A scholar of the law asks Jesus who his neighbor is in today’s gospel. What he really wants to know, Fr Greg points out, is where his responsibility ends – who is not his neighbor. Jesus’ answers with the parable of the Good Samaritan. The scholar’s responsibly – and ours – extends to anyone in need. Everyone is our neighbor.
“For this command [of the Lord] that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you… No, it is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts.”
DT 30:10-14
Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
COL 1:15-20
But because [the scholar of the law] wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
LK 10:25-37