How does a beloved son end up living like an orphan?
As Lent begins, the friars enter deeply into the parable of the Prodigal Son, not starting with the return, but with the rupture. What happens in a heart that makes someone walk away from home? What wounds, doubts, shame, or disappointments lead us to take our inheritance and try to live without the Father?
In this episode, they reflect on the subtle shift that happens long before the son leaves: the movement from trust to self-reliance, from intimacy to isolation, from sonship to an orphan spirit. They explore how sin and shame distort our vision of God’s goodness, and how easy it is to believe we’re better off on our own.
This conversation isn’t about condemnation, it’s about awareness. Because before we become “prodigal,” we often become wounded.
Join us as we begin Lent by asking the Lord to reveal where we’ve chosen distance and to restore us to the truth of being sons and daughters again.
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