Ninth Sunday after Trinity, July 28, 2013
In the story that has come to be best known as the "Prodigal Son," Our Blessed Lord tells the story of the son who wanted to have things his own way and he wanted to enjoy his father's inheritance even before the father had died! But, to make a long story short, after a while the son realized that "living life in the fast lane" really was not what he thought it would be like and he came to his senses. St. Luke describes the thoughts of the son when he came to this realization: "I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants."
First and foremost, it is us who have to first realize that we are in need of God and also that we are ready to seek God. So often in our life, we may very well acknowledge that there is a problem but we may still ignore the problem and refuse to do anything about it. In that sense, the key is not recognizing that there is a problem. That is certainly the start. The real key is to recognize that there is a problem and then do something about it. This is what the son did. He recognized that he had made a mistake and he chose to remedy the problem by going back to his father in humility and to ask for forgiveness.
The most wonderful part of the parable is yet to come, though. Our Blessed Lord continues the parable by telling what happens next: "And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him."
This is how it is for us when we come to God. It is God Who reaches out to us. It is God Who searches for us. It is God Who goes over and beyond for us. Recognizing that we have a problem is only part of the solution. The other half is once we realize that we have a problem, is to seek out the cure. And for us, that is to seek God, to make Him a part of our life on a daily basis!
Join St. Margaret Church for Mass as we celebrate the Ninth Sunday after Trinity on Sunday, July 28, 2013. St. Margaret worships at the Chapel at Marquette Manor, which is located at 8140 N. Township Line Road on the Northwest side of Indianapolis, near 86th Street and Township Line Road. Join us as we worship Our Blessed Lord and receive Him in Holy Communion. Mass begins at 9:30 AM with a coffee hour to follow.
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