7 Oct 2024
Our Only Hope
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Just then a lawyer stood up to test Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ he said, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’ He said to him, ‘What is written in the law? What do you read there?’ He answered, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself.’ And he said to him, ‘You have given the right answer; do this, and you will live.’
But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’ Jesus replied, ‘A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him, and went away, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan while travelling came near him; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, having poured oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii, gave them to the innkeeper, and said, “Take care of him; and when I come back, I will repay you whatever more you spend.” Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?’ He said, ‘The one who showed him mercy.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Go and do likewise.’
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
07 October 2024 @ 11:27 pm
Thanks, Connie. Our world is so in need of compassion. Yes, we are all neighbors.
08 October 2024 @ 1:52 am
Connie, Thanks for your message – it strikes me that Jesus didn’t have to use many words to get His message across — a simple story does it! A lesson for us. Peggy Devlin, OP
08 October 2024 @ 2:53 am
Thank you, Connie… A timeless message and reflection. Please remember me to Mary Ann Cirillo, Margaret Charles and Nancy Erts……
JoAnn Fleischaker, OP
08 October 2024 @ 4:06 am
Thanks, Connie! A great reminder about how to be a good neighbor!
08 October 2024 @ 5:01 am
A beautiful reminder of who we all are together, Connie. Thank you so much!
Marianne
08 October 2024 @ 5:01 am
A beautiful reminder of who we all are together, Connie. Thank you so much!
Marianne
08 October 2024 @ 5:28 am
Thanks, Connie.
We can’t often enough hear the message that all of us are neighbors to one another.
P.S. I love the picture!
Cass
08 October 2024 @ 6:29 am
Dear Connie,
Your words of Jesus’s “extravagant tenderness” touched my heart deeply. The challenge is to put this into action to those we dislike, fear, disagree, and enemies. You said it so well, Connie, only Jesus is our hope and grace to do this each day.
Grateful for your opening the Word of God in ways for us today,
Blessings on your continued preaching,
Brigid Cannon, OP
08 October 2024 @ 7:05 am
Thank you Connie, for your message of Hope. To understand that we are all related, there is no “other” seems simple, but radically transformative, especially as we remember the one year anniversary of violence, war, and destruction in one part of our world and the ongoing violence impacting our global reality.
08 October 2024 @ 10:46 am
Dear Connie, We were both lucky to share the life changing experience of listening to Father Greg Boyle. People like him give us hope. Thank you for reminding me.