THE CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF A NEIGHBOUR (HOMILY FOR THE 15TH SUNDAY IN THE ORDINARY TIME YEAR C
THE CHRISTIAN UNDERSTANDING OF A NEIGHBOUR HOMILY FOR THE 15TH SUNDAY IN THE ORDINARY TIME, YEAR C Deuteronomy 30:10-14, Colossians 1:15-20, Luke 10:25-73 Brothers and sisters in Christ, central to today's liturgy of the word is the parable of the good Samaritan. A parable that evokes substantive questions such as: who exactly is my neighbour? Why on earth would the religious leaders, custodians and teachers of the scriptural values e.g Priest and Levite, pass by the afflicted without being moved with compassion? How come the samaritan, ignorant of the scripture, yet understood better the core values of the scripture? Etc We are told that there was a lawyer whose sole purpose was to disconcert Jesus; hence, posed a question to him: “Master what must I do to inherit eternal life? In response, Jesus demanded from him the content of the Law. The man answered, subscribing to the scripture: “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength...