God runs towards us in order to have us
again. This is the meaning of Christian
reconciliation: it begins with God even
before we come to our
senses, God is there before us waiting
for us. We are just asked to accept and
recognize this mercy and love.
The father does not seem to know what to do
without his sons. It seems that he needs
them. He even goes out to the older brother
who did not want to come inside: he wants him to embrace his brother. He wants everyone to be fully part of the joy
that he grants. This is what God is
like: he always precedes us in love and
runs towards us, sinners, to embrace us and to teach us to embrace each other.
May we be able to accept the embrace and
words of the Father and may we witness the same welcome and joy to those who are
excluded from our society and who do not receive words and gesture of
reconciliation and joy. And may we all
walk together… towards the time when Jesus will be risen for the salvation of
all.
--Paola
Piscitelli, Catholic Women Preach
James Janknegt's complete triptych can be seen below;
click on the link for an analysis of the painting.
Image source: James Janknegt, Two Sons (2002),
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