The Prodigal Son (4th Sunday of Lent)

4th Sunday of Lent Year C

The Prodigal Son Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

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Reflection Questions:

1. What is your current relationship with God the Father? Do you view him as a distant God who only checks up on you when you have made a mistake? Or do you view him as a loving father who cares and provides for you?

2. How has your experience with your earthly father shaped the way you view God the Father?

3. Have you ever experienced this lavish mercy of God in your life? If not, would you want to experience that? Why or why not?

4. What are the struggles or sins in your life that are keeping you away from experiencing the mercy of God? If you relate to the older brother at all, what are they ways in which you feel like you have to earn God's love?

CHALLENGE: Go the Sacrament of Reconciliation this week and experience the mercy of God. He is not scandalized by your sins. He loves you and wants to restore you to relationship with him. If you are not Catholic, I encourage you to talk to a priest and share with him how you have fallen in your journey and that you desire to return to God.