Today the Church celebrates the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Deuteronomy 30:10-14, Colossians 1:15-20, and Luke 10:25-37. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 69 (Psalm 66:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37).
The Gospel reading is as follows:
There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test him and said, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Jesus said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”
He said in reply,“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”
He replied to him, “You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.”
But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead. A priest happened to be going down that road, but when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. Likewise a Levite came to the place, and when he saw him, he passed by on the opposite side. But a Samaritan traveler who came upon him was moved with compassion at the sight. He approached the victim, poured oil and wine over his wounds and bandaged them. Then he lifted him up on his own animal, took him to an inn, and cared for him. The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper with the instruction, ‘Take care of him. If you spend more than what I have given you, I shall repay you on my way back.’ Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?”
He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.”
Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Reflections on this day and on these readings:
Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 14, 2013)
Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio: The Parable of the Good Samaritan
The Deacon’s Bench: Homily for July 14, 2013: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (13 JUL 13)
Word on Fire: Sermon 653: Hearing the Voice of God: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Sacred Page: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The 15th Sunday of OT (11 JUL 13)
Dr. Scott Hahn: What We Must Do (July 14th 2013 - 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Catholic World Report Blog: The Heart and the Good Samaritan (13 JUL 13)
A Concord Pastor Comments: Video: this Sunday’s gospel, told today (13 JUL 13)
The Word Engaged: Freedom on the Journey (15th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)
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