Q. What does the word “Prodigal" mean?
A person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or
substance with wasteful extravagance
It is one of Jesus’ best known stories about a boy who left his home, spent all he had, met disaster and ruin to finally wake up
and see that he didn’t belong where he found himself, so he went home. But now,
perhaps more than ever before it can be applied to the World as a whole. People
all over the World today can relate to the trouble the Prodigal Son found
himself in at his lowest point particularly in the Western World. We have been
up until now used to having great wealth, being able to travel, spend our money
wastefully and extravagantly and enjoy the good times. Now that countries have
found their money has run out and there is less work, what kind of a future are
people facing? This is a big opportunity for the Church to reach the World with
the Gospel. Will we waste our opportunity?
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Countries financially bankrupt
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People morally bankrupt
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Broken relationships
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Isolation
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Addictions
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Anxiety and fear
IS THERE ANY HOPE?
