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The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming

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The bestselling Henri Nouwen title of all time! Over a million copies sold around the world. Essential reading for Christians, Catholics, and all spiritual seekers.

For all who ask, “Where has my struggle led me?” or for those “on the road” who have had the courage to embark on the journey but are seeking the illumination, this work will inspire.

A chance encounter with a reproduction of Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son catapulted Henri Nouwen on a long spiritual adventure. Here he shares the deeply personal and resonant meditation that led him to discover the place within where God has chosen to dwell.

In seizing the inspiration that came to him through Rembrandt’s depiction of the powerful Gospel story, Henri Nouwen probes the several movements of the parable: the more youthful son’s return, the father’s restoration of sonship, the elder son’s vengefulness, and the father’s compassion. In his reflection on Rembrandt in light of his own life journey, the writer evokes a powerful drama of the parable in a rich, capativating way that may be sure to reverberate in the hearts of readers. The themes of homecoming, affirmation, and reconciliation will be newly discovered by all who have known loneliness, dejection, jealousy, or anger. The challenge to love as the father and be loved as the son will be seen as the ultimate revelation of the parable known to Christians all through time, and here represented with a vigor and power fresh for our times.

“The Return of the Prodigal Son is a gorgeous book, as beautiful in the simple clarity of its wisdom as in the terrible great thing about the transformation to which it calls us.” –New Oxford Review

The Return of the Prodigal Son: A Story of Homecoming is a spiritual adventure story. A chance encounter with a poster depicting a detail of Rembrandt’s The Return of the Prodigal Son set in motion a chain of events that enabled Nouwen to redefine and claim his vocation late in his life. In this book, which interweaves elements of art history, memoir, Midrash, and self-help, Nouwen brings the parable to life with empathic analyses of each character. Nouwen’s absorption in the story (and the painting) is so complete that the father’s challenge to love the son, and the son’s challenge to receive that love, grow to be Nouwen’s own. And Nouwen’s writing is so clear and his tone is so appealingly frank and humble that readers–no matter how far from home–will find hope for themselves in the prodigal peace Nouwen in the end achieves. –Michael Joseph Gross

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