The Prodigal Son - Part 1

Saint Like - Chapter 15

The prodigal son. J-J Tissot

[11] Ait autem : Homo quidam habuit duos filios :
And he said: A certain man had two sons:
[12] et dixit adolescentior ex illis patri : Pater, da mihi portionem substantiae, quae me contingit. Et divisit illis substantiam.
And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his substance.

[13] Et non post multos dies, congregatis omnibus, adolescentior filius peregre profectus est in regionem longinquam, et ibi dissipavit substantiam suam vivendo luxuriose.
And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living riotously.

[14] Et postquam omnia consummasset, facta est fames valida in regione illa, et ipse cœpit egere.
And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that country; and he began to be in want.

[15] Et abiit, et adhaesit uni civium regionis illius : et misit illum in villam suam ut pasceret porcos.
And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. And he sent him into his farm to feed swine.

[16] Et cupiebat implere ventrem suum de siliquis, quas porci manducabant : et nemo illi dabat.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine did eat; and no man gave unto him.

[17] In se autem reversus, dixit : Quanti mercenarii in domo patris mei abundant panibus, ego autem hic fame pereo!
And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger?

[18] surgam, et ibo ad patrem meum, et dicam ei : Pater, peccavi in caelum, et coram te :
I will arise, and will go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee:

[19] jam non sum dignus vocari filius tuus : fac me sicut unum de mercenariis tuis.
I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

Totus tuus ego sum 

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam