To be a neighbor. It’s not enough to ask who my neighbor is.

There are people around us who are not talked about and talked about, yet it would be tough to imagine life without them. Let’s remember what they do for us. Silence, modestly, with a smile, a kind word, and thus for years … Jesus says to the scholar of the law: “Go and do likewise” (Luke 10:37). These words are the last that the Lord Jesus said at the end of the parable about “Merciful Samaritan.” Jesus not only speaks of love for God and neighbor, and not only teaches that love, but his life, every word, and deed, is a testimony to that love, and today we know why Jesus died.

We are to see Jesus in the Good Samaritan. We could put it in ten points:

1) The Samaritan comes to the wounded. Jesus is coming into the world.
2) The Samaritan looks at the wounded. Jesus took the nature of man.
3) The Samaritan is excited by the condition of a man who has fallen into the hands of bandits. Jesus knows the consequences of sin committed by grandparents and committed by us.
4) The Samaritan comes even closer to man. Jesus acts as a teacher to remind people of what God has already announced through the prophets and to explain to them the new things necessary for salvation.
5) The Samaritan heals the wounds of a wounded person. Jesus acts as a physician, not only of the body but also of the soul.
6) The Samaritan laid the man on his cattle. Jesus takes a lost sheep on his shoulders, every sinner.
7) A Samaritan led a man into an inn. Jesus promises his kingdom to every man who perseveres.
8) The Samaritan cared for the man. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to each of us, who will remind us of everything and teach everything that he taught us.
9) The Samaritan took out two Denali and gave them to the innkeeper. Jesus paid a debt for the Father for us.
10) The Samaritan promises to the innkeeper, if you spend more, I will pay you when I return. Jesus promises to reward every good deed, word and thought at the hour of our death.

These words say that this is not a matter of moments, but the parable speaks of our eternity, which has already begun and which we decide for ourselves by our approach to our neighbor and ourselves. The problem: “Who is my neighbor” Jesus explains clearly and intelligibly when he points to the priest and the Levite, who cut down, disobey the command, and do not serve the person who needs help. We cannot choose a neighbor, instead, they choose us when they need something, and we can help them, and robbers can indeed attack the Samaritan who is staying, just like the man, but Jesus is also clearly taught about it.

We thank Jesus for his love, which we see in the parable of the “Good Samaritan.” Jesus had a heart pierced out of love for us. He died but rose from the dead. Even today, it is a remembrance to be inspired by his love, to love God above all and our neighbor as ourselves. Our neighbors need love. What would help us to memorize the whole Scripture and not serve our neighbors …..