http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/library_article/153/Commission_of_the_Good_Samaritan.html
the Samaritan. Belonging, as he did, to a heretical sect, his theology was all wrong. Ethnically he was not even a pure Jew, but a Jew/Gentile mongrel.
Compassion for the suffering of a fellow human being won out over partisan theology, ethnicity, and the demands of his schedule. His duty was clear. If this had happened to his dad, he would want a passing Jew to stop and help.
the will of the Father is not just that we abstain from doing bad things (sins of commission) but that we actually fulfill our obligation to do justice and works of mercy.
It is stunning that the only sneak preview of the last judgment given us in the four gospels shows people condemned not for murder and adultery, but for failing to do works of mercy (sins of omission).
Love is often inconvenient. It means giving not just out of our abundance, but at times, out of our substance. True charity can really hurt.
The Divine Samaritan saw the entire human race bloodied on a desolate road to nowhere.
What he asks of us who wish to be known as Christians, “little Christs,” is to love with his love and so be true to His Name.
