The parable of the Good Samaritan (cf. Luke 10:25-37) could be called a story of one ordinary person speaking to another. Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti not surprisingly recalls it within the ...
One of the most strikingly modern stories in all of Scripture is the Parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25–37. Though told two thousand years ago, it speaks directly ...
Find today’s readings here. Today’s Gospel reading is the parable of the Good Samaritan. Because the story and its message are so familiar, the word “Samaritan” has lost its sting for today’s audience ...
“Who is my neighbor?” is the provocative question posed to Jesus in the Gospel of Luke that leads into the parable of the good Samaritan, a parable for our times. The questioner is a self-righteous ...
The story of the good Samaritan is one of the best known parables of Jesus. It has entered into our culture as an expression of care for strangers. Today, hospitals, social service agencies and places ...
Penny physically subdued Jordan Neely, a homeless, allegedly mentally ill man, who was threatening other riders in a subway in New York City in May 2023. Neely, who had previously been arrested 42 ...
Christians must not forget or ignore the parable of the Good Samaritan: If there is one theme that arises in my writings so ...
Reginald Sharpe Jr. circled a phrase that refuses to let the church remain comfortable: “You don’t know the half.” ...
Most of us remember it as Jesus’ Parable of the Good Samaritan, in which he described what it means to be a good neighbor. But, surprisingly, he did not use the word “good” of either the Samaritan or ...
The acquittal of Daniel Penny by a Manhattan jury is a relief, and not only because my teenage children ride the subways alone to travel home from school at night (“Merry Christmas, Daniel Penny” by ...
In the Book of Luke, chapter 10, Jesus told the “Parable of the Good Samaritan.” Is it time for a rewrite? This was the story of a man who was robbed, beaten and left for dead. A priest and a Levite ...