Kevin, thank you again for another great session this evening. The Prodigal Son is a favorite parable of mine. Of course, we have heard it hundreds of times, and my feelings about it have changed through the years. As a child, I sided with the dutiful, older son who stayed at home and felt angry when his father welcomed the younger son home and showered him with gifts. It just didn't seem fair. As I matured I was moved by the pure love with which the father welcomed his contrite, younger son back home. Once I became a parent, I focused on the phrase at the end when the father says to the angry older son "you are here with me always and everything I have is yours." BUT somehow the older son didn't know that...and so the parable became a lesson for me as a parent to ALWAYS let my sons know they are deeply loved. And after tonight's session, I thought maybe Augustine didn't realize just how much his father loved him because maybe his father didn't tell him or make sure he knew. Perhaps he thought Augustine would understand because Patricius was paying for a first-class education. Reminds me of Kalil Gibran's quote "Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost."
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