The Good Samaritan

The Good Samaritan in Luke's Gospel passage today.  It stays with me as I begin to move through the day.

Who is the Good Samaritan?   Jesus Christ.  Who is the robbery victim lying along the road?  Those who have been deeply wounded by their sins and by the tragedies of life.  This road between Jerusalem and Jericho goes through rugged desert country.  It is not an easy trek.

The Good Samaritan comes to heal all, no exceptions.   The victim is all of us.

But is that all?   No.  Just as we can be the priest and Levine, too concerned with their own issues, we can also be the Samaritan when we live in Christ.   When we live in Christ, we become his icon, his tool.   Our love of Christ leads us to act in loving mercy of...all.   All.   To be a disciple, you cannot pick and choose.  All.

In the Office of Readings today, Ambrose writes that when we pray we should be praying for others first and foremost.  Do you not think that Christ will know and serve the needs of the disciples who follow him by giving of themselves first?   To those who give, much will be given.

Walking with this today.  May you all find true peace in your lives.