WE ARE ALL
ON A MISSION OF MERCY
FROM GOD!
In the Xth chapter
Of Saint Luke's Gospel
Jesus tells ONE of the
GREATEST parables ever told
The parable of
THE GOOD SAMARITAN-and for the record
Jesus NEVER once calls the Samaritan “good”
But he DOES use the parable
In RESPONSE to the question
By an expert in the law:
“And who is my neighbor?”
For the record
A man is beaten and robbed
And left by the side of the road
A priest and a lawyer-
BOTH pass by-and ignore him-
But a Samaritan helps him
“A Samaritan traveler
Who came upon him
Was moved with COMPASSION
At the sight” Luke 10:33
The Samaritan bandaged his wounds
And took him to an inn-
And paid for him-
To be taken care of
We should ALL be
Like the Samaritan-
We should all be
LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR
And we are ALL
On a MISSION OF MERCY
From our God
We all see
Victims in life-either-
On the evening news-
Or up close and personal
In our life
Are we
responding WITH MERCY?
Are we responding with COMPASSION?
“Have mercy on me
My God
Have MERCY on me
For in you
I take refuge
I will take refuge
In the shadow of your wings
UNTIL the disaster
Has passed” Psalm 57:1
“Therefore-as God's CHOSEN PEOPLE-
Holy and dearly loved
CLOTHE yourself with compassion-kindness-
Humility-gentleness-and patience” Colossians 3:12
YES that is what
The SAMARITAN did
For the injured stranger
And that is
What we should do
For each other in life
This kind of compassion
COMES from
The heart of God
And this is the KIND OF COMPASSION
And MERCY that Jesus himself
GAVE to us
He gave us ALL he had
Withholding nothing from us
Dear Lord-in this YEAR of MERCY
Let us be a REAL NEIGHBOR
Like the GOOD SAMARITAN
And like Jesus himself
Give away
ALL of ourselves for others
There are victims and people
All around us with problems
Let us live our lives
Like the real neighbors
That we are
Like we are
ON A MISSION OF
MERCY FROM GOD
Robert P.Wallman
10-2-16 and 4-04-2022
Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mark Neilsen
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