Scripture for Life: Here, in the middle of Luke's Gospel, we get the parable that explains the motive of Jesus' mission. When God sees suffering and need, the divine response is intimate, unbounded solidarity.
Commentary: Our understanding of mercy is impoverished. Our social inclination to the common good at rock bottom. Resurrecting the common good seems to me as urgent as any matter related to the upcoming election.
The Peace Pulpit: With the timely parable of the good Samaritan, this is God speaking to us, trying to show us how we build the reign of God in our world.
Scripture for Life: The person at the center of today's Gospel, the one who most likely represents us and needs to learn something, is the lawyer Jesus wouldn't let off the hook.
The Peace Pulpit: Probably the most extraordinary of all the teachings of Jesus is where he tells us to love one another as I have loved you without limit, without condition.
NCR Connections: Vulnerability, properly understood, is precisely what members of the Roman Catholic hierarchy need to embrace as a strength, argues Fr. James Keenan.
Perspective: There are parts of Catholic teaching that are inviolable, like the recognition of the dignity of the human person. Each person is made in the image and likeness of God; we must never do anything that violates the human dignity of another.
Redemptorist Fr. Charles Vijay Kumar's upcoming documentary, "Who Is My Neighbor?", shows the human faces of worldwide migration and asks for a Christian response.
