Reading Luke In Lent - Luke 15: 1-32

Today's podcast for 'Reading Luke in Lent' looks at Luke, Chapter 15: 1-32. The audience for these three parables of mercy brings together the tax collectors and sinners, and the Pharisees and scribes. The three stories speak about the lost being found and that this is something to be rejoiced over. The initial two parables once again pair a man and a woman both of whom seek out that which is lost. The third, longer, parable develops this scenario. The younger son gets into a situation where he will perish (this is the same verb as lost which recurs throughout this passage) and he recognises this, and that the wrong he has done is not just against his father but also against God. He moves from death back to life. The father may not be searching but he is waiting and looking and responds with compassion. 'Reading Luke in Lent' is a series of simple podcasts for the Lenten season offering a daily reading from St Luke - covering the Gospel from start to finish - from Ash Wednesday to the first week of Easter.