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To be worthy of the Father...
To be worthy of the Father...
J.M.J.
June 12, 2013
Dear Family of Mary!
"Dear children! ... To be worthy of the Father, love and forgive, because your Father is love and forgiveness..." (June 2, 2013)
And
he said, "There was a man who had two sons; and the younger of them said
to his father, `Father, give me the share of property that falls to
me.' And he divided his living between them. Not many days later, the
younger son gathered all he had and took his journey into a far country,
and there he squandered his property in loose living. And when he had
spent everything, a great famine arose in that country, and he began to
be in want. So he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that
country, who sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would
gladly have fed on the pods that the swine ate; and no one gave him
anything. But when he came to himself he said, `How many of my father's
hired servants have bread enough and to spare, but I perish here with
hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him,
"Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer
worthy to be called your son; treat me as one of your hired servants."'
And he arose and came to his father.
But
while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had
compassion,and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to
him, `Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no
longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his
servants, `Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a
ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet; and bring the fatted calf and
kill it, and let us eat and make merry; for this my son was dead, and
is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to make
merry.
"Now
his elder son was in the field; and as he came and drew near to the
house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and
asked what this meant. And he said to him, `Your brother has come, and
your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him
safe and sound.' But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came
out and entreated him, but he answered his father, `Lo, these many
years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command; yet you
never gave me a kid that I might make merry with my friends. But when
this son of yours came, who has devoured your living with harlots, you
killed for him the fatted calf!' And he said to him, `Son, you are
always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to make
merry and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was
lost, and is found.'" (Luke 15: 12-30)
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
©Mary TV 2013
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