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Exile
Ron Rolheiser, OMI
The Good Samaritan
Those who did not stop to help him, the priest and the scribe, did so for reasons that go far beyond the question of their individual selfishness and selflessness. They did so for certain ideological, religious reasons.
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Eleonore Stump
What must
I do?
Notice the oddness of the lawyer’s first question. He doesn’t ask: what is the best way to soar in love of God? He asks: what must I do inherit eternal life? He is looking for the minimum necessary to get into heaven.
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The Perspective
of
Justice
Gerald
Darring
Living Image
We have difficulty loving our neighbor because we do not understand ‘neighbor’ as
Jesus did. Neighbor for us means people we like, people who are on our side,
who work for a living, and who mind their own business. Jesus redefines neighbor
as the hated stranger who is down and out.
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