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Lent - Week Three 2010
By Pat Lee | March 11, 2010
Thursday : March 11, 2010
Readings : Micah 7:14-15, 18-20; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
Scripture Verse: Let us eat and celebrate because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life. Luke 15:23-24
Reflection : How many times have you heard or said the words “Grow up!” or “Act your age!” These words might have been directed to you when you were a child and an adult thought you should have been acting more responsibly. Or perhaps you have heard yourself saying these words to children. One task of children is to grow up and become adults, to leave the parental nest and establish a life of their own.
In Jesus’ parable today, we hear the story of a child who demanded to grow up. So he took his inheritance, left home and tried to establish himself as an adult. Yet the highlight of the story comes when the new adult returns home and reclaims his position as a child.
The great spiritual journey that Christ presents to us in this parable is the rediscovery that we are God’s children. We are never too old to have a happy childhood. The quality of childhood that God cherishes in this parable is open honesty. The child in humility “comes to his senses” and asks to be brought back into the family once again. Micah correctly points out in the first reading that there is no one like our God who removes all our guilt and pardons all our sins.
Lent is a time to return to God and take our place as God’s children—a time to repent and return to the Lord. It is a time to open our heart to God and to accept his forgiving love.
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