Henri Nouwen, The Last Supper insignificant encounter with Rembrandt's, 'The Return of the Prodigal Son' set in motion a long spiritual adventure

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Nouwen wrote a short book 'The Return of the Prodigal Son'
based on his contemplation of Rembrandt's painting...

Henri Nouwen opens his book, The Return of the Prodigal, by placing before his readers the full text of the story as recorded in Luke's Gospel. He then proceeds to tell the reader how he came to his decision to write a book about it:

A seemingly insignificant encounter with a poster presenting a detail of Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son set in motion a long spiritual adventure that brought me to a new understanding of my vocation and offered me new strength to live it. At the heart of this adventure is a seventeenth-century painting and its artist, a first-century parable and its author, and a twentieth-century person in search of life's meaning.

('A Retreat With Henri Nouwen, edited by R. Durbeck).

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Novice photos, returned from the Iona 1450th Annivesray of St. Columba landing at Iona;   

  

Nunraw sign - roadside 'last upper'