The Strength to Love Your Neighbor
“Who is my neighbor?” The lawyer asked Jesus. (as taken from Luke 10:29)
Jesus replied with the story of “a certain man” who went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers who stripped him, beat him, and, departing, left him half dead. By chance a certain priest appeared, but he passed on the other side, and later a Levite also passed by. Finally, a certain
Samaritan, a half-breed from a people with whom the Jews had no dealings, appeared. When he saw the wounded man, he was moved with compassion, administered first aid, placed him on his beast, “and brought him to an inn, and took care of him”.
Who is my neighbor?, “I don’t know his name”, says Jesus in essence.