Fifteenth Sunday in OrdinaryTime
Reading I – Deuteronomy 30:10-14
Reading II – Colossians 1:15-20
Gospel – Luke 10:25-37
Be Like the Samaritan - The parable in today’s Gospel is one of the best known of all the teachings of Jesus. The term “Good Samaritan” has been used to name various charitable organiza tions and is even the official name of one state’s emergency roadside assis tance pro gram that helps stranded motor ists. With the prevalence of the terminol ogy used to describe various activities in our day, we might be led to forget the mes sage of this Gospel message.This man, this Samaritan, was the only one who offered the beaten man help. Samaritans, remember, were considered the lowest of the low in the time of Christ. A good Jewish per son would not even have gone near a Samaritan for fear of being rendered impure. The Samaritan was motivated solely by the sense that the poor man needed help. He didn’t care about religious or social status. And Jesus’ message is that we are to do the same. Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
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