Episode Transcript
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Do you remember the story
of the Prodigal Son?
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He wasted everything.
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He slept in the pig pen.
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He was starving.
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When he finally came home,
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do you know what his father did?
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He watched him on the horizon.
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He ran to him
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and he embraced him.
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And he said to him,
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"Bring the fattened calf.
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Let us eat and celebrate."
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That is how our Father
welcomes us home,
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with a banquet.
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Every Mass, the Father
sets the table
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and invites us to sit down.
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Not because we have earned it.
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Not because we are worthy.
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But because He loves us.
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And He has been waiting for us.
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At this table, bread and wine
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become the Body and Blood
of Jesus Christ.
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This isn't a symbol.
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This is Jesus - truly, really present.
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Giving Himself to us completely.
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In the wilderness, we were dust.
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Hungry. Thirsty.
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Nothing could feed us.
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But here, Jesus says,
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"I am the Bread of Life.
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Whoever comes to me
will never be hungry.
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Whoever believes in me
will never thirst."
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And if you have been away
for a long time…
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the table is set for you.
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Your place has never been forgotten.
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The Father is watching the road,
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waiting to see you walking
on the horizon.
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And if you have been here all along,
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but perhaps you have forgotten
what a gift it is...
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look again.
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Look at what is being offered to you.
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The Creator of the universe
wants to come to you.
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To be with you.
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To make His home in your heart
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This Lent,
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we have been finding
our way back home.
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Welcome home.
