THEN A SAMARITAN TRAVELLER CAME BY

PRAYER PAUSE

Monday 8 October 2018

THEN A SAMARITAN TRAVELLER  CAME BY

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading ”A Samaritan traveller who came upon him was moved with compassion when he saw him’”(Luke 10:-25-37)

Reflection. It was shocking to his Jewsih listeners that Jesus chose foreigners as witnesses of the coming kingdom of God. Here it is a Samaritan. At other times it was  a Syro-Phonician woman or a Roman soldier.  The reign of God breaking into the world would remove the barriers between people and announce the community of humankind.  We are still struggling to absorb Jesus’ message.  We still “pass by on the other side” when he hear of the poor, the migrants, people living with disabilities or those whose lives are terminated before they are born,  But there are many sogns too of great compassion and heroic efforts to reach out to those suffering.  The struggle continues to live the parables of jesus.

Prayer. Lord, give us a compassionate heart to stop and reach out to those who are suffering. Amen.