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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Lk 10:25-37 Concrete Love There is no truth to the rumor that Good Samaritans only come from Samar. In fact the whole message of today’s Gospel (Lk 10:25-37) is that anyone of us and all of us can and should be Good Samaritans anywhere, in whatever situation. There’s really no way of telling where or when God will call us to be a Good Samaritan. One time, I was rushing to my noontime radio program at Veritas when I saw a thin and shaggy-looking man writhing in pain on the sidewalk of Balete Drive. He was holding his stomach, gasping for air. My first impulse was to get going because I was going to be late if I stopped. But my conscience told me to get involved with this person who needed my concrete love in the here and now. I turned around, got down and gave him some money. But, he said, he needed a pain reliever for his ulcers. Now I was surely going to be late, I said to myself, almost regretting that I stopped. But I ended up going back to our seminary to get some medicines and then going back to the man who had not moved at all from where he was. I gave him the medicines, said goodbye, and drove on with that “Good Samaritan feeling.” I was late for the program, but I had great joy in sharing what I just encountered. But now when I look back, I have tinge regret, I could have done more. Did I really love with all my strength, with all my heart, with all my mind? Perhaps I could have brought him to a hospital or spend more time with him. In other words, I could have been a better Samaritan. No, love and involvement are never enough. No wonder many just elude or drop them all together. Demanding, e, that’s why deadma na lang,di ba? Pero kung panay ang deadma mo,ikaw rin,baka ma dead ka inside you. The next time you encounter a possible “Good Samaritan situation,” like when a beggar comes knocking at your gate or car window, don’t just dismiss it with your fixed rationalizations and reasons. That’s easy. Likewise, it is easy to just give right away and feel good about it in a condescending kind of way. Whatever you do, however you respond to a Good Samaritan situation, don’t forget compassion, understanding and mercy. There is no ready-made response because every situation is different. Every person who comes along is different. But, it’s the same God who is asking you to be compassionate, understanding and merciful in every situation and in very concrete situations. A Moment with the lord Lord, let my love be concrete, not just paper love or plastic love, one day at a time. Amen.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 08:08:51 +0000

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