As I started to work on today’s gospel lesson, I found myself thinking about the parables in Luke of the lost and the found—the sheep, the coin, and two lost sons.[1] One found his way back to his father’s table. Luke’s Jesus leaves the story with the son who never left hearing these words from his father, who has left the banquet to invite his son inside, “Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to make merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.” I hope this son found his way to his father’s table.
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