Note sull'episodio
“As parents, we want our children growing up with both the truth of the Father’s love ringing in their ears and the experience of the Father’s love as part of their daily reality. When you are helping your children remember and experience the Father’s love, you are discipling them to become convinced of their true identity and to live in it” (JOINING JESUS AS A FAMILY, pg. 85).
“Traditionally the story is called ‘The Parable of the Prodigal Son’ and is one of Jesus’ most poignant tales. It has been told and retold because it is so easy to identify with the son and the mercy he received in spite of his arrogance and stupidity. By calling it the Prodigal Son, however, we lose the central focus of the parable. He was only one of two brothers, each dealing with an estrangement from their father, albeit in vastly different ways. The central char ...