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Of all the parables this [one on the prodigal son, As Catholics, if we have done wrong, we go back to our Father. Then he is led to the glorious Lamb of God, slain for us on There is told the story of an old French curate when a I hope that everybody, in the degree in which you are a (Father Paul Wattson, SA, Retreat at Hereford, Texas, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Of all the parables this [one on the prodigal son, Matthew15:11-32] is the most popular, appealing more universally to the heart of man than any other. In fact, it contains the whole scope of the theology of God and the salvation of men. And to some extent it applies to all of us to some … Continue reading God understands our weakness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2077,1966,2078,1792],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMatthew15:11-32] is the most popular, appealing more universally to the heart
\nof man than any other. In fact, it contains the whole scope of the theology of
\nGod and the salvation of men. And to some extent it applies to all of us to
\nsome degree. Unless we have lived perfect lives, it is true we are called
\nprodigal.
\nChrist is represented by a priest. We say, “Father, bless me for I have
\nsinned.” The priest gives a blessing. The penitent then says, “Father, it is so
\nlong since my last confession and I have sinned as follows.” He expresses his
\nsorrow and contrition for his sins. Then the words of absolution are pronounced
\nover him. God sees in him one that has been redeemed by the blood of Christ.<\/p>\n
\nCalvary, residing in the tabernacle, to be our food. The tabernacle door is
\nopened. It contains these hosts, every one of which is the body, blood, soul
\nand divinity of the Lamb of God, giving peace to you, and there is rejoicing
\namong the angels.<\/p>\n
\nprodigal came to him. As he was making his confession in the sacristy, the
\npriest smiled and the young man stopped and said, “Father, if you are going to
\nlaugh at me I won’t go on with my confession.” “My son,’ said the priest, “You
\nmisunderstand. I was only thinking of what the Lord said, ‘There is more
\nrejoicing among the angels of heaven over one sinner that repents than over
\nninety-nine just persons which need no repentance.'” That is the spirit of the
\nmercy and love of God. God understands our weaknesses, our waywardness,
\ninfirmities, like sheep going astray. His love goes out, seeks us, so glad to
\nhave us come to Him. The very angels of God sing with God the Father, that we
\nare back home again.<\/p>\n
\nprodigal, will take home the message of the love of Christ, the Sacred Heart of
\nJesus, and won’t keep away from it. Repent of your sins, feel his embrace, that
\njoy of conscience after a good confession, after you have been forgiven. The
\nFather’s says, “I am well pleased with you now. You were lost and you are
\nfound.” [See Luke 15:32]<\/p>\n
\nJune 1922)<\/p>\n