by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“… Among the most powerful, personal, pastoral and practical parables that Jesus taught is that parable of the Good Samaritan. It is a parable that is powerful, for it speaks of the power of love that transcends all creeds and cultures and “creates” a neighbour out of a complete stranger. It is a parable that is personal, for it describes
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“… contrast the Good Samaritan, one who was willing: he saw the wounded man and ‘was moved with compassion.’ It involved labor, time, and expense. Hoisting an unconscious man unto his donkey could not have been easy. He was no doubt on a business trip, but he delayed his business in order to help. The traveler had been robbed of
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From Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]
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From Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]
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From Heart of the Nation in Wisconsin. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo from another time and location] [featured image is file photo from another time and place]
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From the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]
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“… ‘A man fell victim to robbers … leaving him half-dead. … a Samaritan traveler … was moved with compassion … approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. … lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. … he took out two silver coins and gave
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“… My revered Predecessor, St Gregory the Great, a Benedictine monk and celebrated biographer of St Benedict, invited us to discern the basis of a life wholly dedicated to “seeking and serving Christ, the one true Saviour” (Preface of the Mass of St Benedict), in the atmosphere of great faith in God and intense love for his law which motivated
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From Catholic TV in the Archdiocese of Boston. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image is file photo]
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“Benedict of Nursia was a monk and abbot who lived in the 5th and 6th century AD. He founded several monasteries and wrote a rule for monasteries which became fundamental for Western Monasticism. The Catholic Church venerates him as Patron of Europe. …”
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