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        • Text of Luke 15.1-3
        • Text of Luke 15.11-12
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        • Text of Luke 15.20-24
        • Text of Luke 15.25-32
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          • Cultural Answers Luke 15.13-19
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          • Cultural Answers Luke 15.20-24
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          • Cultural Answers Luke 15.25-32
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    • Artistic Impact >
      • The Prodigal Son in Painting >
        • Art, Exegesis, and Interpretation
        • Palma 1595
        • Rembrandt 1668
        • Tissot 1880
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        • Quist 1975
        • He Qi 1996
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          • Riojas interpretation
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          • Janknegt interpretation
        • Rabodzeenko 2006
      • The Prodigal Son in Poetry >
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        • Rainer Maria Rilke >
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        • Kilian McDonnell >
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        • Leah Goldberg
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      • The Prodigal Son in Fiction >
        • Marilynne Robinson
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          • The Stationmaster
        • Rainer Maria Rilke
      • The Prodigal Son in Music >
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          • Rory Block
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          • Keith Green
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Kilian McDonnell


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     Kilian McDonnell (1921-  ) is an American Catholic monk, theologian, university professor, ecumenist, and poet.   Born in Montana, McDonnell has studied, taught, and ministered around the world.   Although during most of his career he served as a professor of theology, he was often called on to be a voice of reconciliation between the Catholic church and various Protestant groups.   It was not until the age of seventy-five that McDonnell began to focus on poetry.   It is no wonder that the thoughtful poems you are about to read came out of such a rich life of theological reflection and meaningful service. 
     Using the links below, you can encounter several of his poems related to the parable of the Prodigal Son.


Poems

Interpretations

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