Father, in the parable, is a wealthy man. He has property, he has workers under him and the house is ever ready for a celebration. He respects the feeling of his sons. He knows that the sons have their freedom even to go away from him (with a part of the property that belonged to him/ his due). Even though he respects the freedom he does not abandon his son. He is ever ready to get him back, provided the son chooses freely, on his own to come back to him.
The eldest son is a faithful man. He is disciplined so to say to obey the customs of the family yet he cannot adjust to the situations of the others. According to him what is right is right and the situation of the other is not taken into consideration. He is righteous but irreconcilable.
The youngest son is a spendthrift. Life is for him the present moment only; not the past for he does not care for his father; not the future for he never cared for it. He is ever ready for reconciliation. He is ready even to come down to the level of a slave. He accepts his limitations and failures.
The father celebrates the return of the son. He does not worry about the past of his son and he wants the elder son also to join in the celebration rather than judging the past. The father celebrates.
நற்செய்திவாசகம்: லூக்கா 15:1-3> 11-32
தந்தை பிள்ளைகளை மதிக்கிறார். அவர்களது உரிமையை மதிக்கிறார். அவர்களை தங்களது விருப்பத்திற்கேற்ப வாழவிடுகிறார். ஆனால் எல்லாரும் ஒன்றித்திருப்பதையே விரும்புகிறார். ஒன்றிப்பு கொண்டாடப்படவேண்டிய ஒன்று. ஒன்றிப்பு அதிலும் உறவில் ஒன்றிப்பு ஒரு விழா போன்றது.
