The form of work in the parable of the prodigal son is slave labour, because he lives with animals. After living in extreme poverty, the child turned to his father, repented and asked to be a labourer because of hunger. Work here: the person who is enslaved by the stomach, i.e. food, enslaved by the flesh; enslaved because dependent, constrained by time and the stomach. Catechesis on work, in collaboration with P. Rakotondramanana Soloniaina Jean Emilien.