Saturday, March 22, 2014

Are You a Good or Bad Son?

Today's gospel Jesus tells us a parable well known for many people and it is about the Prodigal son. I don't have to re-write it here once again, but I just want to bring out some ideas about that amazing story in which sometimes we have found ourselves as a good sons or bad sons. Moreover,  I think most of us we think we are in the good side "perfect sons or daughters". I mean no-one wants to be called the bad son. We love to be recognized as a good sons and daughters. However, sometimes we think wrongly and here the gospel appears in our help. The gospel shows us two three sides: The father, the old son and the youngest son. The youngest wants his part of the inheritance, even when his father still alive. Tt could be interpreted that the youngest son doesn't care about his father, the old son is angry for the actitud of his brother towards his father but more about himself. The old son thinks about his own benefits not about his father. So how does story apply to us? Well, The father is God and either way I am the youngest or the old brother. If I am the good son, I need to check how is my actitud towards those who are away from God. Sometimes we complain about those who don't come to church on Sundays and we are angry or disappointed about their actitud. We think much about that and we miss our relationship with our father who is close to us. Are we angry about those who don't come to church? Or are we doing something to bring them back? The father on heaven does not pay attention to those tiny things, but he pays attention to our way of loving those who are away from him.

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