Prodigal Son

by Georges Chevrot

Se ha dicho de la parábola del hijo pródigo que es un evangelio dentro del Evangelio. A través de ella, Nuestro Señor nos dirige una emotiva llamada a la conversión, a recomenzar con nuevo ardor en nuestra vida cristiana.

Paperback

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

Georges Chevrot (1879-1958) was born and died in Paris. He was ordained a Catholic diocesan priest and worked with ordinary Christians in the city for most of his life. He lived through both World Wars including the Axis occupation of France during World War II. He was the author of 21 books.

Ordained a priest in 1903 , he was a missionary for the diocese of Paris , then pastor of the parish of Saint-François-Xavier from 1930 to 1958 . He was made an honorary canon in 1933 and a prelate of His Holiness in 1939 . He was a Lenten preacher at Notre-Dame de Paris in 1938 , 1939 and 1940 . During the Occupation , he joined the National Front for the Independence of France as a member of the Resistance . He was elected a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1947 .

Mons. Georges Chevrot nasceu em Paris, em 1879. Ordenou-se sacerdote em 1903, depois de estudar no seminário de Saint-Sulpice de Issy-les-Molineaux, e licenciou-se em Letras. De 1930 até à sua morte, em 1958, foi pároco de Saint-François-Xavier em Paris, e tinha também um programa dominical na Rádio Luxembourg. Foi nomeado prelado de Sua Santidade em 1939 e eleito membro da Academia de Ciências Morais e Políticas do Institut de France. Pregador de grande reputação, dedicou toda a sua vida ao ministério sacerdotal e pastoral. Parte dos seus sermões foi recolhida em mais de vinte livros, além de diversas publicações avulsas.

Reviews

[Steven R. McEvoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another great little booklet from Scepter Press It is a real eye- opener. Chevrot approaches the parable of the prodigal son like no other author I have encountered. He helps us to see ourselves in each of the roles in this parable and helps us to see the significance of the real conversion in the repentant son's life.

The Chapters are:

1. The Younger Son
2. The Elder Son
3. Self-Reflection
4. Realization and Conversion
5. The Father
6. A Change of Heart

Considering this book has fewer than 60 pages, it has more content than many ten times that size. This book almost demands that you put it down and meditate on what you have read, or to take time to reflect before moving on, or even to pray about what you have read and the impact that that can have on your life.

Chevrot states: "And it is no exaggeration to say that our whole Christian life is one continual conversion.
Conversion is, not as some people imagine, a precondition for beginning a Christian Life, a sort of antechamber through which one must pass to be admitted to the kingdom. It is the permanent state of the Christian Life. And this radical transformation, which is aimed at making us into God's children, is never complete." p.49-50 (at least here on earth).

This booklet will open your eyes, and help you to open your heart to God's grace and love. For as Chevrot says: "The prodigal never thought how happy he was going to make his father. And we too forget that God is happy when he sees us coming towards him. It's unbelievable, I grant you. We could never have known this truth if the Son of God had not come down from Heaven to tell us so." p.55-56 This book will help you grow in experiencing this truth.

[Pablo Galiana]

Comentario de la parábola del hijo pródigo. Ayuda a contemplar la misericordia divina, y a valorar la contrición y el sacramento de la Penitencia. Incluye un breve capítulo sobre la maternidad espiritual de Nuestra Señora, y otro sobre la parábola de la dracma perdida. Apropiado para todos, por la sencillez de lenguaje.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent little book/meditation (only 50 pages) on our Father's Love for us and on the meaning of conversion. I've read this several times over the years. Each time I have benefited from reading it.

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing insights into the Father’s incredible love and compassion for us. A very short book but packed with wisdom and divinely inspired insight into our Lord’s parable of the Prodigal Son, which is really about the Merciful Father. I will read this book many times!