In this Commentary Clip Exclusive Tony discusses the meaning of the “Lost & Found” parables of Jesus found in chapter 15 of the Gospel of Luke. As Tony explains, in Jesus’ “Lost & Found” parables, we are taught that God has sent His Incarnate Son to search out all who have strayed from relationship with Him, beginning with those furthest from God, living where Pope Francis calls the “existential peripheries.”
Be sure to check out Tony’s full reflection for the 4th Sunday of Lent, here.
Endnotes:
Luke 15:4-7; Parable of the Lost Sheep
Luke 15:8-10; Parable of the Lost Coin
Matthew 15:1-2
Luke 2:8-15
John 10:11-18
Luke 15:7
Luke 15:10
Luke 15:28-32
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 2013 Speech to College of Cardinals.
Pope Francis, Address to Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Consecrated Persons, Seminarians and Catechists in Dili, Timor Leste, 10 September, 2024.
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.