The story
Jesus once told a story about a father who had two sons. The younger son asked for his share of the family’s money right away, instead of waiting, and went far away to a distant country. There he spent it all on foolish things. Then a famine came, and he had to take a job looking after pigs. He was so hungry that even the pigs’ food looked good, and nobody gave him anything.
Sitting in the field, he thought of home, where even his father’s servants had plenty of bread. He said, “I will arise, and will go to my father.” He would say he was sorry and ask to work for him. While he was still a great way off, his father saw him coming. The father didn’t wait. He ran down the road, threw his arms around his son and kissed him.
The son said he had sinned and wasn’t worthy to be called a son anymore. But the father called for the best robe, a ring for his hand, shoes for his feet and a feast, because his son was lost, and now he was found. The older brother was angry and wouldn’t go in, so the father went out to him too and said, “Son, thou art always with me, and all I have is thine.” That is how God loves each of us.
Clara tells the whole story at bedtime, in the Little Prayer Stories app.Get the app →
