Fa. Ron Shirley formerly with Resurrection Catholic Community Church posted:
“God is counting on all of us to be “Stand In†s†for the Lord, with each other. To make real Isaiah 55:7, “Turn to the Lord for mercy; to our God, who is generous in forgiving.â€
“If an alien was to walk in to our church today and say, “Ok you Church people, describe God to me.â€
I  Father Ron Shirley  http://www.ronshirley.com  wonder what our answer would be.
I believe one of the most powerful descriptions of God is contained in the 2 stories we just heard in Lukeâ€
A. These images of God, too many people, donâ€
B. No matter how far we wander or stray from God, and we all do it at times, no matter how terrible our sins might be, God†s arms are always open to us. Jesus never approves of the sin, but he always embraces the sinner.
C. I could just hear a few of the people, when Jesus was telling his stories, making a few side comments like:
i. These stories are crazy!
ii. This God is ridiculous!
iii. Leave 99 good sheep to go after one stupid stray?
iv. That†s not very good business sense.
v. If I were the father I would stick it to that son.
vi. I would make him crawl back.
vii. This God doesn†t make any sense.
These people were right; our God doesn†t make any sense when it comes to loving us.
D. A final point, very important, comes from a quote by the director of Covenant House, https://www.covenanthouse.org/ a shelter for runaway kids in many large cities in the U.S.
The director of Covenant  says, “The kids we work with have a lot of questions…
‘Can I have something to eat? I havenâ€
‘Can I sleep here? Where can I sleep?â€