The Return of the Prodigal

Rembrandt painted it. It changed the life of the author Henri Nouwen, who wrote a book of the same name after meditating upon the painting. Three characters: Father, son and elder brother. Son and elder brother responded as could be predicted. The father did not. He ran with grace and forgave his son and his elder son welcoming both back into the fold.

I once was lost but now am found. The father of the story is the true hero, the true protagonist. We cannot understand this story unless we see it through the eyes of the radiant father., without whom there is no hope or joy.