Jesus, like the prodigal son, also left his father’s house. But to come to look for us in our dispersion and bring us back to the father’s bosom.

Jesus inaugurates the time of mercy so that his people, but also every man of good will, can return to God.

Only through the passage of death can God penetrate to the very fibres of our being and capture us forever.

The Word is an antidote to the evil of living because it is God himself who reaches us and gives himself to us, becoming our neighbour and companion on the journey.

With the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus presents us with three comparisons that trace the path of authentic following.