As an even younger child she experienced the critical insight that “my father ... the son of “doting intellectuals” who ...

The father does the opposite and rejoices that his son is ... mercy of God. Prodigal is a word that means reckless use of one’s resources. The young man wastes his life with abandon and needs ...

It took the Prodigal Son so long to return! His Father was not waiting to roast him over an open fire. No, he was launching forth loving “filament, filament, filament, out of himself/ Ever ...

Discover the importance of unconditional love in today's Gospel of the Prodigal Son and how it applies to our own lives.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. This Sunday in our Lectionary of readings, we proclaim the parable of the Prodigal Son.