The Father's Embrace (Lent 2026)
The Poco a Poco Podcast with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
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🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Episode 288 - The Father's Embrace
What do you expect to find when you finally turn back toward God?
Continuing their Lenten journey through the Prodigal Son, the friars arrive at the turning point of the story, the moment the son returns home. Expecting rejection, punishment, or distance, he instead finds something completely unexpected: the Father running toward him with compassion.
In this episode, the friars reflect on the heart of the Gospel. The Father doesn't wait for perfection, explanations, or repayment. He runs, he embraces, and he restores dignity before a single word of apology is finished.
Join us as we rediscover the mercy of a Father who never stops watching the road and who runs to meet us the moment we begin to come home.
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| 0:00.0 | Peace, everybody, Father Angelus here. I just want to say thank you for all of you who support |
| 0:03.2 | the Poco-O-Poko-Pocast. Your generosity and faithfulness to us helps us to share the gospel |
| 0:08.3 | with all those that tune in every week. If you're not yet a monthly supporter, would you |
| 0:13.0 | prayerfully consider joining us or even increasing your support so that we can keep our mission |
| 0:17.9 | going? You can sign up at spiritjuice.org forward slash poco or through the link |
| 0:23.7 | in the show notes. Thank you for walking with us. You're listening to the Poca-a-Poko |
| 0:30.2 | podcast, sponsored by Spirit Juice Studios. |
| 0:37.3 | Hi, Father Pt. Hey,co, we're going to get. We're p. I'm a p.t. |
| 0:40.5 | Hey, Father, |
| 0:41.2 | Innocent. |
| 0:42.9 | Welcome, Father Mark Mary. |
| 0:44.4 | Thank you. |
| 0:47.3 | How's everybody doing? |
| 0:48.8 | Am I supposed to say the name of this podcast? |
| 0:51.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:52.1 | Welcome to Pogo Pogo Pocopogos. |
| 0:54.5 | Well, yeah, welcome. I think by this, supposed to say the name of this podcast. Yeah. Welcome to Pogo Boko podcast. Boko. |
| 0:55.1 | Yeah, welcome. |
| 0:57.2 | I think by the time they're listening to it, they've probably seen the name before. |
| 1:04.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:05.8 | I mean, sometimes we pick up new listeners along the way, you know? |
| 1:09.3 | Yeah, yeah, yeah, but it's not like. |
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