Sin is exile, repentance is the return from exile to our true home. We also learn of three things through this parable: the condition of the sinner, the rule of repentance, and the greatness of God’s compassion and mercy. These are themes also, of course that are applicable generally during the Lenten season.
Why Do We Kneel At Mass When the First Ecumenical Council Forbad It?
The Prostitute's Birthday and the Compassion of Christ
Preparation for Lent - The Publican and the Pharisee
The Source of Our Joy
Gambling on Heaven! Using Pascal's Wager to Evangelize Others and Discover Your Personal Vocation
The Authority of the Lighthouse
The Presentation of the Lord - A Light to Enlighten the World
The Poet and the Hound of Heaven
New Catholic Classical Academy in San Francisco, K-12
stellamarissf.org. It is through the communities founded on the pillars of the family, the school and the parish that hope for evangelization will emerge.