{"id":6009,"date":"2013-09-15T15:10:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T20:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=6009"},"modified":"2013-09-15T15:10:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T20:10:25","slug":"grace-under-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/?p=6009","title":{"rendered":"Grace under fire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though the Church is under attack on so many different fronts, you’d get the impression that it was down for the count. <\/p>\n

Trouble is, though, for many people, when they have screwed up and made a damned mess of their world, they turn to the only place they have left; the Creator.<\/p>\n

Todays gospel was the Prodigal Son. The telling part of it is when the son comes home, willing to be treated as a servant because he knows he has sinned and he wants to be home where he can at least eat:<\/p>\n

21 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The son said to him, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFather, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n

As we know, the Father welcomes him back and even bestows blessings upon him. This is what can happen to us if we choose to return to our faith. <\/p>\n

Those of us who remained behind have to learn the lesson of the older brother; he groused because he Never got a dinner<\/a>. The Father reminded him he was always there, and always had everything to share. In order to give the wayward reason to return, there has to be that grace. <\/p>\n

Remember that today. It’s good advice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though the Church is under attack on so many different fronts, you’d get the impression that it was down for the count. Trouble is, though, for many people, when they have screwed up and made a damned mess of their world, they turn to the only place they have left; the Creator. Todays gospel was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6009"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neanderpundit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}