
Living in the Gaze of Unexpected Love | #1517
Lent, 4th Sunday (C) We are not expecting the father to welcome his prodigal son home again. We can all be like the prodigal son sometimes. We waste the father's gifts on ourselves and our pleasures, only to find ourselves empty and unhappy. In our desperation we turn back to our Father and he loves us and welcomes us home. We often turn around and start wasting God's gifts all over again.
Other times we are like the older brother. We do all the right things, but we do so out of duty or obligation. We don't realize how much God loves us.
God our Father is always gazing at us with love. We…
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