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The Word
Engaged
John Kavanaugh,
S. J.
Freedom on the Journey
Even after hearing the story of the Good Samaritan, we balk and repeat the question, who, indeed, is our neighbor? Surely not the people in our streets. Surely not
the poor of the world. Surely not this particular person here and now before
me.
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Historical Cultural
Context
John J. Pilch
The Good Samaritan
In the Mediterranean
world questions are rarely perceived as requests for information.
They are almost always viewed with suspicion as a challenge
to personal honor.
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Thoughts from the
Early Church
Origen of Alexandria
To
interpret the parable of the Good Samaritan, one of the elders
used to say that the man going down from Jerusalem to Jericho
was Adam. He said Jerusalem was paradise, Jericho was the
world, and the brigands were enemy powers. The priest was
the law, the Levite the prophets, and the Samaritan Christ.
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Preparing for
Sunday
Larry
Gillick, S. J.
Moses
What we hear in today’s First Reading are verses of comfort. Though the laws are many and detailed, they are not strange or disorienting to their minds and hearts. Moses has said that the Lord will continue to circumcise their hearts so that they will all know to whom they belong.
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Scripture
In Depth
Reginald H. Fuller
Even if Jesus was not the first to combine love of God and love of neighbor, he understood that combination with a unique and radical
seriousness. There can be no love of God that does not express itself in love of neighbor.
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