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00:27Brothers, welcome.
00:29We are in our last session where we will look at the pastoral theme.
00:36The dynamics of the liturgical year have taught us to wait and pray for the coming of the kingdom of God.
00:44during the Advent season and to ask for forgiveness in a constant process of conversion during the Lent season.
00:52Advent, brothers and sisters, fills us with the special touch of the nearness of Christmas, and Lent anticipates it.
01:02and makes Easter tangible during the Easter Triduum.
01:07There's nothing like experiencing Advent and savoring Lent.
01:12But, brothers and sisters, during the Lenten season that the Church has provided us as a suitable time for meditation, one of
01:24The most beautiful stories in the Bible, the parable of the Prodigal Son.
01:30Many have spoken about the advisability of designating the parable with another title, such as the parable about the Father
01:40compassionate, about the merciful Father, about the Father full of tenderness, or if we continue in the line of the
01:50two previous ones, the parable of the Prodigal Son.
01:54Although, apparently, the center of the parable is the Father of the Son who leaves and of the Son who
02:03He doesn't want to celebrate his brother's return with a party.
02:07It really doesn't matter, primarily because the parable focuses its attention on the Son who has asked the
02:18Father received his share of the inheritance and left with all his possessions a few days after receiving it.
02:25what he asked of his Father.
02:27In fact, unlike the first two parables in chapter 15 of the Gospel of Saint Luke, the author calls
02:36our attention in the frantic search for the sheep that the man lost or for the coin
02:45that woman lost.
02:46However, in the parable about the son who left, Luke places all the emphasis on the fate of the
02:55boy who left his father's house.
02:58However, to understand this parable we need to take a quick look at the introduction of the text and at the parables.
03:09of the lost sheep and the lost drachma, because the union of the three parables is offered to us in a
03:17continuous and perfect growth.
03:21In the first parable of the lost sheep, the man has one hundred sheep.
03:28In the parable of the lost drachma, the woman only has ten coins, and in the parable of the son who
03:34The father only has two children.
03:38The numbering of the elements decreases, first one hundred, then ten, and finally only two.
03:46In the case of the sheep, it is not the shepherd who loses it, but the sheep, due to whatever circumstance
03:55Unexpectedly, she has drifted away from the group and finally gotten lost.
04:00In the case of the coin, it is the woman who loses the coin, but in both cases the animal and
04:07The currency belongs to categories of possession, food and trade.
04:14In the case of the third parable, we move to the family level.
04:20He is a father who has two children, and one of them, the younger one, decides to leave home, taking
04:28distance from his father, home, and brother.
04:31In all three cases, the concluding theme is the joy of finding something so precious that had been lost.
04:40And in the case of the recovered son, this joy is realized with the invitation to hold a party and in
04:50the carrying out of it.
04:51Apparently, brothers, the author who has artfully, but no less masterfully, placed the three parables, one
05:02one after the other,
05:04It makes us think that perhaps a shepherd might not miss one out of a hundred sheep,
05:11But a woman who only has ten coins cannot assume that attitude, because ten coins are very little and
05:21Losing even one is losing too much.
05:24because with that currency a family could survive for an entire day and eat properly,
05:31so he can't afford to lose a single coin.
05:37But in the case of the father, it is even more disturbing.
05:41She only has two children; a mother is not mentioned in the entire story, not even in the joy of her return.
05:49of the son,
05:50nor when the big party takes place.
05:53So we can assume that the man is a widower and only possesses, as his greatest assets, two children,
06:02his lands, which could not be many, given that the eldest son was working when he returned home on
06:12younger brother.
06:13Some possessions and certainly a well-fed or well-cared-for young bull.
06:20Therefore, a son leaving home is, in itself, a great tragedy for a widowed man.
06:29maybe a little bigger.
06:31Background
06:32Brothers, to understand the parable of the prodigal son, we need to delve into the Old Testament
06:39to find a text that deals with a similar topic and that can help us understand our text.
06:48We will find this story in the book of Tobit, one of the so-called deuterocanonical books.
06:57The book begins by talking about Tobir, Tobias's father, who had left some money in the care of a relative.
07:06Once Tobir goes blind, he sends his son to the city of Media to collect the money.
07:13Tobias leaves accompanied by the angel Raphael, but on the way he encounters Sarah, the woman who later
07:22will be his wife,
07:23Tobias takes a long time to return.
07:27Tobir and Ana, his wife and Tobias's mother, begin to despair because their son does not return.
07:35And the two of them begin to suffer from the absence of their son.
07:40That's when we get to chapter 10.
07:43Let's read the text.
07:44Meanwhile, Tobir counted one by one the days that the round trip should last.
07:54When the deadline passed, and her son had not returned, she thought,
07:59Did they keep him there?
08:01Perhaps Gabael has died and there is no one to give him the money.
08:06And he began to worry.
08:09Ana, his wife, said,
08:12My son has died.
08:14He is no longer among the living.
08:16And she began to weep and lament for her son, saying,
08:21What a misfortune, my son!
08:23I let you go.
08:24To you, the light of my eyes.
08:27Tobir was saying to him,
08:29Calm down, sister.
08:31Don't think that.
08:33He's fine.
08:34They must have had some setback.
08:37Your partner is a trustworthy person.
08:40He is one of our brothers.
08:43Don't worry about him.
08:45It will arrive any moment now.
08:47But she replied,
08:50Leave me alone, don't try to deceive me.
08:53My son has died.
08:55And every day she went out to look at the road where her son had gone.
09:00Because he didn't trust anyone.
09:02As evening fell,
09:04She was at home and spent her nights crying and lamenting, unable to sleep.
09:12Ana sat with her gaze fixed on the path her son was to return by.
09:18Suddenly, she sensed his arrival and said to her father,
09:24Your son is coming with his friend.
09:27The mother ran to throw her arms around her son's neck, saying,
09:31Now I can die, because I have seen you again, my son.
09:37And she started to cry.
09:39Tobir also got up and stumbled out of the courtyard door.
09:44Then his father hugged him, crying, and said,
09:49I see you, my son, light of my eyes.
09:53Brothers, as we can see, the theme of our parable and of the text of Tobit,
09:59He is the son who is leaving.
10:01The reasons are very different.
10:04Tobias is tasked with collecting money that his father left at a relative's house.
10:11Therefore, Tobias goes far away.
10:14In the case of our parable,
10:16The youngest son is the one who voluntarily leaves with the goods he has taken from his father.
10:22Human beings are by nature proud and capable of holding a grudge when someone lets them down.
10:31hurts him, betrays him, or disappoints him.
10:35Moreover, their resentment can turn into contempt, even hatred,
10:41when things take an even more unexpected turn.
10:46This doesn't only happen between people with distant human relationships,
10:52It happens to us even with the people we love and who love us.
10:57And that's when we think about a possible reconciliation.
11:03We fear that the person will refuse, reject us, or say something that will worsen the situation.
11:09But let's return to Tobias and his parents.
11:13As we can see, once a considerable amount of time has passed,
11:18The boy's parents begin to worry and look for reasons why their son has not returned.
11:26While Tobir thinks in practical terms,
11:30Ana, Tobias's mother, fears the worst and begins a process of despair and anguish.
11:38because he is certain that his son has died.
11:41Of that, he has no doubt whatsoever.
11:45Verse 7 is a profound analysis of a mother's heart or the heart of someone who loves deeply,
11:54The text says that Ana went out every day to see the road where her husband had gone.
12:01son
12:01and that in the afternoons, when the sun set, he would return home and spend the nights without
12:09sleeping and crying.
12:11But brothers, how could she find comfort if her dear and beloved son was not by her side?
12:19Is there any greater pain than losing a child without knowing anything about their whereabouts?
12:27That is something we can see very clearly in our current situation of insecurity.
12:34How many parents have lost their children without knowing anything about them?
12:38The world falls apart and life loses its meaning when we know nothing about those we love dearly.
12:48Who can eat, have fun, laugh, sleep, smile, rest if a child has left and nothing is known about them?
13:00he?
13:00To understand this, it must be taken into account that in the time of the narrative of Tobias there were no means of
13:08immediate communication.
13:10News, both good and bad, takes time to arrive.
13:14There is no way of knowing the situation of someone we love deeply.
13:20someone who is everything in our lives.
13:23But brothers, what happens when a loved one, so long away and without a single word about their life,
13:33suddenly appears in your path?
13:36One can only jump for joy, bliss, and happiness, and nothing can stop one from running to meet him.
13:44with tears in your eyes and shower that loved one, lost for so long, with hugs and kisses
13:53and whom, deep in their hearts, they thought had died.
14:18Thank you!