“… for this thy brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found” (Luke 15:32).

Why does anger appear in our country, costing the good that is bestowed on our neighbors? Very often, those who have changed or are returning say, that the Christian community to which they are returning does not accept them with joy, but often indifferently and suspiciously. Therefore, some prefer to stay in their old place. Doesn’t all this cause unrest for the “righteous” who think they are perfect ?! It is often evil that we consider ourselves to be perfecter than others and that we want us to be specially marked by God’s care from this motive. They need God’s forgiveness. Can we pray for those who have caused us to pain, the harm that has offended us, if not with our mouths, then at least in our hearts we do not wish them punishment?

God wants us to change our attitude to sin in ourselves and to those whom the Lord calls and for whom He forgives so that we may be accepted among ourselves. As God endows us with love, so let us leave our lost brothers and sisters on their return to the basket like a sheep the Lord has found. Let’s look forward as a woman to her neighbors when she finds a coin. Let us open our arms and our hearts to every prodigal son, and let us not be like an older brother, who, though faithful to his father, did not treat his brother as his father intended.

Let us awaken this intention, and we will break up today, enriched, and happier. It will be a big win for us. It will be an enrichment for those who return and let them feel welcome among us, that we look forward to their return and meeting.