and a great party in his honour. However this parable helps us to see an aspect of God that most of us can never really understand. Every day we encounter people or situations and God is there; God's love is for them and sometimes it's hard for us to understand this. Perhaps the message of the prodigal son is for us to learn to love like God. We cannot be caught up in our own lives, in our own world and our selfishness. For us to be like God gives others the grace that God gives each and every one of us every single day; from the saint like person who gives freely of themselves volunteering countless hours and money, right...