Saturday 10th March, 2012
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20. The Lord is kind and merciful—Ps 102(103):1-4, 9-12. Luke 15:1-3, 11-32.

  
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Celebrate and rejoice!

‘We must celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and now has come to life.’ The father said this to the son who had been working in his father’s fields while the younger son had come back home, poor of health and fortune. We can sympathise with the son who was full of jealousy and anger. Life isn’t fair. We may work long hours without recognition while others appear to climb the corporate ladder or receive their wishes with ease. How does this happen?

Then again, we can rejoice with the father on his son’s safe return. This is an occasion to celebrate. Let us try to open our minds and hearts to the grace of the father embracing his prodigal son. May we be blessed with the same grace to receive our children and other family members.