HELP NOT HINDER
GALATIANS 1:6-12; PSALM 111; LUKE 10:25-37
Reflecting on the Parable of the Good Samaritan Pope Francis says “The priest and the Levite see but ignore; they look but they do not offer to help. Yet there is no true worship if it is not translated into service to neighbour. Let us never forget this: before the suffering of so many people exhausted by hunger, violence and injustice, we cannot remain spectators.” Beloved, let us touch, care and love those we encounter. Do not ignore the wounded, dejected, and marginalised.
Wounded people are all around us. Some persons are suffering physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. They are looking for a Good Samaritan who can help them. The most common reason for ignoring those in need is that we are too busy and self-centered. Like the Good Samaritan it is not easy to go out of our way to help others. Help others all the same. We rise by lifting others.
About the priest and the levite; it is not easy to go out of your way to help. Imagine trying to help and they were kidnapped in the process. Help is a big sacrifice now. May God help us to discern well.
For Martin Luther King, Jr. “we are called to play the good Samaritan on life’s roadside; but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life’s highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it is not haphazard and superficial. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. ” Let us us fix our nation and restore security and peace.
St. Teresa of the Child Jesus, pray for us.
LET US PRAY
Lord, as we make our way through the land give us eyes to see our marginalized and suffering brethren. Give us the heart that will love as you did. Give us hands that help and lips that pray.
~witnessline
Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai
