Today’s readings are from the book of Jonah and the gospel of Luke concerning the good Samaritan. Both of these readings are powerful and relevant for us today. First, the book of Jonah shows us that we cannot run from God’s plan for us. If we do what God asks of us we also may not understand why we’re doing it as we see with Jonah. In the good Samaritan Jesus answers the question “who is my neighbor?” with a parable about the good Samaritan. In this parable two kinsman of the man who was badly hurt on the side of the road, a priest and a Levite, pass by the man but it is a Samaritan who treats the man’s wounds, takes him to an inn, pays for his stay and saves him. The others who should have helped him were too busy to be bothered. Jesus uses the Samaritan to answer the question on “who is my neighbor?” because Samaritans were unclean according to the Jews but it is man who helps man not Jew who helps Jew or American who helps American. It is all of us who help each other.
Jonah and the Good Samaritan
Jonah and the Good Samaritan
Jonah and the Good Samaritan
Today’s readings are from the book of Jonah and the gospel of Luke concerning the good Samaritan. Both of these readings are powerful and relevant for us today. First, the book of Jonah shows us that we cannot run from God’s plan for us. If we do what God asks of us we also may not understand why we’re doing it as we see with Jonah. In the good Samaritan Jesus answers the question “who is my neighbor?” with a parable about the good Samaritan. In this parable two kinsman of the man who was badly hurt on the side of the road, a priest and a Levite, pass by the man but it is a Samaritan who treats the man’s wounds, takes him to an inn, pays for his stay and saves him. The others who should have helped him were too busy to be bothered. Jesus uses the Samaritan to answer the question on “who is my neighbor?” because Samaritans were unclean according to the Jews but it is man who helps man not Jew who helps Jew or American who helps American. It is all of us who help each other.